Giulio Zeppieri and Francesco Maestrelli will square off in the qualifications of the Forli 5 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on CITTA’ DI FORLI’. 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 Giulio Zeppieri who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Giulio Zeppieri is the pick to win this match.
Giulio Zeppieri -> 1.28
Francesco Maestrelli -> 3.54
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Prediction and head to head Giulio Zeppieri vs. Francesco Maestrelli
There is no head to head record between Giulio Zeppieri and Francesco Maestrelli since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Giulio Zeppieri
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-18 | 8-4 | 7-10 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-26 | 7-5 | 19-13 | 14-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-31 | 1-2 | 25-22 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-20 | 0-0 | 26-16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-12 | 0-0 | 7-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 244, the Italian got to the qualifications after defeating Simone Vaccari 6-0 6-2.
In the qualifications, Zeppieri had a good straight sets win against Vaccari (6-0 6-2). During the match, Zeppieri scored 55 points vs Vaccari’s 21. Giulio was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zeppieri struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Giulio Zeppieri was extremely effective on serve to win 87% (20/23) of his 1st serve and 89% (8/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Giulio broke Vaccari 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Zeppieri has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 56% of his matches (69-55). 1-1 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Zeppieri has a composed4-11 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Zeppieri has an overall 1-1 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 5 Challenger
Francesco Maestrelli
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-21 | 5-5 | 14-12 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-38 | 9-10 | 16-24 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-24 | 5-4 | 34-12 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-18 | 8-3 | 18-12 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-5 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 756, Francesco reached the qualifications after defeating Benjamin Hassan 6-4 7-65.
In the qualifications, Maestrelli had a good straight sets win against Hassan (6-4 7-65). During the match Maestrelli scored 74 points vs Hassan’s 66. Francesco was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Maestrelli managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Francesco Maestrelli was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (33/44) of his 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Hassan twice.
Francesco has an aggregate 4-2 win-loss record in 2022, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zeppieri | Maestrelli |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 23 |
| Pts | 55-21 | 74-66 |
| Total Points | 76 | 140 |
| Winners | 20 | 33 |
| %Winners | 36% | 45% |
Both Zeppieri and Maestrelli played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zeppieri and Maestrelli have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Zeppieri played 9 games less than Maestrelli. The Italian scored 20 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Francesco managed to score 33 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zeppieri | Maestrelli |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 7 |
| 1st in | 23/32 | 44/74 |
| %1st in | 72% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 20/23 | 33/44 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 8/9 | 18/30 |
| %2nd pts | 89% | 60% |
Zeppieri fired 4 aces . Maestrelli bagged 7 aces . Zeppieri won 87% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 89% of the points. On the other side, Maestrelli won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zeppieri | Maestrelli |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 2/2 |
| % Converted | 63% | 100% |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Zeppieri broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Zeppieri very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Francesco broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zeppieri | |||
| Q1 Vaccari |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 55-21 | 55-21 | |
| Total points | 76 | 76 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 23/32 | 23/32 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 20/23 | 20/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/9 | 8/9 | |
| % 2nd pts | 89% | 89% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Maestrelli | |||
| Q1 Hassan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 74-66 | 74-66 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 44/74 | 44/74 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 33/44 | 33/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 18/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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