Marco Cecchinato and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida will face off in the quarter of the Rio De Janeiro Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on QUADRA CENTRAL. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marco Cecchinato is the pick to win this match.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.55
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida -> 2.39
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Prediction and head to head Marco Cecchinato vs. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
This will be the 2nd time that Marco Cecchinato and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Pucinelli De Almeida (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Pucinelli De Almeida won 6-7(5) 6-2 6-4 in the qualifications in Rio de janiero back in February 2022.
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. 117, Marco got to the quarter after defeating Gonzalo Villanueva 6-4 6-2 and Jakub Paul 7-5 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Marco had a good straight sets win against Paul (7-5 6-1). During the match, Cecchinato scored 74 points vs Paul’s 60. Cecchinato was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cecchinato blasted 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Marco Cecchinato lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Cecchinato put 62% of his first serves in, winning 70% (35/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Marco broke Paul 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Cecchinato has positive record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (383-269). 32-26 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cecchinato has an aggregate 343-188 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Cecchinato’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Lisbon Challenger.
Marco has a composed 32-29 win-loss record in 2022, 32-26 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rio De Janeiro Challenger
Cecchinato has never competed in this tournament before.
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-27 | 0-1 | 38-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-25 | 1-3 | 19-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-29 | 1-3 | 27-24 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 72-29 | 0-0 | 72-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 13-7 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 193, matheus reached the quarter after beating Francisco Comesana 6-0 6-1 and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Mpetshi Perricard (6-3 6-3). During the match Pucinelli De Almeida scored 64 points vs Mpetshi Perricard’s 47. Matheus was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Pucinelli De Almeida scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Pucinelli De Almeida put 59% of his first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the 2nd serve. Matheus broke Mpetshi Perricard 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brazilian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 63% of the points he played.
Matheus’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Braga Challenger.
The Brazilian has an overall 26-25 win-loss record in 2022, 24-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cecchinato | Pucinelli De Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 31 |
| Pts | 140-106 | 118-70 |
| Total Points | 246 | 188 |
| Winners | 63 | 42 |
| %Winners | 45% | 36% |
Both Cecchinato and Pucinelli De Almeida played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Cecchinato and Pucinelli De Almeida have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Cecchinato played 6 games more than Pucinelli De Almeida. The Italian scored 63 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Matheus made 42 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cecchinato | Pucinelli De Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 88/138 | 54/86 |
| %1st in | 64% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 63/88 | 42/54 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 23/50 | 23/32 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 72% |
Cecchinato scored 7 aces (3.5 per match). Pucinelli De Almeida bagged 6 aces (3 per match). Cecchinato won 72% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Pucinelli De Almeida won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 72% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cecchinato | Pucinelli De Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 9 |
| Converted | 9/13 | 9/19 |
| % Converted | 69% | 47% |
| Conceded | 13 | 4 |
| Saved | 10 | 3 |
| % Saved | 77% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Marco broke his opponents 9 times with a 69% conversion rate. Marco surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Pucinelli De Almeida broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Pucinelli De Almeida conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cecchinato | ||||
| R1 Villanueva |
R2 Paul |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 | 37 | |
| pts | 66-46 | 74-60 | 140-106 | |
| Total points | 112 | 134 | 246 | |
| Winners | 28 | 35 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 47% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/57 | 50/81 | 88/138 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 62% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 28/38 | 35/50 | 63/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 70% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/19 | 15/31 | 23/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 48% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/5 | 9/13 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 80% | 69% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 7/8 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 88% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Pucinelli De Almeida | ||||
| R1 Comesana |
R2 Mpetshi Perricard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 18 | 31 | |
| pts | 54-23 | 64-47 | 118-70 | |
| Total points | 77 | 111 | 188 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 33% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 24/35 | 30/51 | 54/86 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 59% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 21/30 | 42/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 70% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/11 | 15/21 | 23/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 71% | 72% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/10 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 40% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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