H2H, PREDICTION Rafael Nadal vs Stefano Travaglia | French Open odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Paris. Nadal and Travaglia will square off in the 3rd round of the French Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Stefano Travaglia

Rafael Nadal and Stefano Travaglia will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6 pm on Court Philippe CHATRIER. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rafael Nadal who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Rafael Nadal is the pick to win this match.
Rafael Nadal -> 1.005
Stefano Travaglia -> 28

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Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Stefano Travaglia

There is no head to head record between Rafael Nadal and Stefano Travaglia since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Rafael Nadal

Ranked no. 2, Nadal reached the 3rd round after beating Egor Gerasimov 6-4 6-4 6-2 and Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-1 6-0 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Nadal had a good straight sets win against Mcdonald (6-1 6-0 6-3). During the match Nadal scored 85 points vs Mcdonald’s 47. Rafael was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Nadal scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Rafael Nadal was pretty efficent on serve to win 76% (37/49) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nadal broke Mcdonald 7 times after converting 88% of his break points (7/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Rafael hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 62% of the points he played.

Nadal has a a remarkable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 84% of his matches (532-104). 4-1 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Nadal has a 237-24 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Acapulco where he beat Taylor Harry Fritz in the final 6-3 6-2.

Rafael has a 17-4 win-loss record in 2020, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the French Open

Nadal won the title last year in Roland-garros after defeating Dominic Thiem .

Stefano Travaglia

Ranked no. 74, the Italian reached the 3rd round after beating Pablo Andujar 6-3 6-4 6-4 and Kei Nishikori 6-4 2-6 7-67 4-6 6-2.

In the 2nd round, Travaglia had a tough win against Nishikori to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-4 2-6 7-67 4-6 6-2).-156) than Nishikori. In fact, the world no. 2 won 156 points vs Nishikori’s. That means that Travaglia was more focused during the important points. Travaglia was very aggressive to blast 68 winners.

Talking about serving, Travaglia blasted 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Stefano Travaglia lost the serve 7 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Travaglia put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (68/98) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (30/66) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Nishikori 7 times after converting 50% of his break points (7/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Stefano has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Travaglia’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Bendigo Challenger.

The Italian has a 17-10 win-loss record in 2020, 8-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the French Open

Travaglia lost in the 1st round to Adrian Mannarino.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Nadal Travaglia
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 6 8
Tot Games 50 78
Pts 173-107 261-244
Total Points 280 505
Winners 74 116
%Winners 43% 44%

Both Nadal and Travaglia played 2 matches. At the moment, Stefano Travaglia conceded 2 sets while Rafael Nadal hasn’t dropped a set so far. Nadal has played 2 set(s) less than Travaglia (6 vs 8). Therefore, Nadal played 28 games less than Travaglia. The Spaniard scored 74 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Stefano struck 116 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Nadal Travaglia
Aces 4 8
Avg per match 2 4
1st in 94/143 158/268
%1st in 66% 59%
1st pts 74/94 116/158
%1st pts 79% 73%
2nd pts 31/49 48/110
%2nd pts 63% 44%

Nadal struck 4 aces (2 per match). Travaglia scored 8 aces (4 per match). Nadal won 79% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Travaglia won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Nadal Travaglia
Won 12 12
Converted 12/13 12/25
% Converted 92% 48%
Conceded 2 23
Saved 1 14
% Saved 50% 61%
Times Broken 1 9

Nadal broke his opponents 12 times with a 92% conversion rate. Nadal conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. Travaglia conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.

Nadal
R1
Gerasimov
R2
Mcdonald
Total
Score 6-4 6-4 6-2 6-1 6-0 6-3
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 28 22 50
pts 88-60 85-47 173-107
Total points 148 132 280
Winners 37 37 74
%Winners 42% 44% 43%
SERVE
Aces 3 1 4
Double Faults 2 4 6
1st in 45/71 49/72 94/143
% 1st in 63% 68% 66%
1st pts 37/45 37/49 74/94
% 1st pts 82% 76% 79%
2nd pts 17/26 14/23 31/49
% 2nd pts 65% 61% 63%
Breaks
Won 5 7 12
Converted 5/5 7/8 12/13
Converted % 100% 88% 92%
Conceded 2 0 2
Saved 1/2 0/0 1
Saved % 50% 25%
Times Broken 1 0 1
Travaglia
R1
Andujar
R2
Nishikori
Total
Score 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-4 2-6 7-67 4-6 6-2
Tot Set 3 5 8
Tot Games 29 49 78
pts 105-86 156-158 261-244
Total points 191 314 505
Winners 48 68 116
%Winners 46% 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 4 4 8
Double Faults 3 6 9
1st in 60/104 98/164 158/268
% 1st in 58% 60% 59%
1st pts 48/60 68/98 116/158
% 1st pts 80% 69% 73%
2nd pts 18/44 30/66 48/110
% 2nd pts 41% 45% 44%
Breaks
Won 5 7 12
Converted 5/11 7/14 12/25
Converted % 45% 50% 48%
Conceded 7 16 23
Saved 5/7 9/16 14
Saved % 71% 56% 64%
Times Broken 2 7 9

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Nadal
LWLWWWWLLW
Travaglia
WLLLWLWLLW
2024 2023 2022
12 - 7
19 - 24
2-1
Hard
4-5
0-0
I Hard
3-2
10-6
Clay
12-16

Tennis Scores at the French Open

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