Pedro Sousa and Alessandro Giannessi will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Lisbon Challenger for the 8th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 10:00 am on ESTÁDIO CIF. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pedro Sousa who should win in 3 sets.
Pedro Sousa -> 1.6
Alessandro Giannessi -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Sousa vs. Alessandro Giannessi
This will be the 8th time that Pedro Sousa and Alessandro Giannessi fight against each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Giannessi (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Giannessi won 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in the Poznan Challenger back in 2018.
Pedro Sousa
Ranked no. 111, Pedro got to the 1st round after beating Gastao Elias 6-75 6-1 6-3, Hugo Grenier 7-5 6-0 and Dmitry Popko 7-5 6-2.
In the quarter, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Popko (7-5 6-2). During the match Sousa scored 76 points vs Popko’s 58. The Portuguese was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sousa recorded 3 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Pedro Sousa lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sousa put 68% of his first serves in, winning 67% (29/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the 2nd serve. Sousa broke Popko 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sousa has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Sousa has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (376-214). 13-9 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Sousa has a 343-181 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Sousa’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Buenos Aires and the Split Challenger.
Sousa has a 14-11 win-loss record in 2020, 13-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Lisbon Challenger
Pedro didn’t play in the Lisbon Challenger in 2019.
Alessandro Giannessi
Ranked no. 164, Giannessi reached the 1st round after beating Roberto Cid Subervi 6-3 5-7 6-2, Paolo Lorenzi 7-5 6-3 and Dimitar Kuzmanov 6-4 6-3.
In the quarter, Giannessi had a good straight sets win against Kuzmanov (6-4 6-3). During the match Giannessi scored 71 points vs Kuzmanov’s 54. Giannessi was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Giannessi scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Alessandro Giannessi was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (26/34) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Kuzmanov 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alessandro has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Italian has a 10-11 win-loss record in 2020, 10-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Lisbon Challenger
The Italian surrendered in the 2nd
round to Andrea Arnaboldi.H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sousa | Giannessi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 67 | 69 |
| Pts | 260-191 | 236-193 |
| Total Points | 451 | 429 |
| Winners | 98 | 101 |
| %Winners | 38% | 43% |
Both Sousa and Giannessi played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Pedro Sousa conceded 1 set, while Alessandro Giannessi dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Sousa and Giannessi have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Sousa played 2 games less than Giannessi. The Portuguese scored 98 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Giannessi struck 101 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sousa | Giannessi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 146/217 | 129/213 |
| %1st in | 67% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 98/146 | 101/129 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 37/71 | 44/84 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 52% |
Sousa fired 3 aces (1 per match). Giannessi managed to score 14 aces (4.7 per match). Sousa won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Giannessi won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sousa | Giannessi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 19 | 12 |
| Converted | 19/45 | 12/27 |
| % Converted | 42% | 44% |
| Conceded | 20 | 15 |
| Saved | 12 | 11 |
| % Saved | 60% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 4 |
The Portuguese broke his opponents 19 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Portuguese surrendered his serve 8 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Alessandro broke his opponents 12 times with a 44% conversion rate. Giannessi conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sousa | |||||
| R1 Elias | R2 Grenier | 1/4 Popko | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-1 6-3 | 7-5 6-0 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 18 | 20 | 67 | |
| pts | 104-78 | 80-55 | 76-58 | 260-191 | |
| Total points | 182 | 135 | 134 | 451 | |
| Winners | 38 | 31 | 29 | 98 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 39% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 53/84 | 50/70 | 43/63 | 146/217 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 71% | 68% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 31/50 | 29/43 | 98/146 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 62% | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 11/20 | 11/20 | 37/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 55% | 55% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 | |
| Converted | 8/15 | 6/16 | 5/14 | 19/45 | |
| Converted % | 53% | 38% | 36% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 10 | 5 | 20 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 80% | 60% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Giannessi | |||||
| R1 Cid | R2 Lorenzi | 1/4 Kuzmanov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 5-7 6-2 | 7-5 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 21 | 19 | 69 | |
| pts | 89-77 | 76-62 | 71-54 | 236-193 | |
| Total points | 166 | 138 | 125 | 429 | |
| Winners | 47 | 28 | 26 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 37% | 37% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 4 | 1 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 60/98 | 35/53 | 34/62 | 129/213 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 66% | 55% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 47/60 | 28/35 | 26/34 | 101/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 80% | 76% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/38 | 11/18 | 16/28 | 44/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 61% | 57% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/16 | 4/6 | 12/27 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 25% | 67% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 | 8 | 15 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 0/1 | 7/8 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 0% | 88% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Tennis Scores in Lisbon Challenger
- Federico GaioGaio – Guilherme ClezarClezar (5-7 6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Pedro SousaSousa – Dmitry PopkoPopko (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Pedro SousaSousa – Dmitry PopkoPopko (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Pedro SousaSousa (4-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Federico GaioGaio (0-0) – H2H and prediction