Thiago Moura Monteiro and Andrea Pellegrino will square off in the 2nd round of the Lisbon Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on ESTÁDIO CIF. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thiago Moura Monteiro who should win in 2 sets.
Thiago Moura Monteiro -> 1.121
Andrea Pellegrino -> 6.2
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Prediction and head to head Thiago Moura Monteiro vs. Andrea Pellegrino
This will be the 4th time that Thiago Moura Monteiro and Andrea Pellegrino play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Moura Monteiro (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Moura Monteiro won 6-4 4-6 6-1 in the semifinal in the Forli Challenger back in 2020.
Thiago Moura Monteiro
Ranked no. 90, the Brazilian got to the 2nd round after beating Alexandre Muller 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Moura Monteiro had a good straight sets win against Muller (6-4 6-4). During the match, Moura Monteiro scored 71 points vs Muller’s 59. Moura Monteiro was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Moura Monteiro scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Thiago Moura Monteiro lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Moura Monteiro put 67% of his first serves in, winning 69% (33/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the 2nd serve. The Brazilian broke Muller 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Moura Monteiro has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (366-257). 15-14 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Moura Monteiro has an aggregate 302-191 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Braga Challenger where he defeated Nikola Milojevic in the final 7-5 7-5.
The Brazilian has an aggregate 23-22 win-loss record in 2021, 15-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lisbon Challenger
Moura Monteiro has never competed in this tournament before.
Andrea Pellegrino
Ranked no. 258, Pellegrino reached the 2nd round after beating Igor Sijsling 6-0 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Sijsling (6-0 6-4). During the match Pellegrino scored 62 points vs Sijsling’s 34. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Pellegrino bagged 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Andrea Pellegrino was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (25/33) of his 1st serve and 67% (6/9) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Sijsling 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
His best result of the season was winning the title in the Rome 1 Challenger where he beat Hugo Gaston in the final 3-6 6-2 6-1.
The Italian has a compiled 16-24 win-loss record in 2021, 15-20 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Moura Monteiro | Pellegrino |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 16 |
| Pts | 71-59 | 62-34 |
| Total Points | 130 | 96 |
| Winners | 33 | 25 |
| %Winners | 46% | 40% |
Both Moura Monteiro and Pellegrino played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Moura Monteiro and Pellegrino have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Moura Monteiro played 4 games more than Pellegrino. The Brazilian scored 33 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Pellegrino struck 25 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Moura Monteiro | Pellegrino |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4 |
| 1st in | 48/72 | 33/42 |
| %1st in | 67% | 79% |
| 1st pts | 33/48 | 25/33 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 6/9 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 67% |
Moura Monteiro made 1 ace . Pellegrino also struck 4 aces . Moura Monteiro won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Pellegrino won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Moura Monteiro | Pellegrino |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 75% | 83% |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 80% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Moura Monteiro broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Brazilian conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Moura Monteiro | |||
| R1 Muller | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 71-59 | 71-59 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 48/72 | 48/72 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 33/48 | 33/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 14/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Pellegrino | |||
| R1 Sijsling | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 62-34 | 62-34 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/42 | 33/42 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 25/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Lisbon Challenger
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Michael GeertsGeerts (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (1-6 6-3 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Daniel MichalskiMichalski – Taro DanielDaniel (7-64 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Francesco FortiForti (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Robin HaaseHaase – Filippo BaldiBaldi (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Joao DominguesDomingues – Tiago CacaoCacao (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Igor SijslingSijsling (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – Pedro AraujoAraujo (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrej MartinMartin – Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi (4-6 6-4 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Benjamin HassanHassan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Robin HaaseHaase – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrej MartinMartin – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Joao DominguesDomingues – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (0-0) – H2H and prediction