Alessandro Giannessi and Raul Brancaccio will face off in the quarter of the Losinj Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alessandro Giannessi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alessandro Giannessi is the pick to win this match.
Alessandro Giannessi -> 1.75
Raul Brancaccio -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Alessandro Giannessi vs. Raul Brancaccio
This will be the 2nd time that Alessandro Giannessi and Raul Brancaccio square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Giannessi (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Giannessi won 4-6 7-6(4) 6-3 in the 3rd round in the Marbella Challenger back in 2019.
Alessandro Giannessi
Ranked no. 204, the Italian reached the quarter after defeating Robin Haase 7-64 7-5 and Franco Agamenone 7-67 3-6 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Giannessi defeated Agamenone (7-67 3-6 6-1). During the match, Giannessi scored 108 points vs Agamenone’s 98. Giannessi was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Giannessi wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Alessandro Giannessi lost the serve 5 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Giannessi put 71% of his first serves in, winning 56% (44/79) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Agamenone 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alessandro started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Giannessi has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (283-246). 30-19 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Giannessi has a compiled 247-192 match record in the last years on clay.
Giannessi’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Antalya 2 Challenger,the Marbella Challenger and the Rome 2 Challenger.
Alessandro has a composed 30-24 win-loss record in 2021, 30-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Losinj Challenger
Alessandro has never competed in this tournament before.
Raul Brancaccio
Ranked no. 319, Raul got to the quarter after beating Ergi Kirkin 6-3 3-6 6-2 and Carlos Gimeno Valero 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Gimeno Valero (6-4 6-1). During the match Brancaccio scored 60 points vs Gimeno Valero’s 43. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
About the serving games, Brancaccio struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Raul Brancaccio lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Brancaccio put 67% of his first serves in, winning 61% (19/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. Brancaccio broke Gimeno Valero 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Raul’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya.
Brancaccio has a composed 45-21 win-loss record in 2021, 43-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Giannessi | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 54 | 43 |
| Pts | 205-184 | 160-131 |
| Total Points | 389 | 291 |
| Winners | 82 | 56 |
| %Winners | 40% | 35% |
Both Giannessi and Brancaccio played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alessandro Giannessi lost 1 set, while Raul Brancaccio lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Giannessi and Brancaccio have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Giannessi played 11 games more than Brancaccio. The Italian scored 82 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Brancaccio recorded 56 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Giannessi | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 132/206 | 95/139 |
| %1st in | 64% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 82/132 | 56/95 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 36/74 | 19/44 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 43% |
Giannessi recorded 4 aces (2 per match). Brancaccio made 3 aces (1.5 per match). Giannessi won 62% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Brancaccio won 59% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Giannessi | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 15 |
| Converted | 11/24 | 15/26 |
| % Converted | 46% | 58% |
| Conceded | 29 | 21 |
| Saved | 20 | 12 |
| % Saved | 69% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 9 |
The Italian broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. Giannessi dropped his serve 9 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Raul broke his opponents 15 times with a 58% conversion rate. Brancaccio conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Giannessi | ||||
| R1 Haase |
R2 Agamenone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 7-5 | 7-67 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 29 | 54 | |
| pts | 97-86 | 108-98 | 205-184 | |
| Total points | 183 | 206 | 389 | |
| Winners | 38 | 44 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 53/94 | 79/112 | 132/206 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 71% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 44/79 | 82/132 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 56% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/41 | 19/33 | 36/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 58% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/16 | 6/8 | 11/24 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 75% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 16 | 29 | |
| Saved | 9/13 | 11/16 | 20 | |
| Saved % | 69% | 69% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Brancaccio | ||||
| R1 Kirkin |
R2 Gimeno |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-2 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 17 | 43 | |
| pts | 100-88 | 60-43 | 160-131 | |
| Total points | 188 | 103 | 291 | |
| Winners | 37 | 19 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 32% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 64/93 | 31/46 | 95/139 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 67% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 37/64 | 19/31 | 56/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 61% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/29 | 7/15 | 19/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 47% | 43% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| Converted | 8/16 | 7/10 | 15/26 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 70% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 5 | 21 | |
| Saved | 10/16 | 2/5 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 40% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
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