Marco Cecchinato and Filip Horansky will clash against each other in the quarter of the Verona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:00 pm on CENTER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.4
Filip Horansky -> 2.95
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Prediction and head to head Marco Cecchinato vs. Filip Horansky
There is no head to head record between Marco Cecchinato and Filip Horansky since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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, Marco reached the quarter after defeating Thiago Agustin Tirante 7-5 6-3 and Raul Brancaccio 6-3 1-6 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Marco defeated Brancaccio (6-3 1-6 6-2). During the match, Cecchinato scored 87 points vs Brancaccio’s 80. Cecchinato was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cecchinato made 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Marco Cecchinato lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cecchinato put 73% of his first serves in, winning 65% (41/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Brancaccio 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Cecchinato has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (365-259). 14-16 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cecchinato has a composed 325-178 record in the last years on clay.
The Italian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Parma Challenger.
The Italian has a composed 14-19 win-loss record in 2022, 14-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Verona Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Filip Horansky
16 - 20win/loss
346
161
LWLWLLLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19-30 | 3-3 | 8-15 | 8-10 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 27-29 | 1-2 | 20-18 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-17 | 1-2 | 15-13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 34-33 | 1-3 | 24-16 | 9-10 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2018 | 48-27 | 0-0 | 38-19 | 8-6 | 2-1 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 199, Filip reached the quarter after beating Andrea Vavassori 2-6 6-4 6-4 and Franco Agamenone 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Agamenone, Filip recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Horansky scored 84 points vs Agamenone’s 74. Horansky was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Horansky was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Filip Horansky was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (31/43) of his 1st serve and 64% (23/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Horansky broke Agamenone 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Horansky has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Slovakian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Biel Challenger and the Prostejov Challenger.
The Slovakian has a compiled 16-19 win-loss record in 2022, 7-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cecchinato | Horansky |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 56 |
| Pts | 160-140 | 171-157 |
| Total Points | 300 | 328 |
| Winners | 77 | 64 |
| %Winners | 48% | 37% |
Both Cecchinato and Horansky played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Marco Cecchinato lost 1 set, while Filip Horansky lost 2 sets. Cecchinato has played 1 set(s) less than Horansky (5 vs 6). Therefore, Cecchinato played 11 games less than Horansky. Cecchinato scored 77 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian struck 64 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cecchinato | Horansky |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 113/149 | 92/155 |
| %1st in | 76% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 77/113 | 64/92 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 19/36 | 35/63 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 56% |
Cecchinato blasted 7 aces (3.5 per match). Horansky fired 6 aces (3 per match). Cecchinato won 68% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Horansky won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cecchinato | Horansky |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 8 |
| Converted | 7/17 | 8/14 |
| % Converted | 41% | 57% |
| Conceded | 10 | 11 |
| Saved | 6 | 4 |
| % Saved | 60% | 36% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 7 |
Marco broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. Cecchinato dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Horansky broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Filip conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 36% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cecchinato | ||||
| R1 Agustin |
R2 Brancaccio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 6-3 1-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 24 | 45 | |
| pts | 73-60 | 87-80 | 160-140 | |
| Total points | 133 | 167 | 300 | |
| Winners | 36 | 41 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 47% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 50/63 | 63/86 | 113/149 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 73% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 36/50 | 41/63 | 77/113 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 65% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 13/23 | 19/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 57% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/9 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 4/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Horansky | ||||
| R1 Vavassori |
R2 Agamenone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-4 6-4 | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | 56 | |
| pts | 87-83 | 84-74 | 171-157 | |
| Total points | 170 | 158 | 328 | |
| Winners | 33 | 31 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 49/76 | 43/79 | 92/155 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 54% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 33/49 | 31/43 | 64/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 72% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 23/36 | 35/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 64% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/5 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 60% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 1/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 33% | 36% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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