Filip Horansky and Lorenzo Giustino will face off in the semifinal of the Bucharest Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Filip Horansky who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Filip Horansky is the pick to win this match.
Filip Horansky -> 1.45
Lorenzo Giustino -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Filip Horansky vs. Lorenzo Giustino
This will be the 3rd time that Filip Horansky and Lorenzo Giustino fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Horansky and Giustino (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Giustino won 7-6(2) 7-5 in the 1st round in the Rome 1 Challenger back in April 2021.
Filip Horansky
Ranked no. 204, the Slovakian got to the semifinal after defeating Nicolae Frunza 7-63 6-4, Vit Kopriva 6-3 6-4 and Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-65 4-6 6-2.
In the quarter, The Slovakian defeated Kokkinakis (7-65 4-6 6-2). During the match, Horansky scored 107 points vs Kokkinakis’s 97. Filip was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, Horansky scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Filip Horansky was quite efficient on serve to win 75% (46/61) of his 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Horansky broke Kokkinakis 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Horansky started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Horansky has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (383-258). 17-15 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Horansky has a compiled 278-150 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Horansky’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Quimper Challenger.
Filip has a compiled 23-23 win-loss record in 2021, 17-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bucharest Challenger
Horansky has never competed in this tournament before.
Lorenzo Giustino
Ranked no. 229, Lorenzo got to the semifinal after defeating Sumit Nagal 3-6 7-5 7-5, Matteo Arnaldi 2-6 7-5 6-4 and Riccardo Bonadio 6-2 6-3.
In the quarter, Lorenzo had a good straight sets win against Bonadio (6-2 6-3). During the match Giustino scored 59 points vs Bonadio’s 40. Lorenzo was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Giustino blasted 2 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Lorenzo Giustino was quite effective on serve to win 86% (24/28) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Bonadio 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lorenzo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Giustino has a compiled 18-33 win-loss record in 2021, 12-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Horansky | Giustino |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 73 | 80 |
| Pts | 251-217 | 274-252 |
| Total Points | 468 | 526 |
| Winners | 101 | 100 |
| %Winners | 40% | 36% |
Both Horansky and Giustino played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Filip Horansky dropped 1 set, while Lorenzo Giustino lost 2 sets. Horansky has played 1 set(s) less than Giustino (7 vs 8). Therefore, Horansky played 7 games less than Giustino. Filip scored 101 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Giustino blasted 100 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Horansky | Giustino |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 0.7 | 2 |
| 1st in | 133/227 | 160/251 |
| %1st in | 59% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 101/133 | 100/160 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 47/94 | 43/91 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 47% |
Horansky blasted 2 aces (0.7 per match). Giustino scored 6 aces (2 per match). Horansky won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Giustino won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Horansky | Giustino |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 18 |
| Converted | 11/26 | 18/42 |
| % Converted | 42% | 43% |
| Conceded | 19 | 36 |
| Saved | 12 | 22 |
| % Saved | 63% | 61% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 14 |
Horansky broke his opponents 11 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Slovakian surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 18 times with a 43% conversion rate. Giustino conceded his serve 14 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.
| Horansky | |||||
| R1 Frunza |
R2 Kopriva |
1/4 Kokkinakis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | 7-65 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 19 | 31 | 73 | |
| pts | 74-71 | 70-49 | 107-97 | 251-217 | |
| Total points | 145 | 119 | 204 | 468 | |
| Winners | 28 | 27 | 46 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% | 43% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 42/79 | 30/51 | 61/97 | 133/227 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 59% | 63% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 28/42 | 27/30 | 46/61 | 101/133 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 90% | 75% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/37 | 12/21 | 19/36 | 47/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 57% | 53% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/10 | 3/8 | 11/26 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 30% | 38% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 | 8 | 19 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 1/2 | 6/8 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 50% | 75% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| Giustino | |||||
| R1 Nagal |
R2 Arnaldi |
1/4 Bonadio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 7-5 | 2-6 7-5 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 30 | 17 | 80 | |
| pts | 114-108 | 101-104 | 59-40 | 274-252 | |
| Total points | 222 | 205 | 99 | 526 | |
| Winners | 37 | 39 | 24 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 39% | 41% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 62/95 | 70/106 | 28/50 | 160/251 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 66% | 56% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 37/62 | 39/70 | 24/28 | 100/160 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 56% | 86% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/33 | 15/36 | 13/22 | 43/91 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 42% | 59% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 | |
| Converted | 8/24 | 7/15 | 3/3 | 18/42 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 47% | 100% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 21 | 0 | 36 | |
| Saved | 8/15 | 14/21 | 0/0 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 53% | 67% | – | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | |
Head 2 Head
LWWWLWWWWL Tennis Scores in Bucharest Challenger
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Filip HoranskyHoransky – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (7-65 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip HoranskyHoransky – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (1-1) – H2H and prediction
