Mate Valkusz and Gian Marco Moroni will square off in the 2nd round of the Parma Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Mate Valkusz who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mate Valkusz is the pick to win this match.
Mate Valkusz -> 1.54
Gian Marco Moroni -> 2.41
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Prediction and head to head Mate Valkusz vs. Gian Marco Moroni
This will be the 2nd time that Mate Valkusz and Gian Marco Moroni fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Marco Moroni (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Marco Moroni won 6-5 ret. in the 3rd round in the Rome Challenger back in 2019.
Mate Valkusz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-5 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-24 | 5-2 | 23-14 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 33-14 | 5-5 | 27-6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-9 | 4-2 | 27-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 281, Mate reached the 2nd round after defeating Gabriele Piraino 0-6 6-0 6-4, Alexander Weis 6-4 6-2 and Riccardo Bonadio 7-65 6-4.
In the 1st round, Mate had a good straight sets win against Bonadio (7-65 6-4). During the match, Valkusz scored 75 points vs Bonadio’s 67. Mate was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Valkusz couldn’t to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Mate Valkusz lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Valkusz put 71% of his first serves in, winning 63% (31/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the 2nd serve. Valkusz broke Bonadio 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Valkusz has a fantastic record in the last 8 years having won 71% of his matches (166-67). 26-5 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Valkusz has an overall132-41 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Mate’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Opatija.
Valkusz has a compiled 31-11 win-loss record in 2022, 26-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Parma Challenger
Mate has never competed in this tournament before.
Gian Marco Moroni
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-12 | 7-5 | 6-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-26 | 4-6 | 16-18 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-27 | 2-3 | 25-20 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-10 | 5-4 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 325, the Italian reached the 2nd round after beating Lucas Gerch 6-3 3-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Italian defeated Gerch (6-3 3-6 6-1). During the match Marco Moroni scored 80 points vs Gerch’s 75. Gian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Marco Moroni fired 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Gian Marco Moroni lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Marco Moroni put 70% of his first serves in, winning 66% (41/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the 2nd serve. Marco Moroni broke Gerch 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
The Italian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Rome 1 Challenger.
Marco Moroni has a composed 15-22 win-loss record in 2022, 9-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Valkusz | Marco Moroni |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 63 | 25 |
| Pts | 217-194 | 80-75 |
| Total Points | 411 | 155 |
| Winners | 81 | 41 |
| %Winners | 37% | 51% |
Valkusz played 3 matches while Marco Moroni competed in 1 match. Valkusz started his run from the qualifications while Marco Moroni had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Mate Valkusz lost 1 set, while Gian Marco Moroni conceded 1 set. Valkusz has played 4 sets more than Marco Moroni (7 vs 3). Therefore, Valkusz played 38 games more than Marco Moroni. The Hungarian scored 81 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Marco Moroni managed to score 41 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Valkusz | Marco Moroni |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 126/202 | 62/88 |
| %1st in | 62% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 81/126 | 41/62 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 40/76 | 16/26 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 62% |
Valkusz managed to score 3 aces (1 per match). Marco Moroni bagged 2 aces . Valkusz won 64% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Marco Moroni won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Valkusz | Marco Moroni |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 3 |
| Converted | 12/25 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 48% | 43% |
| Conceded | 20 | 5 |
| Saved | 13 | 4 |
| % Saved | 65% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 1 |
Mate broke his opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. Mate surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded. Marco Moroni broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Valkusz | |||||
| Q1 Piraino |
Q3 Weis |
R1 Bonadio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 0-6 6-0 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 18 | 23 | 63 | |
| pts | 79-77 | 63-50 | 75-67 | 217-194 | |
| Total points | 156 | 113 | 142 | 411 | |
| Winners | 28 | 22 | 31 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | 41% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 44/75 | 33/58 | 49/69 | 126/202 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 57% | 71% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 28/44 | 22/33 | 31/49 | 81/126 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 67% | 63% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 12/25 | 14/20 | 40/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 48% | 70% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/10 | 3/4 | 12/25 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 50% | 75% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 5 | 4 | 20 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 3/5 | 2/4 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 60% | 50% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Marco Moroni | |||||
| R1 Gerch |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-1 | ||||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |||
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |||
| pts | 80-75 | 80-75 | |||
| Total points | 155 | 155 | |||
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |||
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |||
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |||
| 1st in | 62/88 | 62/88 | |||
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |||
| 1st pts | 41/62 | 41/62 | |||
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |||
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 16/26 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |||
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |||
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |||
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |||
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |||
| Saved % | 80% | 27% | |||
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |||
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