Frances Tiafoe and Salvatore Caruso will fight against each other in the final of the Parma Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Frances Tiafoe who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.76
Salvatore Caruso -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Salvatore Caruso
This will be the 2nd time that Frances Tiafoe and Salvatore Caruso fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Frances Tiafoe
Ranked no. 67, the American reached the final after beating Blaz Rola 7-61 6-3, Lorenzo Musetti 6-3 3-6 6-3, Filippo Baldi 7-63 7-5 and Federico Delbonis 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the semifinal against Delbonis, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Tiafoe and Delbonis scored the same amount of points (80). However, the world no. 67 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The American was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tiafoe blasted 4 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Frances Tiafoe lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Tiafoe put 57% of his first serves in, winning 78% (39/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (19/38) on the 2nd serve. Francis broke Delbonis 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Francis has lost 2 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.
Tiafoe has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (226-163). 5-2 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Tiafoe has a 84-42 record in the last 7 years on clay.
Tiafoe’s best result of the season was reaching the semi-finals in the Parma Challenger.
Francis has a 14-12 win-loss record in 2020, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Parma Challenger
Tiafoe didn’t play in the Parma Challenger in 2019.
Salvatore Caruso
Ranked no. 85, Salvatore reached the final after defeating Hugo Grenier 4-6 6-3 6-4, Tomas Machac 6-2 7-5, Laslo Djere 6-4 2-6 6-4 and Alexei Popyrin 6-4 6-4.
In the semifinal, Caruso had a good straight sets win against Popyrin (6-4 6-4). During the match Caruso scored 76 points vs Popyrin’s 73. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Caruso bagged 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Salvatore Caruso lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Caruso put 64% of his first serves in, winning 63% (31/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Popyrin 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Salvatore has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Italian’s best result of the year was getting to the semi-finals in the Parma Challenger.
Salvatore has a 15-14 win-loss record in 2020, 8-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Parma Challenger
Salvatore didn’t play in the Parma Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tiafoe | Caruso |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 102 | 97 |
| Pts | 311-290 | 327-290 |
| Total Points | 601 | 617 |
| Winners | 147 | 121 |
| %Winners | 47% | 37% |
Both Tiafoe and Caruso played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Frances Tiafoe conceded 2 sets, while Salvatore Caruso dropper 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Tiafoe and Caruso have played the same amount of sets 10. However, Tiafoe played 5 games more than Caruso. Tiafoe scored 147 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Salvatore made 121 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tiafoe | Caruso |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2.8 |
| 1st in | 198/327 | 186/298 |
| %1st in | 61% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 147/198 | 121/186 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 73/129 | 64/112 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 57% |
Tiafoe fired 16 aces (4 per match). Caruso recorded 11 aces (2.8 per match). Tiafoe won 74% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Caruso won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tiafoe | Caruso |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 19 |
| Converted | 10/21 | 19/37 |
| % Converted | 48% | 51% |
| Conceded | 24 | 34 |
| Saved | 18 | 22 |
| % Saved | 75% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 12 |
Tiafoe broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Francis conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Salvatore broke his opponents 19 times with a 51% conversion rate. Caruso conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tiafoe | ||||||
| R1 Rola |
R2 Musetti |
1/4 Baldi |
1/2 Delbonis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-3 | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | 7-63 7-5 | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 27 | 25 | 28 | 102 | |
| pts | 75-64 | 76-71 | 80-75 | 80-80 | 311-290 | |
| Total points | 139 | 147 | 155 | 160 | 601 | |
| Winners | 35 | 36 | 37 | 39 | 147 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | 46% | 49% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 47/76 | 48/77 | 53/86 | 50/88 | 198/327 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | 62% | 57% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 35/47 | 36/48 | 37/53 | 39/50 | 147/198 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 75% | 70% | 78% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 19/29 | 20/33 | 19/38 | 73/129 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 66% | 61% | 50% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 2/3 | 2/5 | 3/6 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 67% | 40% | 50% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 1/2 | 6/7 | 5/7 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 50% | 86% | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Caruso | ||||||
| R1 Grenier |
R2 Machac |
1/4 Djere |
1/2 Popyrin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 7-5 | 6-4 2-6 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 20 | 28 | 20 | 97 | |
| pts | 92-80 | 82-61 | 77-76 | 76-73 | 327-290 | |
| Total points | 172 | 143 | 153 | 149 | 617 | |
| Winners | 37 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 121 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 30% | 36% | 41% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 56/82 | 36/61 | 45/78 | 49/77 | 186/298 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 59% | 58% | 64% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 37/56 | 25/36 | 28/45 | 31/49 | 121/186 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 69% | 62% | 63% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 18/25 | 16/33 | 14/28 | 64/112 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 72% | 48% | 50% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/11 | 6/9 | 4/8 | 19/37 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 36% | 67% | 50% | 51% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 34 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 3/4 | 5/11 | 6/8 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 75% | 45% | 75% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | |
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