Stefano Travaglia and Tallon Griekspoor will play each other in the semifinal of the Napoli Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:30 pm on CAMPO D’AVALOS. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefano Travaglia who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefano Travaglia is the pick to win this match.
Stefano Travaglia -> 1.72
Tallon Griekspoor -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Stefano Travaglia vs. Tallon Griekspoor
There is no head to head record between Stefano Travaglia and Tallon Griekspoor since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Stefano Travaglia
Ranked no. 89, Travaglia reached the semifinal after defeating Ergi Kirkin 7-63 6-3, Flavio Cobolli 6-2 6-2 and Andrea Vavassori 7-68 7-5.
In the quarter, Stefano had a good straight sets win against Vavassori (7-68 7-5). During the match, Travaglia scored 95 points vs Vavassori’s 82. Stefano was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Travaglia managed to score 8 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Stefano Travaglia was pretty effective on serve to win 77% (33/43) of his 1st serve and 66% (23/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Stefano broke Vavassori twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
Travaglia has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (375-202). 20-13 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Travaglia has an overall 295-133 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title in the Sibiu Challenger where he defeated Thanasi Kokkinakis in the final 7-6(4) 6-2.
Stefano has an aggregate 28-24 win-loss record in 2021, 20-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Napoli Challenger
Travaglia has never competed in this tournament before.
Tallon Griekspoor
Ranked no. 118, Tallon got to the semifinal after beating Julian Ocleppo 6-4 0-0 ret., Alexander Ritschard 3-6 7-5 6-1 and Gian Marco Moroni 6-3 7-61.
In the quarter, Tallon had a good straight sets win against Marco Moroni (6-3 7-61). During the match Griekspoor scored 77 points vs Marco Moroni’s 63. Griekspoor was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Griekspoor scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Tallon Griekspoor lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Griekspoor put 73% of his first serves in, winning 70% (32/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch broke Marco Moroni 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Griekspoor started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title in the Prague Challenger where he defeated Oscar Otte in the final 5-7 6-4 6-4 and in the Bratislava Challenger where he overcame Sebastian Baez in the final 7-6(6) 6-3 and in the Amersfoort Challenger where he defeated Botic Van De Zandschulp in the final 6-1 3-6 6-1 and in the Murcia Challenger where he defeated Roberto Carballes Baena in the final 3-6 7-5 6-3.
Griekspoor has a composed 42-17 win-loss record in 2021, 29-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Travaglia | Griekspoor |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 63 | 60 |
| Pts | 237-186 | 218-191 |
| Total Points | 423 | 409 |
| Winners | 87 | 89 |
| %Winners | 37% | 41% |
Both Travaglia and Griekspoor played 3 matches. At the moment, Tallon Griekspoor dropped 1 set while Stefano Travaglia hasn’t dropped a set so far. Travaglia has played 2 set(s) less than Griekspoor (6 vs 8). However, it’s interesting to notice that Travaglia played 3 games more than Griekspoor. The Italian scored 87 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Tallon bagged 89 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Travaglia | Griekspoor |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 109/199 | 120/183 |
| %1st in | 55% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 87/109 | 89/120 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 52/90 | 33/63 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 52% |
Travaglia fired 18 aces (6 per match). Griekspoor blasted 14 aces (4.7 per match). Travaglia won 80% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Griekspoor won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Travaglia | Griekspoor |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 9 |
| Converted | 8/16 | 9/28 |
| % Converted | 50% | 32% |
| Conceded | 9 | 13 |
| Saved | 7 | 9 |
| % Saved | 78% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Travaglia broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponents 9 times with a 32% conversion rate. Griekspoor conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Travaglia | |||||
| R1 Kirkin |
R2 Cobolli |
1/4 Vavassori |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-3 | 6-2 6-2 | 7-68 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 16 | 25 | 63 | |
| pts | 79-64 | 63-40 | 95-82 | 237-186 | |
| Total points | 143 | 103 | 177 | 423 | |
| Winners | 29 | 25 | 33 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% | 35% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/66 | 32/55 | 43/78 | 109/199 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 58% | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 25/32 | 33/43 | 87/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 78% | 77% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 12/23 | 23/35 | 52/90 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 52% | 66% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 4/6 | 2/4 | 8/16 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 67% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 2/2 | 5/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 83% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Griekspoor | |||||
| R1 Ocleppo |
R2 Ritschard |
1/4 Marco Moroni |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 0-0 ret. | 3-6 7-5 6-1 | 6-3 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 10 | 28 | 22 | 60 | |
| pts | 34-29 | 107-99 | 77-63 | 218-191 | |
| Total points | 63 | 206 | 140 | 409 | |
| Winners | 15 | 42 | 32 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 39% | 42% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 7 | 1 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 17/25 | 57/95 | 46/63 | 120/183 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 60% | 73% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 15/17 | 42/57 | 32/46 | 89/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 74% | 70% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/8 | 18/38 | 10/17 | 33/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 47% | 59% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 4/18 | 4/7 | 9/28 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 22% | 57% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 10 | 3 | 13 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 8/10 | 1/3 | 9 | |
| Saved % | – | 80% | 33% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLWLLWWW Tennis Scores in Napoli Challenger
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (7-5 7-66) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Mirza BasicBasic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (6-3 7-61) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (7-68 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
