Marco Cecchinato and Gian Marco Moroni will play each other in the 2nd round of the Napoli 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Marco Cecchinato who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marco Cecchinato is the pick to win this match.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.53
Gian Marco Moroni -> 2.5
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Â
Prediction and head to head Marco Cecchinato vs. Gian Marco Moroni
This will be the 2nd time that Marco Cecchinato and Gian Marco Moroni face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Cecchinato (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Cecchinato won 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in the Alicante Challenger back in 2018.
Marco Cecchinato
Ranked no. 78, Cecchinato reached the 2nd round after defeating Marc-Andrea Huesler 4-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Huesler, Marco recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Cecchinato scored 106 points vs Huesler’s 96. Cecchinato was exceptionally aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cecchinato blasted 10 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Marco Cecchinato lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Cecchinato put 69% of his first serves in, winning 75% (51/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (12/30) on the 2nd serve. Cecchinato broke Huesler 4 times after converting 27% of his break points (4/15).
Cecchinato has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (379-261). 27-18 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cecchinato has a composed 339-181 record in the last years on clay.
Marco’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Parma.
The Italian has a compiled 28-26 win-loss record in 2021, 27-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Napoli 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2015. See his history.
Gian Marco Moroni
Ranked no. 207, Gian reached the 2nd round after beating Jonas Forejtek 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Forejtek (6-3 6-4). During the match Marco Moroni scored 67 points vs Forejtek’s 49. Marco Moroni was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Marco Moroni recorded 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Gian Marco Moroni was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (26/34) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gian broke Forejtek 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
His best result of the year was winning the title in the Milan Challenger where he overcame Federico Coria in the final 6-3 6-2.
Gian has an overall 27-24 win-loss record in 2021, 24-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cecchinato | Marco Moroni |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 19 |
| Pts | 106-96 | 67-49 |
| Total Points | 202 | 116 |
| Winners | 51 | 26 |
| %Winners | 48% | 39% |
Both Cecchinato and Marco Moroni played 1 match. At the moment, Marco Cecchinato lost 1 set while Gian Marco Moroni hasn’t conceded a set so far. Cecchinato has played 1 set more than Marco Moroni (3 vs 2). Therefore, Cecchinato played 8 games more than Marco Moroni. Cecchinato scored 51 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Gian managed to score 26 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cecchinato | Marco Moroni |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 6 |
| 1st in | 68/98 | 34/54 |
| %1st in | 69% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 51/68 | 26/34 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 12/30 | 14/20 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 70% |
Cecchinato fired 10 aces . Marco Moroni scored 6 aces . Cecchinato won 75% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Marco Moroni won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cecchinato | Marco Moroni |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/15 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 27% | 43% |
| Conceded | 10 | 3 |
| Saved | 8 | 2 |
| % Saved | 80% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Marco broke his opponent 4 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Gian broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Marco Moroni conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cecchinato | |||
| R1 Huesler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 106-96 | 106-96 | |
| Total points | 202 | 202 | |
| Winners | 51 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 68/98 | 68/98 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 51/68 | 51/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/30 | 12/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/15 | 4/15 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Marco Moroni | |||
| R1 Forejtek |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 67-49 | 67-49 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/54 | 34/54 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 26/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 14/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
LLWWWLWLLL
LWLWLLWWLW Tennis Scores in Napoli 2 Challenger
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-1 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Andrej MartinMartin (6-4 5-7 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Manuel GuinardGuinard – Federico CoriaCoria (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Alvaro Lopez San MartinLopez San Martin (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Alexander RitschardRitschard (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mathias BourgueBourgue – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Alexandre MullerMuller (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Manuel GuinardGuinard – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (1-0) – H2H and prediction
