Mario Vilella Martinez and Giulio Zeppieri will fight against each other in the quarter of the Todi Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on CENTRALE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mario Vilella Martinez who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mario Vilella Martinez is the pick to win this match.
Mario Vilella Martinez -> 1.66
Giulio Zeppieri -> 2.10
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Prediction and head to head Mario Vilella Martinez vs. Giulio Zeppieri
This will be the 2nd time that Mario Vilella Martinez and Giulio Zeppieri play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Vilella Martinez (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Vilella Martinez won 6-1 6-3 in the 1st round in the Trieste Challenger back in 2020.
Mario Vilella Martinez
Ranked no. 178, the Spaniard got to the quarter after defeating Tristan Lamasine 6-2 7-64 and Francesco Forti 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Mario had a good straight sets win against Forti (6-3 6-1). During the match, Vilella Martinez scored 57 points vs Forti’s 33. Vilella Martinez was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vilella Martinez scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Mario Vilella Martinez was quite effective on serve to win 78% (18/23) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mario broke Forti 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mario started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Vilella Martinez has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (257-147). 14-8 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vilella Martinez has a compiled218-109 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Mario’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Marbella Challenger.
The Spaniard has an overall 19-14 win-loss record in 2021, 14-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Todi Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See his history.
Giulio Zeppieri
Ranked no. 316, Zeppieri reached the quarter after beating Andrea Pellegrino 7-62 7-64 and Arthur Cazaux 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Zeppieri had a good straight sets win against Cazaux (6-3 6-3). During the match Zeppieri scored 62 points vs Cazaux’s 50. Giulio was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Zeppieri couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Giulio Zeppieri lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zeppieri put 74% of his first serves in, winning 62% (24/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the 2nd serve. Zeppieri broke Cazaux 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Giulio started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.
The Italian has an overall 14-12 win-loss record in 2021, 13-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Todi Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vilella Martinez | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 44 |
| Pts | 128-91 | 148-132 |
| Total Points | 219 | 280 |
| Winners | 46 | 57 |
| %Winners | 36% | 39% |
Both Vilella Martinez and Zeppieri played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Vilella Martinez and Zeppieri have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Vilella Martinez played 7 games less than Zeppieri. Mario scored 46 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian recorded 57 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vilella Martinez | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 60/106 | 91/138 |
| %1st in | 57% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 46/60 | 57/91 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 24/46 | 30/47 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 64% |
Vilella Martinez made 7 aces (3.5 per match). Zeppieri recorded 4 aces (2 per match). Vilella Martinez won 77% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Zeppieri won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vilella Martinez | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 7 |
| Converted | 10/15 | 7/9 |
| % Converted | 67% | 78% |
| Conceded | 7 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 43% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Mario broke his opponents 10 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Giulio broke his opponents 7 times with a 78% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vilella Martinez | ||||
| R1 Lamasine |
R2 Forti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-64 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 16 | 37 | |
| pts | 71-58 | 57-33 | 128-91 | |
| Total points | 129 | 90 | 219 | |
| Winners | 28 | 18 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 32% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 37/63 | 23/43 | 60/106 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 53% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 18/23 | 46/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 78% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/26 | 14/20 | 24/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 70% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/8 | 10/15 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 63% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 1/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 50% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Zeppieri | ||||
| R1 Pellegrino |
R2 Cazaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 7-64 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 18 | 44 | |
| pts | 86-82 | 62-50 | 148-132 | |
| Total points | 168 | 112 | 280 | |
| Winners | 33 | 24 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 52/85 | 39/53 | 91/138 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 74% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 33/52 | 24/39 | 57/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 62% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/33 | 10/14 | 30/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 71% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 5/6 | 7/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 83% | 78% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 2/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 50% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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