Petros Tsitsipas and Bogdan Ionut Apostol will square off in the qualifications of the Napoli Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. 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 Bogdan Ionut Apostol who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Bogdan Ionut Apostol is the pick to win this match.
Bogdan Ionut Apostol -> 1.23
Petros Tsitsipas -> 3.98
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Prediction and head to head Petros Tsitsipas vs. Bogdan Ionut Apostol
There is no head to head record between Petros Tsitsipas and Bogdan Ionut Apostol since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Petros Tsitsipas
Ranked no. 735, Tsitsipas got to the qualifications after defeating Emanuele Bastia 6-1 7-65.
In the qualifications, Tsitsipas had a good straight sets win against Bastia (6-1 7-65). During the match, Tsitsipas scored 70 points vs Bastia’s 64. Petros was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tsitsipas struck 2 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Petros Tsitsipas lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Tsitsipas put 52% of his first serves in, winning 68% (25/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Petros broke Bastia 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Tsitsipas has a unfavourable match record in the last 5 years having won 43% of his matches (55-74). 4-5 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Tsitsipas has a composed15-16 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
Petros’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25+H Ajaccio.
The Greek has an overall 12-12 win-loss record in 2021, 4-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Napoli Challenger
The Greek has never competed in this tournament before.
Bogdan Ionut Apostol
Ranked no. 745, will start his run in the Napoli Challenger after he played his last match in the Napoli Challenger where he defeated 7-6(3) 5-7 6-3 to Forti in the qualifications on the 3rd of October.
Ionut Apostol has a compiled 9-7 win-loss record in 2021, 8-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Ionut Apostol’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Telfs.
In terms of his career, Ionut Apostol has an overall 206-147 record. He has a positive 193-138 record on clay.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tsitsipas | Ionut Apostol |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 34 |
| Pts | 70-64 | 123-116 |
| Total Points | 134 | 239 |
| Winners | 25 | 48 |
| %Winners | 36% | 39% |
Both Tsitsipas and Ionut Apostol played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Bogdan Ionut Apostol surrendered 1 set while Petros Tsitsipas hasn’t conceded a set so far. Tsitsipas has played 1 set(s) less than Ionut Apostol (2 vs 3). Therefore, Tsitsipas played 14 games less than Ionut Apostol. The Greek scored 25 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian struck 48 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tsitsipas | Ionut Apostol |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 37/71 | 61/120 |
| %1st in | 52% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 25/37 | 48/61 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 33/59 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 56% |
Tsitsipas made 2 aces . Ionut Apostol bagged 4 aces . Tsitsipas won 68% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Ionut Apostol won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tsitsipas | Ionut Apostol |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 1 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 1/13 |
| % Converted | 67% | 8% |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 |
| Saved | 5 | 6 |
| % Saved | 71% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Greek broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Greek conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Ionut Apostol broke his opponent once with a 8% conversion rate. Ionut Apostol conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tsitsipas | |||
| Q1 Bastia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 70-64 | 70-64 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 37/71 | 37/71 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 25/37 | 25/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 17/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Ionut Apostol | |||
| Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | |||
| Tot Set | 0 | ||
| Tot Games | 0 | ||
| pts | 0-0 | ||
| Total points | 0 | ||
| Winners | 0 | ||
| %Winners | – | ||
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | ||
| Double Faults | 0 | ||
| 1st in | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st in | NAN% | ||
| 1st pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st pts | NAN% | ||
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 2nd pts | NAN% | ||
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | ||
| Converted | 0/0 | ||
| Converted % | NAN% | ||
| Conceded | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0 | ||
| Saved % | 0% | ||
| Times Broken | 0 | ||
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