Carlos Gimeno Valero and Raul Brancaccio will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Losinj Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. 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 Carlos Gimeno Valero who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Carlos Gimeno Valero is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Gimeno Valero -> 1.533
Raul Brancaccio -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Gimeno Valero vs. Raul Brancaccio
There is no head to head record between Carlos Gimeno Valero and Raul Brancaccio since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Carlos Gimeno Valero
Ranked no. 301, Carlos got to the 2nd round after beating Nikola Milojevic 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Milojevic (6-3 6-1). During the match, Gimeno Valero scored 73 points vs Milojevic’s 54. Gimeno Valero was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gimeno Valero was unable to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 9 double faults. Carlos Gimeno Valero lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gimeno Valero put 61% of his first serves in, winning 63% (26/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Milojevic 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Gimeno Valero has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 70% of his matches (54-23). 19-11 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gimeno Valero has an aggregate45-18 record in the last 3 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Gran Canaria 2 Challenger where he defeated Kimmer Coppejans in the final 6-4 6-2.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 23-14 win-loss record in 2021, 19-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Losinj Challenger
Gimeno Valero has never competed in this tournament before.
Raul Brancaccio
Ranked no. 319, Raul got to the 2nd round after defeating Ergi Kirkin 6-3 3-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Italian defeated Kirkin (6-3 3-6 6-2). During the match Brancaccio scored 100 points vs Kirkin’s 88. Raul was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Brancaccio was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Raul Brancaccio lost the serve 6 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Brancaccio put 69% of his first serves in, winning 58% (37/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. Brancaccio broke Kirkin 8 times after converting 50% of his break points (8/16).
The Italian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya.
Raul has a composed 44-21 win-loss record in 2021, 42-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gimeno Valero | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 26 |
| Pts | 73-54 | 100-88 |
| Total Points | 127 | 188 |
| Winners | 26 | 37 |
| %Winners | 36% | 37% |
Both Gimeno Valero and Brancaccio played 1 match. At the moment, Raul Brancaccio dropped 1 set while Carlos Gimeno Valero hasn’t lost a set so far. Gimeno Valero has played 1 set(s) less than Brancaccio (2 vs 3). Therefore, Gimeno Valero played 10 games less than Brancaccio. Gimeno Valero scored 26 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian struck 37 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gimeno Valero | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 0 |
| 1st in | 41/67 | 64/93 |
| %1st in | 61% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 26/41 | 37/64 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 58% |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 12/29 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 41% |
Gimeno Valero didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Brancaccio also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Gimeno Valero won 63% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Brancaccio won 58% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gimeno Valero | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 8/16 |
| % Converted | 67% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 16 |
| Saved | 6 | 10 |
| % Saved | 75% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
Carlos broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Gimeno Valero surrendered his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Brancaccio broke his opponent 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Brancaccio conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gimeno Valero | |||
| R1 Milojevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 73-54 | 73-54 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 41/67 | 41/67 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 26/41 | 26/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 12/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Brancaccio | |||
| R1 Kirkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 100-88 | 100-88 | |
| Total points | 188 | 188 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 64/93 | 64/93 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 37/64 | 37/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/29 | 12/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/16 | 8/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 16 | |
| Saved | 10/16 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLLWWWLW Tennis Scores in Losinj Challenger
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- Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Georgii KravchenkoKravchenko – Blaz RolaRola (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrej MartinMartin – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Ergi KirkinKirkin (6-3 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (7-62 6-0) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Alvaro Lopez San MartinLopez San Martin (7-65 7-62) – See score progression
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Robin HaaseHaase (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Aldin SetkicSetkic – Anthony GenovGenov (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Mathias BourgueBourgue – Danilo PetrovicPetrovic (5-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Manuel GuinardGuinard (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Vlad Victor CorneaVictor Cornea (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aldin SetkicSetkic – Mathias BourgueBourgue (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Andrej MartinMartin – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nerman FaticFatic – Georgii KravchenkoKravchenko (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Carlos TabernerTaberner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
