Johan Nikles and Francesco Maestrelli will play each other in the 1st round of the Troyes Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 6:00 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francesco Maestrelli who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francesco Maestrelli is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Maestrelli -> 1.65
Johan Nikles -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Johan Nikles vs. Francesco Maestrelli
There is no head to head record between Johan Nikles and Francesco Maestrelli since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Johan Nikles
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-16 | 3-2 | 25-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-23 | 2-2 | 19-19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-28 | 1-3 | 42-21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 259 (career-high), Nikles will start his run in the Troyes Challenger after he played his last match in the Oeiras 3 Challenger where he lost 4-6 6-4 6-3 to Rybakov in the 2nd round on the 23rd of June.
Nikles has an overall 18-12 win-loss record in 2022, 16-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Johan has an overall 239-167 record. He has a positive 164-107 record on clay.
Previously in the Troyes Challenger
Nikles has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 382, the Italian got to the 1st round after defeating Savriyan Danilov 6-2 6-2 and Oscar Jose Gutierrez 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Maestrelli had a good straight sets win against Jose Gutierrez (6-2 6-2). During the match Maestrelli scored 68 points vs Jose Gutierrez’s 43. Francesco was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Maestrelli managed to score 2 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Francesco Maestrelli lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Maestrelli put 72% of his first serves in, winning 72% (28/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (6/15) on the 2nd serve. Maestrelli broke Jose Gutierrez 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Maestrelli started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 61% of the points he played.
Francesco’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula and the Francavilla Challenger.
The Italian has an aggregate 24-12 win-loss record in 2022, 19-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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