Giulio Zeppieri and Flavio Cobolli will clash against each other in the final of the Barletta Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 7:00 pm on CENTER. 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 Flavio Cobolli who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Flavio Cobolli is the pick to win this match.
Flavio Cobolli -> 1.77
Giulio Zeppieri -> 2.05

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Prediction and head to head Giulio Zeppieri vs. Flavio Cobolli

This will be the 3rd time that Giulio Zeppieri and Flavio Cobolli face off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Cobolli won 6-0 7-5 in the 1st round in the Forli Challenger back in June 2021.

Giulio Zeppieri

Ranked no. 297, the Italian reached the final after beating Timofey Skatov 7-5 6-0, Andrea Arnaboldi 6-3 6-2, Julian Ocleppo 5-7 6-3 6-2 and Chun Hsin Tseng 3-6 6-2 6-3.

In the semifinal against Hsin Tseng, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-3). During the match, Zeppieri scored 73 points vs Hsin Tseng’s 63. Giulio was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zeppieri managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Giulio Zeppieri was quite effective on serve to win 72% (26/36) of his 1st serve and 63% (19/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Zeppieri was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Hsin Tseng 4 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Giulio started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 2 set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.

Zeppieri has a winning record in the last 4 years having won 56% of his matches (65-51). 23-13 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Zeppieri has a compiled61-40 match record in the last 4 years on clay.

The Italian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Barletta Challenger.

Zeppieri has a compiled 24-17 win-loss record in 2021, 23-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Barletta Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.

Barletta Challenger
Zeppieri's Record

Flavio Cobolli

Ranked no. 313 (career-high), Cobolli got to the final after defeating Pavel Kotov 6-2 4-6 6-2, Tim Van Rijthoven 6-1 6-2, Aziz Dougaz 6-3 6-3 and Thiago Agustin Tirante 6-1 1-6 7-5.

In the semifinal, The Italian defeated Agustin Tirante (6-1 1-6 7-5). During the match Cobolli scored 83 points vs Agustin Tirante’s 79. Flavio was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Cobolli scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Flavio Cobolli lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Cobolli put 54% of his first serves in, winning 57% (26/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (23/39) on the 2nd serve. Cobolli broke Agustin Tirante 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Flavio started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

The Italian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya and the Rome 2 Challenger.

The Italian has an overall 31-19 win-loss record in 2021, 28-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Barletta Challenger
Cobolli's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

G.Zeppieri
F.Cobolli
6h:21
6h:21
Time on court​
6h:29
6h:29
1h:42
1h:42
Last match​
1h:53
1h:53
4
4
Match played
4
4
90
90
Games Played​
85
85
10
10
Set played​​
10
10
289
289
Total points​
304
304
72.3
72.3
Avg point​
76
76
106
106
Winners
105
105
26.5
26.5
Avg Winners​
26.3
26.3
37%
37%
Ratio winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
17
17
Aces
8
8
4.3
4.3
Avg Aces
2
2
10
10
Double Faults
9
9
2.5
2.5
Avg Double Faults
2.3
2.3
106/133
106/133
1st won total​
105/155
105/155
!
80%
80%
1st won %
68%
68%
74/112
74/112
2nd won total​
71/118
71/118
!
66%
66%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
16/27
16/27
BP won
19/41
19/41
4/6.8
4/6.8
Avg BP won
4.8/10.3
4.8/10.3
!
59%
59%
Won
46%
46%
10
10
Conceded
28
28
2.5
2.5
Avg Conceded
7
7
5
5
Broken
7
7
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
1.8
1.8
5
5
Saved
21
21

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Zeppieri Cobolli
Match played 4 4
Tot Set 10 10
Tot Games 90 85
Pts 289-213 304-243
Total Points 502 547
Winners 106 105
%Winners 37% 35%

Both Zeppieri and Cobolli played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Giulio Zeppieri lost 2 sets, while Flavio Cobolli lost 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Zeppieri and Cobolli have played the same amount of sets 10. However, Zeppieri played 5 games more than Cobolli. Zeppieri scored 106 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Flavio scored 105 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve Zeppieri Cobolli
Aces 17 8
Avg per match 4.3 2
1st in 133/245 155/273
%1st in 54% 57%
1st pts 106/133 105/155
%1st pts 80% 68%
2nd pts 74/112 71/118
%2nd pts 66% 60%

Zeppieri fired 17 aces (4.3 per match). Cobolli blasted 8 aces (2 per match). Zeppieri won 80% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Cobolli won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Zeppieri Cobolli
Won 16 19
Converted 16/27 19/41
% Converted 59% 46%
Conceded 10 28
Saved 5 21
% Saved 50% 75%
Times Broken 5 7

Zeppieri broke his opponents 16 times with a 59% conversion rate. Zeppieri dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 19 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Zeppieri
R1
Skatov
R2
Arnaboldi
1/4
Ocleppo
1/2
Hsin
Total
Score 7-5 6-0 6-3 6-2 5-7 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 3 3 10
Tot Games 18 17 29 26 90
pts 57-31 61-39 98-80 73-63 289-213
Total points 88 100 178 136 502
Winners 21 22 37 26 106
%Winners 37% 36% 38% 36% 37%
SERVE
Aces 2 7 4 4 17
Double Faults 1 1 4 4 10
1st in 25/41 24/43 48/95 36/66 133/245
% 1st in 61% 56% 51% 55% 54%
1st pts 21/25 22/24 37/48 26/36 106/133
% 1st pts 84% 92% 77% 72% 80%
2nd pts 12/16 14/19 29/47 19/30 74/112
% 2nd pts 75% 74% 62% 63% 66%
Breaks
Won 5 3 4 4 16
Converted 5/7 3/8 4/8 4/4 16/27
Converted % 71% 38% 50% 100% 59%
Conceded 1 0 6 3 10
Saved 0/1 0/0 4/6 1/3 5
Saved % 0% 67% 33% 25%
Times Broken 1 0 2 2 5
Cobolli
R1
Kotov
R2
Van Rijthoven
1/4
Dougaz
1/2
Agustin
Total
Score 6-2 4-6 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-1 1-6 7-5
Tot Set 3 2 2 3 10
Tot Games 26 15 18 26 85
pts 80-70 63-38 78-56 83-79 304-243
Total points 150 101 134 162 547
Winners 30 20 29 26 105
%Winners 38% 32% 37% 31% 35%
SERVE
Aces 2 1 4 1 8
Double Faults 6 1 0 2 9
1st in 44/80 27/44 38/64 46/85 155/273
% 1st in 55% 61% 59% 54% 57%
1st pts 30/44 20/27 29/38 26/46 105/155
% 1st pts 68% 74% 76% 57% 68%
2nd pts 20/36 11/17 17/26 23/39 71/118
% 2nd pts 56% 65% 65% 59% 60%
Breaks
Won 6 5 3 5 19
Converted 6/11 5/12 3/9 5/9 19/41
Converted % 55% 42% 33% 56% 46%
Conceded 5 3 8 12 28
Saved 2/5 3/3 8/8 8/12 21
Saved % 40% 100% 100% 67% 77%
Times Broken 3 0 0 4 7

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