Tommy Paul and Marco Cecchinato will square off in the 2^nd round of the Forte Village Sardegna Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on FORTE VILLAGE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marco Cecchinato who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marco Cecchinato is the pick to win this match.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.72
Tommy Paul -> 2.17

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Prediction and head to head Tommy Paul vs. Marco Cecchinato

There is no head to head record between Tommy Paul and Marco Cecchinato since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Tommy Paul

Ranked no. 58, Paul reached the 2^nd round after defeating Andrej Martin 5-7 6-3 7-5.

In the 1^st round against Martin, Paul recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 7-5). During the match Paul scored 119 points vs Martin’s 108. Tommy was very aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Regarding the service games, Paul blasted 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Tommy Paul lost the serve 5 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Paul put 62% of his first serves in, winning 66% (51/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (22/48) on the 2nd serve. Tommy broke Martin 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).

Paul has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 66% of his matches (243-124). 5-3 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Paul has a 90-35 record in the last 6 years on clay.

Paul’s best result of the year was getting to the semi-finals in Adelaide.

Paul has a 18-10 win-loss record in 2020, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Sardinia

Tommy didn’t play in Sardinia in 2019.

Marco Cecchinato

Ranked no. 103, Cecchinato got to the 2^nd round after beating Gianluca Mager 5-7 7-6⁷ 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Mager, Marco recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-6⁷ 6-2). During the match Cecchinato scored 126 points vs Mager’s 110. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Talking about serving, Cecchinato made 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Marco Cecchinato was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (49/66) of his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Marco broke Mager 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

Cecchinato’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Punta Del Este Challenger.

The Italian has a 20-14 win-loss record in 2020, 19-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Sardinia

Cecchinato didn’t compete in Sardinia in 2019.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Paul and Cecchinato played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Tommy Paul conceded 1 set, while Marco Cecchinato dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Paul and Cecchinato have played the same amount of sets 3. They also played the same amount of games (33). The American scored 51 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian bagged 49 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Paul managed to score 5 aces . Cecchinato scored 11 aces . Paul won 66% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Cecchinato won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

The American broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Paul dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. Cecchinato broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Marco conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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Tommy
Paul

0:1

Marco
Cecchinato

Rank

13

High

12

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Rank

370

High

16

Win Loss

Paul

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Cecchinato

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2024 2023 2022

39 - 16

26 - 25

15-10

Hard

0-2

4-0

I Hard

0-0

10-4

Clay

26-23

10-2

Grass

0-0

Tennis Scores in Sardinia

• Laslo DjereDjere – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jiri VeselyVesely – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-4 3-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Pablo AndujarAndujar (5-7 7-6⁵ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Danilo PetrovicPetrovic – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Danilo PetrovicPetrovic – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Casper RuudRuud (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Jiri VeselyVesely – Laslo DjereDjere (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Tommy PaulPaul (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (0-2) – H2H and prediction

Paul

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