Andrea Vavassori and Matteo Arnaldi will square off in the 2nd round of the Napoli Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrea Vavassori who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andrea Vavassori is the pick to win this match.
Andrea Vavassori -> 1.65
Matteo Arnaldi -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Andrea Vavassori vs. Matteo Arnaldi
There is no head to head record between Andrea Vavassori and Matteo Arnaldi since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Andrea Vavassori
Ranked no. 314, Andrea got to the 2nd round after defeating Franco Agamenone 2-6 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round against Agamenone, Andrea recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 6-2). During the match, Vavassori scored 82 points vs Agamenone’s 71. Vavassori was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Vavassori struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Andrea Vavassori lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Vavassori put 58% of his first serves in, winning 61% (30/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the 2nd serve. Vavassori broke Agamenone 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Vavassori has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 56% of his matches (150-116). 10-4 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vavassori has a composed75-56 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Vavassori’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Como Challenger.
The Italian has a compiled 11-8 win-loss record in 2021, 10-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Napoli Challenger
Vavassori has never competed in this tournament before.
Matteo Arnaldi
Ranked no. 439 (career-high), the Italian reached the 2nd round after defeating Alessandro Giannessi 2-6 3-1 ret..
In the 1st round against Giannessi, Arnaldi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 3-1 ret.). During the match Arnaldi and Giannessi scored the same amount of points (42). However, the world no. 314 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 12 winners.
Talking about serving, Arnaldi managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Matteo Arnaldi was very efficient on serve to win 71% (12/17) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Arnaldi broke Giannessi once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Matteo’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Casinalbo,M25 Bolzano,M25 Eupen and M25 Skopje.
The Italian has a compiled 53-19 win-loss record in 2021, 50-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vavassori | Arnaldi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 12 |
| Pts | 82-71 | 42-42 |
| Total Points | 153 | 84 |
| Winners | 30 | 12 |
| %Winners | 37% | 29% |
Both Vavassori and Arnaldi played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Andrea Vavassori surrendered 1 set, while Matteo Arnaldi lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Vavassori and Arnaldi have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Vavassori played 11 games more than Arnaldi. The Italian scored 30 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Matteo managed to score 12 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vavassori | Arnaldi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 49/84 | 17/32 |
| %1st in | 58% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 30/49 | 12/17 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 19/35 | 9/15 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 60% |
Vavassori fired 3 aces . Arnaldi scored 4 aces . Vavassori won 61% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Arnaldi won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vavassori | Arnaldi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 1 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 1/5 |
| % Converted | 56% | 20% |
| Conceded | 10 | 5 |
| Saved | 7 | 3 |
| % Saved | 70% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Vavassori broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Vavassori conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Matteo broke his opponent once with a 20% conversion rate. Arnaldi conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vavassori | |||
| R1 Agamenone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 82-71 | 82-71 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 49/84 | 49/84 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 30/49 | 30/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/35 | 19/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Arnaldi | |||
| R1 Giannessi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 3-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 12 | |
| pts | 42-42 | 42-42 | |
| Total points | 84 | 84 | |
| Winners | 12 | 12 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 17/32 | 17/32 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 12/17 | 12/17 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 9/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/5 | 1/5 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWWWLWL Tennis Scores in Napoli Challenger
- Andrej MartinMartin – Marco MiceliMiceli (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Mirza BasicBasic – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-1 2-6 7-64) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Filippo BaldiBaldi – Petros TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Ergi KirkinKirkin (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (3-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Julian OcleppoOcleppo (6-4 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Bogdan Ionut ApostolIonut Apostol (7-61 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (2-6 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (2-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni – Miljan ZekicZekic (6-1 6-72 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Evan FurnessFurness (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Luca NardiNardi (6-0 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Flavio CobolliCobolli (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Mirza BasicBasic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filippo BaldiBaldi – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Alexander RitschardRitschard (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Andrej MartinMartin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
