Mario Vilella Martinez and Riccardo Bonadio will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Trieste Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 10 am on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mario Vilella Martinez who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mario Vilella Martinez is the pick to win this match.
Mario Vilella Martinez -> 1.36
Riccardo Bonadio -> 3.00

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Prediction and head to head Mario Vilella Martinez vs. Riccardo Bonadio

This will be the 2nd time that Mario Vilella Martinez and Riccardo Bonadio play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Vilella Martinez (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

Mario Vilella Martinez

Ranked no. 183, Vilella Martinez reached the semifinal after beating Giulio Zeppieri 6-1 6-3, Yannick Hanfmann 4-6 6-3 6-2 and Liam Broady 6-79 6-4 6-4.

In the quarter against Broady, Vilella Martinez recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-79 6-4 6-4). During the match Vilella Martinez scored 110 points vs Broady’s 100. Mario was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Regarding the service games, Vilella Martinez recorded 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Mario Vilella Martinez was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (44/60) of his 1st serve and 63% (24/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Vilella Martinez broke Broady 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Spaniard has lost 2 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.

Vilella Martinez has a losing record in the last 6 years having won 33% of his matches (621-312). 4-5 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vilella Martinez has a 232-125 record in the last 6 years on clay.

Vilella Martinez has a 7-7 win-loss record in 2020, 4-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Trieste Challenger

Vilella Martinez didn’t compete in the Trieste Challenger in 2019.

Riccardo Bonadio

Ranked no. 408, Bonadio got to the semifinal after defeating Tristan Lamasine 6-4 6-2, Viktor Galovic 7-63 4-6 6-3, Jurij Rodionov 7-63 6-4, Roberto Cid Subervi 4-6 6-3 6-3 and Maximilian Marterer 2-6 7-5 6-4.

In the quarter against Marterer, Bonadio recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-4).-92) than Marterer. In fact, the world no. 183 won 92 points vs Marterer’s. That means that Bonadio was more focused during the important points. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about serving, Bonadio couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Riccardo Bonadio lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Bonadio put 56% of his first serves in, winning 65% (35/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (25/43) on the 2nd serve. Bonadio broke Marterer 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Italian has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Bonadio has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (157-90). 16-5 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Bonadio has a 48-30 record in the last 6 years on clay.

The Italian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya and M15 Vale Do Lobo.

The Italian has a 22-7 win-loss record in 2020, 16-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Trieste Challenger

Riccardo didn’t compete in the Trieste Challenger in 2019.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Vilella Martinez Bonadio
Match played 3 5
Tot Set 8 13
Tot Games 76 131
Pts 253-208 454-415
Total Points 461 869
Winners 109 180
%Winners 43% 40%

Vilella Martinez played 3 matches while Bonadio competed in 5 matches. Bonadio started his run from the qualifications while Vilella Martinez had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Mario Vilella Martinez conceded 2 sets, while Riccardo Bonadio dropper 3 sets. Vilella Martinez has played 5 set(s) less than Bonadio (8 vs 13). Therefore, Vilella Martinez played 55 games less than Bonadio. Mario scored 109 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Bonadio blasted 180 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Vilella Martinez Bonadio
Aces 7 18
Avg per match 2.3 3.6
1st in 147/223 257/440
%1st in 66% 58%
1st pts 109/147 180/257
%1st pts 74% 70%
2nd pts 43/76 103/183
%2nd pts 57% 56%

Vilella Martinez made 7 aces (2.3 per match). Bonadio blasted 18 aces (3.6 per match). Vilella Martinez won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Bonadio won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Vilella Martinez Bonadio
Won 14 15
Converted 14/28 15/47
% Converted 50% 32%
Conceded 16 35
Saved 10 26
% Saved 63% 74%
Times Broken 6 9

Mario broke his opponents 14 times with a 50% conversion rate. Mario conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Bonadio broke his opponents 15 times with a 32% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.

Vilella Martinez
R1
Zeppieri
R2
Hanfmann
1/4
Broady
Total
Score 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-79 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 16 27 33 76
pts 56-38 87-70 110-100 253-208
Total points 94 157 210 461
Winners 26 39 44 109
%Winners 46% 45% 40% 43%
SERVE
Aces 1 2 4 7
Double Faults 2 6 5 13
1st in 34/46 53/79 60/98 147/223
% 1st in 74% 67% 61% 66%
1st pts 26/34 39/53 44/60 109/147
% 1st pts 76% 74% 73% 74%
2nd pts 6/12 13/26 24/38 43/76
% 2nd pts 50% 50% 63% 57%
Breaks
Won 5 5 4 14
Converted 5/6 5/10 4/12 14/28
Converted % 83% 50% 33% 50%
Conceded 2 6 8 16
Saved 1/2 3/6 6/8 10
Saved % 50% 50% 75% 58%
Times Broken 1 3 2 6
Bonadio
Q1
Lamasine
Q3
Galovic
R1
Rodionov
R2
Cid
1/4
Marterer
Total
Score 6-4 6-2 7-63 4-6 6-3 7-63 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-3 2-6 7-5 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 2 3 3 13
Tot Games 18 32 23 28 30 131
pts 61-45 108-103 80-72 113-102 92-93 454-415
Total points 106 211 152 215 185 869
Winners 26 50 34 35 35 180
%Winners 43% 46% 43% 31% 38% 40%
SERVE
Aces 3 8 3 4 0 18
Double Faults 1 2 1 1 5 10
1st in 35/59 71/110 44/75 53/99 54/97 257/440
% 1st in 59% 65% 59% 54% 56% 58%
1st pts 26/35 50/71 34/44 35/53 35/54 180/257
% 1st pts 74% 70% 77% 66% 65% 70%
2nd pts 10/24 23/39 18/31 27/46 25/43 103/183
% 2nd pts 42% 59% 58% 59% 58% 56%
Breaks
Won 5 2 1 4 3 15
Converted 5/7 2/12 1/3 4/18 3/7 15/47
Converted % 71% 17% 33% 22% 43% 32%
Conceded 5 13 3 7 7 35
Saved 3/5 11/13 3/3 5/7 4/7 26
Saved % 60% 85% 100% 71% 57% 124%
Times Broken 2 2 0 2 3 9

Tennis Scores in Trieste Challenger

Upcoming matches in the draw

  • Mario Vilella MartinezVilella MartinezRiccardo BonadioBonadio (1-0) – See H2H details
  • Lorenzo MusettiMusettiCarlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-0) – See H2H details