Gastao Elias and Raul Brancaccio will fight against each other in the quarter of the Forli Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gastao Elias who should win in 3 sets.
Gastao Elias -> 1.49
Raul Brancaccio -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Gastao Elias vs. Raul Brancaccio
There is no head to head record between Gastao Elias and Raul Brancaccio since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Gastao Elias
Ranked no. 250, Gastao reached the quarter after defeating Viktor Galovic 6-3 6-2 and Orlando Luz 6-4 7-67.
In the 2nd round, Elias had a good straight sets win against Luz (6-4 7-67). During the match, Elias scored 84 points vs Luz’s 70. Elias was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Elias made 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Gastao Elias was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (33/42) of his 1st serve and 71% (22/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Portuguese broke Luz once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Portuguese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
Elias has a positive match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (310-241). 16-4 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Elias has a compiled 240-164 record in the last years on clay.
Elias’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Villena,M25 Vale do Lobo,the Oeiras 1 Challenger and the Oeiras 4 Challenger.
Elias has a composed 25-7 win-loss record in 2021, 16-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli Challenger
Gastao has never competed in this tournament before.
Raul Brancaccio
Ranked no. 336, Raul got to the quarter after defeating Paolo Lorenzi 6-3 6-4 and Duje Ajdukovic 5-7 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Ajdukovic, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-3). During the match Brancaccio scored 107 points vs Ajdukovic’s 95. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Brancaccio made 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Raul Brancaccio lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Brancaccio put 54% of his first serves in, winning 75% (39/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (21/44) on the 2nd serve. Brancaccio broke Ajdukovic 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian 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.
Brancaccio’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya.
Brancaccio has a composed 33-12 win-loss record in 2021, 31-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Elias | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 50 |
| Pts | 151-121 | 185-162 |
| Total Points | 272 | 347 |
| Winners | 60 | 68 |
| %Winners | 40% | 37% |
Both Elias and Brancaccio played 2 matches. At the moment, Raul Brancaccio conceded 1 set while Gastao Elias hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Elias has played 1 set(s) less than Brancaccio (4 vs 5). Therefore, Elias played 10 games less than Brancaccio. Elias scored 60 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Brancaccio managed to score 68 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Elias | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 76/122 | 95/178 |
| %1st in | 62% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 60/76 | 68/95 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 29/46 | 43/83 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 52% |
Elias bagged 11 aces (5.5 per match). Brancaccio struck 5 aces (2.5 per match). Elias won 79% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Brancaccio won 72% of the points on 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 | Elias | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 8 |
| Converted | 5/17 | 8/19 |
| % Converted | 29% | 42% |
| Conceded | 6 | 15 |
| Saved | 6 | 10 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Elias broke his opponents 5 times with a 29% conversion rate. The Portuguese had a solid display on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 6 break points. The Italian broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Brancaccio conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Elias | ||||
| R1 Galovic | R2 Luz | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 23 | 40 | |
| pts | 67-51 | 84-70 | 151-121 | |
| Total points | 118 | 154 | 272 | |
| Winners | 27 | 33 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 34/49 | 42/73 | 76/122 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 58% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 27/34 | 33/42 | 60/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 22/31 | 29/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 71% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 1/7 | 5/17 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 14% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brancaccio | ||||
| R1 Lorenzi | R2 Ajdukovic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 5-7 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 31 | 50 | |
| pts | 78-67 | 107-95 | 185-162 | |
| Total points | 145 | 202 | 347 | |
| Winners | 29 | 39 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 36% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 43/82 | 52/96 | 95/178 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 54% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 29/43 | 39/52 | 68/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 75% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/39 | 21/44 | 43/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 48% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 5/11 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 45% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 6 | 15 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 2/6 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 33% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
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