Radu Albot and Mate Valkusz will square off in the 2nd round of the Sanremo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Radu Albot who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Radu Albot is the pick to win this match.
Radu Albot -> 1.61
Mate Valkusz -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Radu Albot vs. Mate Valkusz
There is no head to head record between Radu Albot and Mate Valkusz since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Radu Albot
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-14 | 3-3 | 14-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-34 | 10-13 | 13-8 | 12-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-30 | 25-14 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-27 | 4-9 | 2-8 | 13-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-18 | 0-8 | 2-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 119, Albot reached the 2nd round after defeating Khumoun Sultanov 6-2 3-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Moldovan defeated Sultanov (6-2 3-6 6-1). During the match, Albot scored 73 points vs Sultanov’s 59. Radu was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Albot struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Radu Albot lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Albot put 64% of his first serves in, winning 67% (26/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Radu broke Sultanov 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).
Albot has a positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (344-271). 1-0 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Albot has an aggregate 111-91 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Radu has an overall 13-10 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sanremo Challenger
The Moldovan has never competed in this tournament before.
Mate Valkusz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-5 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-24 | 5-2 | 23-14 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 33-14 | 5-5 | 27-6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-9 | 4-2 | 27-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 402, Valkusz reached the 2nd round after defeating Francesco Maestrelli 6-2 6-72 6-4, Giovanni Fonio 5-7 6-4 6-4 and Matteo Donati 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Hungarian had a good straight sets win against Donati (6-1 6-2). During the match Valkusz scored 61 points vs Donati’s 36. Mate was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Valkusz was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Mate Valkusz lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Valkusz put 61% of his first serves in, winning 78% (21/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. Valkusz broke Donati 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
The Hungarian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Opatija.
The Hungarian has an overall 11-4 win-loss record in 2022, 8-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Albot | Valkusz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 78 |
| Pts | 73-59 | 274-218 |
| Total Points | 132 | 492 |
| Winners | 26 | 119 |
| %Winners | 36% | 43% |
Albot played 1 match while Valkusz competed in 3 matches. Valkusz started his run from the qualifications while Albot had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Radu Albot dropped 1 set, while Mate Valkusz surrendered 2 sets. Albot has played 5 set(s) less than Valkusz (3 vs 8). Therefore, Albot played 54 games less than Valkusz. Albot scored 26 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Valkusz bagged 119 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Albot | Valkusz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 39/61 | 164/233 |
| %1st in | 64% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 26/39 | 119/164 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 38/69 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 55% |
Albot bagged 2 aces . Valkusz fired 8 aces (2.7 per match). Albot won 67% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Valkusz won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Albot | Valkusz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 16 |
| Converted | 7/12 | 16/30 |
| % Converted | 58% | 53% |
| Conceded | 7 | 19 |
| Saved | 3 | 12 |
| % Saved | 43% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 7 |
The Moldovan broke his opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Moldovan conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Valkusz broke his opponents 16 times with a 53% conversion rate. Mate conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Albot | |||
| R1 Sultanov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 73-59 | 73-59 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 39/61 | 39/61 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 26/39 | 26/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Valkusz | |||||
| Q1 Maestrelli |
Q3 Fonio |
R1 Donati |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-72 6-4 | 5-7 6-4 6-4 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 32 | 15 | 78 | |
| pts | 98-86 | 115-96 | 61-36 | 274-218 | |
| Total points | 184 | 211 | 97 | 492 | |
| Winners | 44 | 54 | 21 | 119 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 47% | 34% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 61/83 | 76/106 | 27/44 | 164/233 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 72% | 61% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 44/61 | 54/76 | 21/27 | 119/164 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 71% | 78% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/22 | 15/30 | 8/17 | 38/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 50% | 47% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | 6/12 | 16/30 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | 50% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 11 | 3 | 19 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 7/11 | 2/3 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 64% | 67% | 191% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWWWL Tennis Scores in Sanremo Challenger
- Alexey VatutinVatutin – Robin HaaseHaase (7-5 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Flavio Cobolli/Matteo GiganteCobolli/Matteo Gigante – Karol Drzewiecki/Piotr MatuszewskiDrzewiecki/Piotr Matuszewski (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Mate ValkuszValkusz – Matteo DonatiDonati (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Valentin VacherotVacherot (6-1 6-75 7-62) – See score progression
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Matteo MartineauMartineau – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-3 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Lucas MiedlerMiedler (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Edoardo LavagnoLavagno (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Khumoun SultanovSultanov (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Borna GojoGojo (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Thomas FabbianoFabbiano – Jelle SelsSels (7-5 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Gianluca MagerMager – Francesco FortiForti (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Flavio CobolliCobolli (2-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Evgenii TiurnevTiurnev (6-3 7-612) – See score progression
- Nerman FaticFatic – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Valentin VacherotVacherot (6-1 6-7(5) 7-6(2)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Thomas FabbianoFabbiano – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Alexey VatutinVatutin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Gianluca MagerMager (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo MartineauMartineau – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mate ValkuszValkusz – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Nerman FaticFatic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
