Pedro Sousa and Alessandro Giannessi will square off in the 2nd round of the Marbella Challenger for the 9th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on ESTADIO MANOLO SANTANA. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pedro Sousa who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pedro Sousa is the pick to win this match.
Pedro Sousa -> 1.88
Alessandro Giannessi -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Sousa vs. Alessandro Giannessi
This will be the 9th time that Pedro Sousa and Alessandro Giannessi square off. The head to head is 4-4 (see full H2H stats), 4-2 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Sousa won 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in the Lisbon Challenger back in 2020.
Pedro Sousa
Ranked no. 111, Pedro got to the 2nd round after beating Andrey Kuznetsov 6-72 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round against Kuznetsov, Pedro recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 6-2 6-1). During the match Sousa scored 112 points vs Kuznetsov’s 92. The Portuguese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sousa couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Pedro Sousa lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Sousa put 68% of his first serves in, winning 62% (42/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Kuznetsov 6 times after converting 35% of his break points (6/17).
Sousa has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (342-197). 3-3 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sousa has a 315-162 match record in the last years on clay.
Sousa has a 4-6 win-loss record in 2021, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Marbella Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
Alessandro Giannessi
Ranked no. 169, Alessandro reached the 2nd round after defeating Joao Domingues 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Giannessi had a good straight sets win against Domingues (6-3 6-4). During the match Giannessi scored 68 points vs Domingues’s 50. Giannessi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Giannessi made 2 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alessandro Giannessi lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Giannessi put 76% of his first serves in, winning 78% (35/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. Giannessi broke Domingues 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Giannessi’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Antalya 2 Challenger.
Alessandro has a 10-8 win-loss record in 2021, 10-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Marbella Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Sousa | Giannessi |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
Tot Games | 28 | 19 |
Pts | 112-92 | 68-50 |
Total Points | 204 | 118 |
Winners | 42 | 35 |
%Winners | 38% | 51% |
Both Sousa and Giannessi played 1 match. At the moment, Pedro Sousa lost 1 set while Alessandro Giannessi hasn’t lost a set so far. Sousa has played 1 set more than Giannessi (3 vs 2). Therefore, Sousa played 9 games more than Giannessi. The Portuguese scored 42 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Alessandro fired 35 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Sousa | Giannessi |
---|---|---|
Aces | 0 | 2 |
Avg per match | 0 | 2 |
1st in | 68/100 | 45/59 |
%1st in | 68% | 76% |
1st pts | 42/68 | 35/45 |
%1st pts | 62% | 78% |
2nd pts | 20/32 | 6/14 |
%2nd pts | 63% | 43% |
Sousa didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Giannessi struck 2 aces . Sousa won 62% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Giannessi won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Sousa | Giannessi |
---|---|---|
Won | 6 | 3 |
Converted | 6/17 | 3/5 |
% Converted | 35% | 60% |
Conceded | 9 | 5 |
Saved | 7 | 4 |
% Saved | 78% | 80% |
Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Pedro broke his opponent 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Sousa dropped his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Giannessi broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
Sousa | |||
R1 Kuznetsov |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-72 6-2 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
pts | 112-92 | 112-92 | |
Total points | 204 | 204 | |
Winners | 42 | 42 | |
%Winners | 38% | 38% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 0 | 0 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 68/100 | 68/100 | |
% 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
1st pts | 42/68 | 42/68 | |
% 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
2nd pts | 20/32 | 20/32 | |
% 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 6 | 6 | |
Converted | 6/17 | 6/17 | |
Converted % | 35% | 35% | |
Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Giannessi | |||
R1 Domingues |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
pts | 68-50 | 68-50 | |
Total points | 118 | 118 | |
Winners | 35 | 35 | |
%Winners | 51% | 51% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 2 | 2 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
1st in | 45/59 | 45/59 | |
% 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
1st pts | 35/45 | 35/45 | |
% 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
2nd pts | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
% 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Marbella Challenger
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Sebastian OfnerOfner (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos Gomez-HerreraGomez-Herrera – Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero (7-610 7-65) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Leo BorgBorg (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Gianluca MagerMager – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Danilo PetrovicPetrovic (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Norbert GombosGombos (6-4 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Lukas RosolRosol (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (7-64 6-0) – See score progression
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Maxime CressyCressy (6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Pedro SousaSousa – Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov (6-72 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (1-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Joao DominguesDomingues (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Sebastian OfnerOfner (7-6(3) 6-4) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Danilo PetrovicPetrovic (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Pedro SousaSousa (4-4) – H2H and prediction
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Martin KlizanKlizan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Ernests GulbisGulbis (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gianluca MagerMager – Elias YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taro DanielDaniel – Carlos Gomez-HerreraGomez-Herrera (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Maxime JanvierJanvier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-1) – H2H and prediction