Raul Brancaccio and Bogdan Ionut Apostol will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Napoli Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on Campo 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Raul Brancaccio who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Raul Brancaccio is the pick to win this match.
Raul Brancaccio -> 1.168
Bogdan Ionut Apostol -> 4.8
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Prediction and head to head Raul Brancaccio vs. Bogdan Ionut Apostol
This will be the 2nd time that Raul Brancaccio and Bogdan Ionut Apostol square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Brancaccio (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Brancaccio won 6-1 3-0 ret. in the qualifications in Italy F7 (Santa Margherita Di Pula) back in 1970.
Raul Brancaccio
Ranked no. 335, Raul got to the 1st round after beating Augusto Virgili 6-2 6-2 and Mircea-Alexandru Jecan 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Jecan (6-2 6-2). During the match, Brancaccio scored 62 points vs Jecan’s 40. Raul was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about the service games, Brancaccio couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Raul Brancaccio was very efficient on serve to win 72% (18/25) of his 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Raul broke Jecan 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Brancaccio started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 62% of the points he played.
Brancaccio has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 60% of his matches (222-148). 39-18 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Brancaccio has a compiled180-114 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
Raul’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya.
The Italian has a compiled 41-19 win-loss record in 2021, 39-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Napoli Challenger
Raul has never competed in this tournament before.
Bogdan Ionut Apostol
Ranked no. 742, Bogdan reached the 1st round after defeating Francesco Forti 7-63 5-7 6-3 and Petros Tsitsipas 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Bogdan defeated Forti (7-63 5-7 6-3). During the match Ionut Apostol scored 123 points vs Forti’s 116. Ionut Apostol was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Ionut Apostol struck 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Bogdan Ionut Apostol was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (48/61) of his 1st serve and 56% (33/59) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Bogdan broke Forti once after converting 8% of his break points (1/13).
The Romanian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Telfs.
The Romanian has an overall 10-7 win-loss record in 2021, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Brancaccio | Ionut Apostol |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 51 |
| Pts | 130-80 | 191-163 |
| Total Points | 210 | 354 |
| Winners | 33 | 77 |
| %Winners | 25% | 40% |
Both Brancaccio and Ionut Apostol played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Bogdan Ionut Apostol surrendered 1 set while Raul Brancaccio hasn’t dropped a set so far. Brancaccio has played 1 set(s) less than Ionut Apostol (4 vs 5). Therefore, Brancaccio played 19 games less than Ionut Apostol. Raul scored 33 winners (25% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian managed to score 77 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Brancaccio | Ionut Apostol |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 44/82 | 98/176 |
| %1st in | 54% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 33/44 | 77/98 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 27/38 | 44/78 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 56% |
Brancaccio bagged 1 ace (0.5 per match). Ionut Apostol also blasted 10 aces (5 per match). Brancaccio won 75% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 71% 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 | Brancaccio | Ionut Apostol |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 5 |
| Converted | 10/18 | 5/18 |
| % Converted | 56% | 28% |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 |
| Saved | 1 | 9 |
| % Saved | 33% | 90% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Raul broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Raul dropped his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Ionut Apostol broke his opponents 5 times with a 28% conversion rate. Ionut Apostol conceded his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded.
| Brancaccio | ||||
| Q1 Virgili |
Q3 Jecan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | 32 | |
| pts | 68-40 | 62-40 | 130-80 | |
| Total points | 108 | 102 | 210 | |
| Winners | 15 | 18 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 22% | 29% | 25% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 19/42 | 25/40 | 44/82 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 63% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 15/19 | 18/25 | 33/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 72% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 11/15 | 27/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 73% | 71% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/6 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 83% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ionut Apostol | ||||
| Q1 Forti |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 5-7 6-3 | |||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | ||
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | ||
| pts | 123-116 | 123-116 | ||
| Total points | 239 | 239 | ||
| Winners | 48 | 48 | ||
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | ||
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | ||
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1st in | 61/120 | 61/120 | ||
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | ||
| 1st pts | 48/61 | 48/61 | ||
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | ||
| 2nd pts | 33/59 | 33/59 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | ||
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 1 | ||
| Converted | 1/13 | 1/13 | ||
| Converted % | 8% | 8% | ||
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | ||
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | ||
| Saved % | 86% | 43% | ||
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | ||
Head 2 Head
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