David Goffin and Federico Delbonis will face off in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is David Goffin who should win in 3 sets.
David Goffin -> 1.68
Federico Delbonis -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head David Goffin vs. Federico Delbonis
This will be the 2nd time that David Goffin and Federico Delbonis fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Goffin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Goffin won 7-5 7-6(3) 6-3 in the Rubber 1 in 2 back in 2015.
David Goffin
Ranked no. 13, David got to the 2nd round after defeating Salvatore Caruso 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, Goffin had a good straight sets win against Caruso (6-4 6-1). During the match Goffin scored 64 points vs Caruso’s 46. The Belgian was quite aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Regarding the service games, Goffin blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. David Goffin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Goffin put 57% of his first serves in, winning 56% (15/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. David broke Caruso 7 times after converting 50% of his break points (7/14).
Goffin has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (379-210). 5-2 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Goffin has a 109-54 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in in Montpellier where he overcame Roberto Bautista Agut in the final 5-7 6-4 6-2.
The Belgian has a 14-9 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2015, 2016 and 2018. See his history.
Federico Delbonis
Ranked no. 64, the Argentine got to the 2nd round after defeating Marcos Giron 6-3 6-3, Frances Tiafoe 5-7 6-4 4-2 ret. and Karen Khachanov 3-6 6-4 6-0.
In the 1st round against Khachanov, The Argentine recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-0). During the match Delbonis scored 77 points vs Khachanov’s 63. Delbonis was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Delbonis struck 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Federico Delbonis was pretty efficient on serve to win 78% (31/40) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Argentine broke Khachanov 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Federico’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Santiago.
Federico has a 18-9 win-loss record in 2021, 18-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2014 and 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Goffin | Delbonis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 71 |
| Pts | 64-46 | 228-193 |
| Total Points | 110 | 421 |
| Winners | 15 | 92 |
| %Winners | 23% | 40% |
Goffin played 1 match while Delbonis competed in 3 matches. Delbonis started his run from the qualifications while Goffin had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Federico Delbonis dropped 2 sets while David Goffin hasn’t dropped a set so far. Goffin has played 7 set(s) less than Delbonis (2 vs 9). Therefore, Goffin played 54 games less than Delbonis. Goffin scored 15 winners (23% of the total points). On the other side, Federico blasted 92 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Goffin | Delbonis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 27/47 | 119/198 |
| %1st in | 57% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 15/27 | 92/119 |
| %1st pts | 56% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 47/79 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 59% |
Goffin fired 2 aces . Delbonis managed to score 13 aces (4.3 per match). Goffin won 56% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Delbonis won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Goffin | Delbonis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 10 |
| Converted | 7/14 | 10/21 |
| % Converted | 50% | 48% |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
The Belgian broke his opponent 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Belgian dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Federico broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Delbonis conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Goffin | |||
| R1 Caruso | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 64-46 | 64-46 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 23% | 23% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 27/47 | 27/47 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 15/27 | 15/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 56% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 12/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/14 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Delbonis | |||||
| Q1 Giron | Q3 Tiafoe | R1 Khachanov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 5-7 6-4 4-2 ret. | 3-6 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 28 | 25 | 71 | |
| pts | 69-50 | 82-80 | 77-63 | 228-193 | |
| Total points | 119 | 162 | 140 | 421 | |
| Winners | 22 | 39 | 31 | 92 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 48% | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 25/48 | 54/83 | 40/67 | 119/198 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 65% | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 22/25 | 39/54 | 31/40 | 92/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 72% | 78% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 16/29 | 15/27 | 47/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 55% | 56% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/5 | 4/12 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 60% | 33% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/2 | 1/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 33% | 133% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-3 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
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