Salvatore Caruso and Flavio Cobolli will fight against each other in the quarter of the Perugia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Salvatore Caruso who should win in 3 sets.
Salvatore Caruso -> 1.56
Flavio Cobolli -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Salvatore Caruso vs. Flavio Cobolli
There is no head to head record between Salvatore Caruso and Flavio Cobolli since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Salvatore Caruso
Ranked no. 96, Caruso got to the quarter after beating Luca Vanni 7-65 6-4 and Francesco Forti 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Salvatore had a good straight sets win against Forti (6-4 6-4). During the match, Caruso scored 62 points vs Forti’s 55. Salvatore was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Caruso bagged 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Salvatore Caruso lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Caruso put 61% of his first serves in, winning 64% (28/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the 2nd serve. The Italian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Forti 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Caruso started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Caruso has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (318-252). 5-8 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Caruso has an aggregate193-136 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Salvatore has an aggregate 8-15 win-loss record in 2021, 5-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Perugia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2018. See his history.
Flavio Cobolli
Ranked no. 369 (career-high), Flavio got to the quarter after beating Dmitry Popko 2-6 7-5 7-63 and Filippo Baldi 6-2 7-63.
In the 2nd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Baldi (6-2 7-63). During the match Cobolli scored 77 points vs Baldi’s 58. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Cobolli scored 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Flavio Cobolli was quite effective on serve to win 74% (25/34) of his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Flavio broke Baldi 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cobolli 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.
The Italian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya and the Rome 2 Challenger.
The Italian has a compiled 22-14 win-loss record in 2021, 19-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Caruso | Cobolli |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 54 |
| Pts | 135-114 | 193-172 |
| Total Points | 249 | 365 |
| Winners | 62 | 62 |
| %Winners | 46% | 32% |
Both Caruso and Cobolli played 2 matches. At the moment, Flavio Cobolli conceded 1 set while Salvatore Caruso hasn’t conceded a set so far. Caruso has played 1 set(s) less than Cobolli (4 vs 5). Therefore, Caruso played 11 games less than Cobolli. The Italian scored 62 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Flavio bagged 62 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Caruso | Cobolli |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 82/130 | 94/180 |
| %1st in | 63% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 62/82 | 62/94 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 30/48 | 42/86 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 49% |
Caruso blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Cobolli made 7 aces (3.5 per match). Caruso won 76% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Cobolli won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Caruso | Cobolli |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 10 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 10/18 |
| % Converted | 63% | 56% |
| Conceded | 10 | 23 |
| Saved | 8 | 14 |
| % Saved | 80% | 61% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 9 |
Salvatore broke his opponents 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Salvatore surrendered his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Flavio broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.
| Caruso | ||||
| R1 Vanni | R2 Forti | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 20 | 43 | |
| pts | 73-59 | 62-55 | 135-114 | |
| Total points | 132 | 117 | 249 | |
| Winners | 34 | 28 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 45% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/58 | 44/72 | 82/130 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 61% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 34/38 | 28/44 | 62/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 64% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 16/28 | 30/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 57% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 4/4 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 100% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | – | 80% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Cobolli | ||||
| R1 Popko | R2 Baldi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-5 7-63 | 6-2 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 21 | 54 | |
| pts | 116-114 | 77-58 | 193-172 | |
| Total points | 230 | 135 | 365 | |
| Winners | 37 | 25 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 60/112 | 34/68 | 94/180 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 50% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 37/60 | 25/34 | 62/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 74% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/52 | 18/34 | 42/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 53% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 4/6 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 18 | 5 | 23 | |
| Saved | 11/18 | 3/5 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 61% | 60% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
Upcoming matches in the draw
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