Thiago Agustin Tirante and Flavio Cobolli will square off in the semifinal of the Barletta Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 7:30 pm on CENTER. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thiago Agustin Tirante who should win in 3 sets.
Thiago Agustin Tirante -> 1.59
Flavio Cobolli -> 2.36
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Prediction and head to head Thiago Agustin Tirante vs. Flavio Cobolli
There is no head to head record between Thiago Agustin Tirante and Flavio Cobolli since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Thiago Agustin Tirante
Ranked no. 281, Agustin Tirante got to the semifinal after defeating Petros Chrysochos 6-1 4-6 6-2, Andrej Martin 7-63 6-2 and Nicolas Alvarez 6-2 6-2.
In the quarter, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Alvarez (6-2 6-2). During the match, Agustin Tirante scored 63 points vs Alvarez’s 40. Agustin Tirante was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Agustin Tirante bagged 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Thiago Agustin Tirante was exceptionally effective on serve to win 84% (26/31) of his 1st serve and 67% (6/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Thiago was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Alvarez 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Agustin Tirante started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.
Agustin Tirante has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 63% of his matches (97-57). 18-11 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Agustin Tirante has a composed65-44 record in the last 5 years on clay.
Agustin Tirante’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Trieste Challenger.
The Argentine has an overall 26-15 win-loss record in 2021, 18-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Barletta Challenger
Thiago has never competed in this tournament before.
Flavio Cobolli
Ranked no. 313 (career-high), Flavio got to the semifinal after defeating Pavel Kotov 6-2 4-6 6-2, Tim Van Rijthoven 6-1 6-2 and Aziz Dougaz 6-3 6-3.
In the quarter, Flavio had a good straight sets win against Dougaz (6-3 6-3). During the match Cobolli scored 78 points vs Dougaz’s 56. Cobolli was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Cobolli fired 4 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Flavio Cobolli was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (29/38) of his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Flavio broke Dougaz 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
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 57% of the points he played.
Flavio’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya and the Rome 2 Challenger.
The Italian has a composed 30-19 win-loss record in 2021, 27-14 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Agustin Tirante | Cobolli |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 62 | 59 |
| Pts | 212-157 | 221-164 |
| Total Points | 369 | 385 |
| Winners | 89 | 79 |
| %Winners | 42% | 36% |
Both Agustin Tirante and Cobolli played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Thiago Agustin Tirante dropped 1 set, while Flavio Cobolli lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Agustin Tirante and Cobolli have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Agustin Tirante played 3 games more than Cobolli. Thiago scored 89 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian fired 79 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Agustin Tirante | Cobolli |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 121/170 | 109/188 |
| %1st in | 71% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 89/121 | 79/109 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 24/49 | 48/79 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 61% |
Agustin Tirante fired 7 aces (2.3 per match). Cobolli struck 7 aces (2.3 per match). Agustin Tirante won 74% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Cobolli won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Agustin Tirante | Cobolli |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 14 |
| Converted | 15/25 | 14/32 |
| % Converted | 60% | 44% |
| Conceded | 12 | 16 |
| Saved | 7 | 13 |
| % Saved | 58% | 81% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
Thiago broke his opponents 15 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Argentine surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. Flavio broke his opponents 14 times with a 44% conversion rate. Flavio conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.
| Agustin Tirante | |||||
| R1 Chrysochos | R2 Martin | 1/4 Alvarez | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 4-6 6-2 | 7-63 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 21 | 16 | 62 | |
| pts | 76-58 | 73-59 | 63-40 | 212-157 | |
| Total points | 134 | 132 | 103 | 369 | |
| Winners | 32 | 31 | 26 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | 41% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 46/68 | 44/62 | 31/40 | 121/170 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 71% | 78% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 32/46 | 31/44 | 26/31 | 89/121 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | 84% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 8/18 | 6/9 | 24/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 44% | 67% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 4/10 | 4/4 | 15/25 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 40% | 100% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 4/6 | 0/0 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | – | 39% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Cobolli | |||||
| R1 Kotov | R2 Van Rijthoven | 1/4 Dougaz | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-2 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 15 | 18 | 59 | |
| pts | 80-70 | 63-38 | 78-56 | 221-164 | |
| Total points | 150 | 101 | 134 | 385 | |
| Winners | 30 | 20 | 29 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 32% | 37% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 44/80 | 27/44 | 38/64 | 109/188 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 61% | 59% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 20/27 | 29/38 | 79/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 74% | 76% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/36 | 11/17 | 17/26 | 48/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 65% | 65% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 5/12 | 3/9 | 14/32 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 42% | 33% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 3/3 | 8/8 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 100% | 100% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Tennis Scores in Barletta Challenger
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Julian OcleppoOcleppo (5-7 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-0) – H2H and prediction