Raul Brancaccio and Ulises Blanch will play each other in the qualifications of the Madrid Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on PISTA 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Raul Brancaccio who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Raul Brancaccio is the pick to win this match.
Raul Brancaccio -> 1.5
Ulises Blanch -> 2.52
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Prediction and head to head Raul Brancaccio vs. Ulises Blanch
There is no head to head record between Raul Brancaccio and Ulises Blanch since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Raul Brancaccio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-16 | 6-5 | 6-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-32 | 14-7 | 11-19 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-26 | 7-6 | 31-18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-26 | 2-1 | 43-21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-12 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 276, Brancaccio reached the qualifications after beating Pablo Carretero 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, Brancaccio had a good straight sets win against Carretero (6-1 6-2). During the match, Brancaccio scored 52 points vs Carretero’s 26. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Brancaccio scored 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Raul Brancaccio was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (19/24) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Carretero 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Brancaccio has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (236-162). 7-5 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Brancaccio has a composed191-122 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Italian has an overall 8-7 win-loss record in 2022, 7-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Madrid Challenger
Brancaccio has never competed in this tournament before.
Ulises Blanch
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-7 | 10-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-23 | 14-11 | 7-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-29 | 10-12 | 6-5 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 16-21 | 11-13 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-15 | 7-6 | 3-5 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 332, Ulises reached the qualifications after defeating Matteo Martineau 4-6 7-66 6-3.
In the qualifications against Martineau, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-66 6-3).During the match Blanch scored less points (4) than Martineau. In fact, the world no. 276 won 101 points vs Martineau’s. That means that Blanch was more focused during the important points. Blanch was quite aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about serving, Blanch recorded 12 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ulises Blanch lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Blanch put 63% of his first serves in, winning 74% (52/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (20/42) on the 2nd serve. Ulises broke Martineau twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Ulises has an overall 10-9 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Brancaccio | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 32 |
| Pts | 52-26 | 101-105 |
| Total Points | 78 | 206 |
| Winners | 19 | 52 |
| %Winners | 37% | 51% |
Both Brancaccio and Blanch played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ulises Blanch lost 1 set while Raul Brancaccio hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Brancaccio has played 1 set(s) less than Blanch (2 vs 3). Therefore, Brancaccio played 17 games less than Blanch. Raul scored 19 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Blanch bagged 52 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Brancaccio | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 12 |
| 1st in | 24/41 | 70/112 |
| %1st in | 59% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 19/24 | 52/70 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 20/42 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 48% |
Brancaccio fired 3 aces . Blanch fired 12 aces . Brancaccio won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Blanch won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Brancaccio | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 2/5 |
| % Converted | 71% | 40% |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Italian broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Raul surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Blanch broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Ulises conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Brancaccio | |||
| Q1 Carretero |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 52-26 | 52-26 | |
| Total points | 78 | 78 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 24/41 | 24/41 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 19/24 | 19/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 11/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Blanch | |||
| Q1 Martineau |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-66 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 101-105 | 101-105 | |
| Total points | 206 | 206 | |
| Winners | 52 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 70/112 | 70/112 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 52/70 | 52/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/42 | 20/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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