Stefanos Tsitsipas and Matteo Berrettini will face off in the 3rd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:00 am on Grand Stand Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.35
Matteo Berrettini -> 3.44

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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Matteo Berrettini

This will be the 3rd time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Matteo Berrettini face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Tsitsipas won 6-7(3) 6-4 6-3 7-6(4) in the 1st round in at the Australian Open back in 2019.

Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Matteo Berrettini – Australian Open 14-January-2019

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Ranked no. 5 (career high), Tsitsipas reached the 3rd round after defeating Marin Cilic 7-5 6-2.

In the 2nd round, Stefanos had a good straight sets win against Cilic (7-5 6-2). During the match Tsitsipas scored 74 points vs Cilic’s 56. Stefanos was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tsitsipas fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Stefanos Tsitsipas was quite effective on serve to win 83% (33/40) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Greek broke Cilic 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Tsitsipas has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 68% of his matches (305-143). 11-2 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tsitsipas has a 116-38 record in the last 7 years on clay.

His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Carlo where he defeated Andrey Rublev in the final 6-3 6-3.

Tsitsipas has a 28-7 win-loss record in 2021, 11-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.

Rome
Tsitsipas's Record

Matteo Berrettini

Ranked no. 9, Berrettini reached the 3rd round after beating Nikoloz Basilashvili 4-6 6-2 6-4 and John Millman 6-4 6-2.

In the 2nd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Millman (6-4 6-2). During the match Berrettini scored 62 points vs Millman’s 47. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Berrettini blasted 2 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Matteo Berrettini was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Millman 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Berrettini started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was winning the title in in Belgrade where he overcame Aslan Karatsev in the final 6-1 3-6 7-6(0).

Matteo has a 18-4 win-loss record in 2021, 10-2 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Rome

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2020. See his history.

Rome
Berrettini's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

S.Tsitsipas
M.Berrettini
1h:43
1h:43
Time on court​
!
3h:21
3h:21
1h:43
1h:43
Last match​
1h:19
1h:19
1
1
Match played
!
2
2
20
20
Games Played​
46
46
2
2
Set played​​
5
5
74
74
Total points​
151
151
74
74
Avg point​
75.5
75.5
33
33
Winners
67
67
33
33
Avg Winners​
33.5
33.5
45%
45%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
14
14
3
3
Avg Aces
7
7
2
2
Double Faults
2
2
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1
1
33/40
33/40
1st won total​
67/93
67/93
!
83%
83%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
12/19
12/19
2nd won total​
30/53
30/53
!
63%
63%
2nd won %
57%
57%
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
BP won
7/14
7/14
3/6
3/6
Avg BP won
3.5/7
3.5/7
50%
50%
Won
50%
50%
3
3
Conceded
7
7
3
3
Avg Conceded
3.5
3.5
0
0
Broken
2
2
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1
1
3
3
Saved
5
5
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Tsitsipas Berrettini
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 5
Tot Games 20 46
Pts 74-56 151-134
Total Points 130 285
Winners 33 67
%Winners 45% 44%

Tsitsipas played 1 match while Berrettini competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Matteo Berrettini surrendered 1 set while Stefanos Tsitsipas hasn’t dropped a set so far. Tsitsipas has played 3 set(s) less than Berrettini (2 vs 5). Therefore, Tsitsipas played 26 games less than Berrettini. The Greek scored 33 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Matteo made 67 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Tsitsipas Berrettini
Aces 3 14
Avg per match 3 7
1st in 40/59 93/146
%1st in 68% 64%
1st pts 33/40 67/93
%1st pts 83% 72%
2nd pts 12/19 30/53
%2nd pts 63% 57%

Tsitsipas managed to score 3 aces . Berrettini struck 14 aces (7 per match). Tsitsipas won 83% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Berrettini won 72% 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 Tsitsipas Berrettini
Won 3 7
Converted 3/6 7/14
% Converted 50% 50%
Conceded 3 7
Saved 3 5
% Saved 100% 71%
Times Broken 0 2

The Greek broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Stefanos pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. Berrettini broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Matteo conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Tsitsipas
R2
Cilic		 Total
Score 7-5 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 74-56 74-56
Total points 130 130
Winners 33 33
%Winners 45% 45%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 40/59 40/59
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 33/40 33/40
% 1st pts 83% 83%
2nd pts 12/19 12/19
% 2nd pts 63% 63%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/6 3/6
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 3/3 3
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Berrettini
R1
Basilashvili		 R2
Millman		 Total
Score 4-6 6-2 6-4 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 28 18 46
pts 89-87 62-47 151-134
Total points 176 109 285
Winners 41 26 67
%Winners 46% 42% 44%
SERVE
Aces 12 2 14
Double Faults 2 0 2
1st in 60/96 33/50 93/146
% 1st in 63% 66% 64%
1st pts 41/60 26/33 67/93
% 1st pts 68% 79% 72%
2nd pts 19/36 11/17 30/53
% 2nd pts 53% 65% 57%
Breaks
Won 4 3 7
Converted 4/5 3/9 7/14
Converted % 80% 33% 50%
Conceded 7 0 7
Saved 5/7 0/0 5
Saved % 71% – 71%
Times Broken 2 0 2

Tennis Scores in Rome

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