Matteo Arnaldi and Vlad Andrei Dancu will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Bucharest Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matteo Arnaldi who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matteo Arnaldi is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Arnaldi -> 1.3
Vlad Andrei Dancu -> 3.4
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Prediction and head to head Matteo Arnaldi vs. Vlad Andrei Dancu
There is no head to head record between Matteo Arnaldi and Vlad Andrei Dancu since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Matteo Arnaldi
Ranked no. 531 (career-high), Arnaldi reached the qualifications after beating Yshai Oliel 7-5 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Oliel (7-5 6-4). During the match, Arnaldi scored 78 points vs Oliel’s 71. Arnaldi was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Arnaldi fired 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Matteo Arnaldi lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Arnaldi put 59% of his first serves in, winning 66% (29/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the 2nd serve. Arnaldi broke Oliel 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Arnaldi has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 65% of his matches (75-41). 42-15 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Arnaldi has a composed46-25 win-loss record in the last 4 years on clay.
The Italian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Casinalbo,M25 Bolzano and M25 Eupen.
The Italian has a composed 45-18 win-loss record in 2021, 42-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bucharest Challenger
Arnaldi has never competed in this tournament before.
Vlad Andrei Dancu
Ranked no. 886, the Romanian got to the qualifications after defeating Julian Ocleppo 6-76 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications against Ocleppo, The Romanian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 6-4 6-2). During the match Andrei scored 116 points vs Ocleppo’s 95. Vlad was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Andrei scored 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Vlad Andrei Dancu was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (37/50) of his 1st serve and 66% (27/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Romanian broke Ocleppo 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
The Romanian has an overall 27-13 win-loss record in 2021, 27-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Arnaldi | Andrei |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 31 |
| Pts | 78-71 | 116-95 |
| Total Points | 149 | 211 |
| Winners | 29 | 37 |
| %Winners | 37% | 32% |
Both Arnaldi and Andrei played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Vlad Andrei Dancu conceded 1 set while Matteo Arnaldi hasn’t lost a set so far. Arnaldi has played 1 set(s) less than Andrei (2 vs 3). Therefore, Arnaldi played 9 games less than Andrei. The Italian scored 29 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Andrei scored 37 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Arnaldi | Andrei |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 44/75 | 50/91 |
| %1st in | 59% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 29/44 | 37/50 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 27/41 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 66% |
Arnaldi scored 5 aces . Andrei recorded 2 aces . Arnaldi won 66% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Andrei won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Arnaldi | Andrei |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 40% | 36% |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 71% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Arnaldi broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Matteo lost his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Romanian broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Arnaldi | |||
| Q1 Oliel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 78-71 | 78-71 | |
| Total points | 149 | 149 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 44/75 | 44/75 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 29/44 | 29/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 17/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Andrei | |||
| Q1 Ocleppo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 116-95 | 116-95 | |
| Total points | 211 | 211 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 50/91 | 50/91 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 37/50 | 37/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/41 | 27/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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