Francesco Maestrelli and Marco Miceli will face 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 CAMPO D’AVALOS. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francesco Maestrelli who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francesco Maestrelli is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Maestrelli -> 1.69
Marco Miceli -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Maestrelli vs. Marco Miceli
There is no head to head record between Francesco Maestrelli and Marco Miceli since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Francesco Maestrelli
Currently unranked, Maestrelli got to the qualifications after beating Francesco Passaro 4-6 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications against Passaro, Francesco recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-2). During the match, Maestrelli scored 99 points vs Passaro’s 82. Francesco was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Maestrelli scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 8 double faults. Francesco Maestrelli lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Maestrelli put 48% of his first serves in, winning 74% (31/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (23/46) on the 2nd serve. Maestrelli broke Passaro 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Maestrelli has a winning match record in the last 4 years having won 58% of his matches (22-16). 14-9 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Maestrelli has an overall14-10 win-loss record in the last 4 years on clay.
Francesco has an overall 19-11 win-loss record in 2021, 14-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Napoli Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Marco Miceli
Ranked no. 859, the Italian got to the qualifications after defeating Elliot Benchetrit 5-3 ret..
In the qualifications, Miceli had a good straight sets win against Benchetrit (5-3 ret.). During the match Miceli scored 30 points vs Benchetrit’s 28. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 13 winners.
Talking about serving, Miceli couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Marco Miceli lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Miceli put 76% of his first serves in, winning 52% (13/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (3/8) on the 2nd serve. Marco was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Benchetrit 3 times.
The Italian has a compiled 26-26 win-loss record in 2021, 18-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Maestrelli | Miceli |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 8 |
| Pts | 99-82 | 30-28 |
| Total Points | 181 | 58 |
| Winners | 31 | 13 |
| %Winners | 31% | 43% |
Both Maestrelli and Miceli played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Francesco Maestrelli conceded 1 set while Marco Miceli hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Maestrelli has played 1 set more than Miceli (3 vs 2). Therefore, Maestrelli played 18 games more than Miceli. The Italian scored 31 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Marco managed to score 13 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Maestrelli | Miceli |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 0 |
| 1st in | 42/88 | 25/33 |
| %1st in | 48% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 31/42 | 13/25 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 52% |
| 2nd pts | 23/46 | 3/8 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 38% |
Maestrelli fired 1 ace . Miceli didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Maestrelli won 74% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Miceli won 52% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Maestrelli | Miceli |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 3/3 |
| % Converted | 46% | 100% |
| Conceded | 10 | 3 |
| Saved | 7 | 1 |
| % Saved | 70% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Francesco broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Francesco conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Marco broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Marco conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Maestrelli | |||
| Q1 Passaro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 99-82 | 99-82 | |
| Total points | 181 | 181 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 42/88 | 42/88 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 31/42 | 31/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/46 | 23/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Miceli | |||
| Q1 Benchetrit |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-3 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 8 | 8 | |
| pts | 30-28 | 30-28 | |
| Total points | 58 | 58 | |
| Winners | 13 | 13 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 25/33 | 25/33 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 13/25 | 13/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 52% | 52% | |
| 2nd pts | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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