Tomas Machac and Stefano Napolitano will play each other in the 2nd round of the Forli 5 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 pm on CITTA’ DI FORLI’. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tomas Machac who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tomas Machac is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Machac -> 1.24
Stefano Napolitano -> 4.05
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Prediction and head to head Tomas Machac vs. Stefano Napolitano
This will be the 2nd time that Tomas Machac and Stefano Napolitano square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Machac (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Machac won 6-1 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in the Ostrava Challenger back in 2019.
Tomas Machac
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-19 | 16-9 | 9-5 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-27 | 15-10 | 16-11 | 18-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-19 | 24-6 | 5-2 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 28-19 | 5-4 | 5-4 | 12-6 | 2-3 | 4-2 |
| 2020 | 27-12 | 0-0 | 12-6 | 15-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 132, Tomas reached the 2nd round after defeating Lukas Lacko 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Tomas had a good straight sets win against Lacko (6-2 6-2). During the match, Machac scored 56 points vs Lacko’s 34. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Machac fired 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Tomas Machac was quite effective on serve to win 81% (21/26) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Czech broke Lacko 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Machac has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 68% of his matches (134-64). 4-2 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Machac has an aggregate49-22 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Tomas’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Traralgon Challenger.
The Czech has an aggregate 13-3 win-loss record in 2022, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 5 Challenger
The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.
Stefano Napolitano
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-17 | 10-4 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-23 | 9-6 | 38-13 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-24 | 1-1 | 20-15 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-17 | 1-2 | 1-9 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 434, Napolitano reached the 2nd round after beating Elmar Ejupovic 6-75 6-3 7-61.
In the 1st round against Ejupovic, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-3 7-61). During the match Napolitano scored 124 points vs Ejupovic’s 107. Stefano was exceptionally aggressive to blast 61 winners.
About the serving games, Napolitano blasted 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Stefano Napolitano lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Napolitano put 65% of his first serves in, winning 85% (61/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (18/38) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Ejupovic 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).
The Italian has a compiled 3-4 win-loss record in 2022, 3-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Machac | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 35 |
| Pts | 56-34 | 124-107 |
| Total Points | 90 | 231 |
| Winners | 21 | 61 |
| %Winners | 38% | 49% |
Both Machac and Napolitano played 1 match. At the moment, Stefano Napolitano lost 1 set while Tomas Machac hasn’t lost a set so far. Machac has played 1 set(s) less than Napolitano (2 vs 3). Therefore, Machac played 19 games less than Napolitano. Tomas scored 21 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian scored 61 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Machac | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 11 |
| 1st in | 26/42 | 72/110 |
| %1st in | 62% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 61/72 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 18/38 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 47% |
Machac managed to score 4 aces . Napolitano managed to score 11 aces . Machac won 81% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Napolitano won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Machac | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/14 |
| % Converted | 57% | 21% |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 |
| Saved | 0 | 7 |
| % Saved | 0% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Tomas broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Czech quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 21% conversion rate. Stefano conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Machac | |||
| R1 Lacko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 56-34 | 56-34 | |
| Total points | 90 | 90 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 26/42 | 26/42 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 21/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 11/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Napolitano | |||
| R1 Ejupovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-3 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 124-107 | 124-107 | |
| Total points | 231 | 231 | |
| Winners | 61 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 72/110 | 72/110 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 61/72 | 61/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/38 | 18/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/14 | 3/14 | |
| Converted % | 21% | 21% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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