Marco Cecchinato and Raul Brancaccio will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Verona Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on CENTER. 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 Marco Cecchinato who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marco Cecchinato is the pick to win this match.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.444
Raul Brancaccio -> 2.77
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Prediction and head to head Marco Cecchinato vs. Raul Brancaccio
This will be the 2nd time that Marco Cecchinato and Raul Brancaccio fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cecchinato (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Cecchinato won 6-3 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Parma back in 2021.
Highlights Marco Cecchinato vs Raul Brancaccio – Parma 25-May-2021
Marco Cecchinato
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-25 | 0-2 | 26-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-23 | 1-4 | 12-17 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-33 | 0-3 | 43-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-27 | 1-5 | 31-19 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-17 | 1-4 | 22-11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 154, Cecchinato reached the 2nd round after defeating Thiago Agustin Tirante 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Agustin Tirante (7-5 6-3). During the match, Cecchinato scored 73 points vs Agustin Tirante’s 60. Marco was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cecchinato bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Marco Cecchinato lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cecchinato put 79% of his first serves in, winning 72% (36/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. Marco broke Agustin Tirante 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Cecchinato has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (364-259). 13-16 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cecchinato has an overall 324-178 record in the last years on clay.
The Italian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Parma Challenger.
The Italian has an aggregate 13-19 win-loss record in 2022, 13-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Verona Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Raul Brancaccio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-26 | 6-6 | 18-18 | 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. 304, Brancaccio reached the 2nd round after defeating Davide Galoppini 6-1 6-4, Samuel Vincent Ruggeri 6-4 6-1 and Dmitry Popko 6-1 4-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Brancaccio defeated Popko (6-1 4-6 6-2). During the match Brancaccio scored 91 points vs Popko’s 69. Brancaccio was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Brancaccio made 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Raul Brancaccio was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (33/43) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Raul broke Popko 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Raul’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Mataro and the Troyes Challenger.
Raul has a compiled 22-15 win-loss record in 2022, 19-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cecchinato | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 59 |
| Pts | 73-60 | 215-155 |
| Total Points | 133 | 370 |
| Winners | 36 | 80 |
| %Winners | 49% | 37% |
Cecchinato played 1 match while Brancaccio competed in 3 matches. Brancaccio started his run from the qualifications while Cecchinato had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Raul Brancaccio lost 1 set while Marco Cecchinato hasn’t lost a set so far. Cecchinato has played 5 set(s) less than Brancaccio (2 vs 7). Therefore, Cecchinato played 38 games less than Brancaccio. Marco scored 36 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian struck 80 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cecchinato | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 50/63 | 105/174 |
| %1st in | 79% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 36/50 | 80/105 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 37/69 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 54% |
Cecchinato managed to score 2 aces . Brancaccio fired 5 aces (1.7 per match). Cecchinato won 72% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Brancaccio won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cecchinato | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 15 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 15/31 |
| % Converted | 50% | 48% |
| Conceded | 4 | 18 |
| Saved | 2 | 14 |
| % Saved | 50% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Cecchinato surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 15 times with a 48% conversion rate. Brancaccio conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cecchinato | |||
| R1 Agustin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 73-60 | 73-60 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 50/63 | 50/63 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 36/50 | 36/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Brancaccio | |||||
| Q1 Galoppini |
Q3 Vincent |
R1 Popko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-1 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | 25 | 59 | |
| pts | 57-37 | 67-49 | 91-69 | 215-155 | |
| Total points | 94 | 116 | 160 | 370 | |
| Winners | 24 | 23 | 33 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 34% | 36% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 32/54 | 30/50 | 43/70 | 105/174 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 60% | 61% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 23/30 | 33/43 | 80/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 77% | 77% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/22 | 14/20 | 14/27 | 37/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 70% | 52% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/10 | 6/14 | 15/31 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 40% | 43% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 7/7 | 3/5 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 60% | 227% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLLWWWLW Tennis Scores in Verona Challenger
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Norbert GombosGombos – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (7-69 6-4) – See score progression
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Gianluca MagerMager (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-1 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Filip HoranskyHoransky – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jerome KymKym – Bernard TomicTomic (6-4 7-61) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Gilles SimonSimon (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Pedro CachinCachin – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (6-1 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Federico GaioGaio (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Luca NardiNardi (6-4 3-6 7-60) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro CachinCachin – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Sebastian OfnerOfner (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Filip HoranskyHoransky (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro CachinCachin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (1-1) – H2H and prediction
