Bernabe Zapata Miralles and Alexandre Muller will face off in the 2nd round of the Napoli 2 Challenger for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Bernabe Zapata Miralles who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Bernabe Zapata Miralles is the pick to win this match.
Bernabe Zapata Miralles -> 1.53
Alexandre Muller -> 2.37
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Prediction and head to head Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Alexandre Muller
This will be the 6th time that Bernabe Zapata Miralles and Alexandre Muller square off. The head to head is 3-2 for Zapata Miralles (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Muller won 7-6(1) 4-6 6-0 in the qualifications in Metz back in September 2021.
Bernabe Zapata Miralles
Ranked no. 122, Bernabe got to the 2nd round after beating Andrea Pellegrino 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, Bernabe had a good straight sets win against Pellegrino (6-3 6-1). During the match, Zapata Miralles scored 63 points vs Pellegrino’s 45. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zapata Miralles scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Bernabe Zapata Miralles lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Zapata Miralles put 82% of his first serves in, winning 71% (35/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 27% (3/11) on the 2nd serve. Bernabe broke Pellegrino 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Zapata Miralles has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (276-194). 22-9 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Zapata Miralles has a composed201-111 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title in the Heilbronn Challenger where he beat Daniel Elahi Galan in the final 6-3 6-4 and in the Poznan Challenger where he defeated Jiri Lehecka in the final 6-3 6-2.
Zapata Miralles has a composed 39-25 win-loss record in 2021, 22-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Napoli 2 Challenger
Bernabe has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexandre Muller
Ranked no. 204, Muller got to the 2nd round after defeating Filippo Baldi 6-1 3-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, The French player defeated Baldi (6-1 3-6 6-2). During the match Muller scored 88 points vs Baldi’s 75. Muller was exceptionally aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Muller wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alexandre Muller lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Muller put 80% of his first serves in, winning 68% (45/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 29% (5/17) on the 2nd serve. Muller broke Baldi 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Muller’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Biella 5 Challenger and the Barcelona Challenger.
Alexandre has a composed 24-28 win-loss record in 2021, 16-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zapata Miralles | Muller |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 24 |
| Pts | 63-45 | 88-75 |
| Total Points | 108 | 163 |
| Winners | 35 | 45 |
| %Winners | 56% | 51% |
Both Zapata Miralles and Muller played 1 match. At the moment, Alexandre Muller surrendered 1 set while Bernabe Zapata Miralles hasn’t lost a set so far. Zapata Miralles has played 1 set(s) less than Muller (2 vs 3). Therefore, Zapata Miralles played 8 games less than Muller. Zapata Miralles scored 35 winners (56% of the total points). On the other side, Muller blasted 45 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zapata Miralles | Muller |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0 |
| 1st in | 49/60 | 66/83 |
| %1st in | 82% | 80% |
| 1st pts | 35/49 | 45/66 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 3/11 | 5/17 |
| %2nd pts | 27% | 29% |
Zapata Miralles blasted 2 aces . Muller didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Zapata Miralles won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 27% of the points. On the other side, Muller won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 29% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zapata Miralles | Muller |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 56% | 43% |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Bernabe broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Spaniard dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Alexandre conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zapata Miralles | |||
| R1 Pellegrino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 63-45 | 63-45 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 56% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 49/60 | 49/60 | |
| % 1st in | 82% | 82% | |
| 1st pts | 35/49 | 35/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 27% | 27% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Muller | |||
| R1 Baldi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 88-75 | 88-75 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 66/83 | 66/83 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 45/66 | 45/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/17 | 5/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 29% | 29% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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