Giulio Zeppieri and Cristian Rodriguez will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Perugia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 -> 1.165
Cristian Rodriguez -> 5.15
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Prediction and head to head Giulio Zeppieri vs. Cristian Rodriguez
There is no head to head record between Giulio Zeppieri and Cristian Rodriguez since this will be the first time that they will face off 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. 202 (career-high), the Italian reached the 2nd round after defeating Daniel Elahi Galan 6-74 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round against Elahi Galan Riveros, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 7-5 6-3). During the match, Zeppieri scored 105 points vs Elahi Galan Riveros’s 96. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zeppieri blasted 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Giulio Zeppieri was pretty efficient on serve to win 86% (55/64) of his 1st serve and 51% (21/41) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zeppieri broke Elahi Galan Riveros twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Zeppieri has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 55% of his matches (81-67). 11-10 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zeppieri has an overall75-53 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
Giulio has a composed 13-13 win-loss record in 2022, 11-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Perugia Challenger
Cristian Rodriguez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-18 | 0-0 | 10-17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 0-0 | 21-22 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-10 | 2-3 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 40-18 | 20-4 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 440, Cristian reached the 2nd round after defeating Simone Roncalli 6-1 6-2, Raul Brancaccio 6-73 6-3 3-0 ret. and Matteo Gigante 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Colombian had a good straight sets win against Gigante (6-3 6-2). During the match Rodriguez scored 59 points vs Gigante’s 39. Cristian was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Rodriguez struck 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Cristian Rodriguez was quite effective on serve to win 82% (27/33) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Rodriguez broke Gigante 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
The Colombian has a composed 10-13 win-loss record in 2022, 10-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Perugia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zeppieri | Rodriguez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 57 |
| Pts | 105-96 | 199-147 |
| Total Points | 201 | 346 |
| Winners | 55 | 86 |
| %Winners | 52% | 43% |
Zeppieri played 1 match while Rodriguez competed in 3 matches. Rodriguez started his run from the qualifications while Zeppieri had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Giulio Zeppieri lost 1 set, while Cristian Rodriguez dropped 1 set. Zeppieri has played 5 set(s) less than Rodriguez (3 vs 8). Therefore, Zeppieri played 23 games less than Rodriguez. Giulio scored 55 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, The Colombian scored 86 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zeppieri | Rodriguez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 64/105 | 109/168 |
| %1st in | 61% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 55/64 | 86/109 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 21/41 | 36/59 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 61% |
Zeppieri bagged 6 aces . Rodriguez managed to score 19 aces (6.3 per match). Zeppieri won 86% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Rodriguez won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zeppieri | Rodriguez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 10 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 10/20 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Zeppieri broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Zeppieri extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. Cristian broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. Cristian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Zeppieri | |||
| R1 Elahi Galan Riveros |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 105-96 | 105-96 | |
| Total points | 201 | 201 | |
| Winners | 55 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 64/105 | 64/105 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 55/64 | 55/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/41 | 21/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Rodriguez | |||||
| Q1 Roncalli |
Q3 Brancaccio |
R1 Gigante |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-73 6-3 3-0 ret. | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 25 | 17 | 57 | |
| pts | 51-32 | 89-76 | 59-39 | 199-147 | |
| Total points | 83 | 165 | 98 | 346 | |
| Winners | 21 | 38 | 27 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 43% | 46% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 26/47 | 50/71 | 33/50 | 109/168 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 70% | 66% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 38/50 | 27/33 | 86/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 76% | 82% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 12/21 | 11/17 | 36/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 57% | 65% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/9 | 3/5 | 10/20 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 33% | 60% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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