Salvatore Caruso and Mattia Bellucci will clash against each other in the quarter of the St. Tropez Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:30 pm on CENTRAL TAG HEUER. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mattia Bellucci who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mattia Bellucci is the pick to win this match.
Mattia Bellucci -> 1.7
Salvatore Caruso -> 2.1
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Prediction and head to head Salvatore Caruso vs. Mattia Bellucci
There is no head to head record between Salvatore Caruso and Mattia Bellucci since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Salvatore Caruso
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-10 | 8-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-36 | 6-6 | 32-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-24 | 10-6 | 10-13 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-25 | 9-9 | 7-11 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-20 | 7-8 | 8-8 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 271, Salvatore reached the quarter after beating Mathieu Scaglia 6-4 6-3, Steven Diez 6-3 6-2, Frederico Ferreira Silva 6-2 6-75 7-63 and Nicholas David Ionel 3-6 6-0 7-64.
In the 2nd round against David Ionel, Caruso recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-0 7-64). During the match, Caruso scored 99 points vs David Ionel’s 86. Caruso was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, Caruso couldn’t to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Salvatore Caruso lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Caruso put 78% of his first serves in, winning 67% (46/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. Salvatore broke David Ionel 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 2 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Caruso has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (347-283). 10-5 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Caruso has an overall 88-63 match record in the last years on hard.
The Italian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Bendigo Challenger.
Salvatore has a composed 21-21 win-loss record in 2022, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger
Caruso has never competed in this tournament before.
Mattia Bellucci
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-16 | 4-8 | 2-1 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-34 | 22-19 | 2-9 | 4-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 66-23 | 30-4 | 25-12 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-18 | 29-10 | 5-3 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-6 | 13-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 275, Mattia reached the quarter after defeating Alexandre Aubriot 6-2 6-2, Elliot Benchetrit 7-5 6-4, Louis Wessels 6-4 7-66 and Hugo Grenier 6-4 7-65.
In the 2nd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Grenier (6-4 7-65). During the match Bellucci scored 77 points vs Grenier’s 67. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Bellucci bagged 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mattia Bellucci lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Bellucci put 64% of his first serves in, winning 68% (30/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Grenier 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mattia started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.
Bellucci’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir,M15 Poitiers,M25 Grasse and M25 Klosters.
Bellucci has a compiled 57-20 win-loss record in 2022, 27-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Caruso | Bellucci |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 98 | 84 |
| Pts | 340-279 | 298-238 |
| Total Points | 619 | 536 |
| Winners | 145 | 116 |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% |
Both Caruso and Bellucci played 4 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Salvatore Caruso dropped 2 sets while Mattia Bellucci hasn’t lost a set so far. Caruso has played 2 sets more than Bellucci (10 vs 8). Therefore, Caruso played 14 games more than Bellucci. Salvatore scored 145 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian recorded 116 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Caruso | Bellucci |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 2.3 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 208/316 | 151/251 |
| %1st in | 66% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 145/208 | 116/151 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 59/108 | 54/100 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 54% |
Caruso blasted 9 aces (2.3 per match). Bellucci managed to score 22 aces (5.5 per match). Caruso won 70% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Bellucci won 77% 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 | Caruso | Bellucci |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 18 | 14 |
| Converted | 18/32 | 14/33 |
| % Converted | 56% | 42% |
| Conceded | 21 | 16 |
| Saved | 13 | 10 |
| % Saved | 62% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 6 |
The Italian broke his opponents 18 times with a 56% conversion rate. Salvatore lost his serve 8 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. Bellucci broke his opponents 14 times with a 42% conversion rate. Mattia conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Caruso | ||||||
| Q1 Scaglia |
Q3 Diez |
R1 Ferreira Silva |
R2 David |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 6-75 7-63 | 3-6 6-0 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 | 34 | 28 | 98 | |
| pts | 62-44 | 71-51 | 108-98 | 99-86 | 340-279 | |
| Total points | 106 | 122 | 206 | 185 | 619 | |
| Winners | 20 | 31 | 48 | 46 | 145 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 44% | 44% | 46% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 31/50 | 45/70 | 63/107 | 69/89 | 208/316 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 64% | 59% | 78% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 20/31 | 31/45 | 48/63 | 46/69 | 145/208 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 69% | 76% | 67% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/25 | 27/44 | 8/20 | 59/108 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 48% | 61% | 40% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/5 | 3/9 | 6/9 | 18/32 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 80% | 33% | 67% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 4/8 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 75% | 75% | 50% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| Bellucci | ||||||
| Q1 Aubriot |
Q3 Benchetrit |
R1 Wessels |
R2 Grenier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 | 6-4 7-66 | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 84 | |
| pts | 57-35 | 81-67 | 83-69 | 77-67 | 298-238 | |
| Total points | 92 | 148 | 152 | 144 | 536 | |
| Winners | 23 | 30 | 33 | 30 | 116 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 37% | 40% | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 27/46 | 38/69 | 42/67 | 44/69 | 151/251 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 55% | 63% | 64% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 30/38 | 33/42 | 30/44 | 116/151 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 79% | 79% | 68% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 14/31 | 14/25 | 14/25 | 54/100 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 45% | 56% | 56% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/8 | 2/10 | 4/6 | 14/33 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 50% | 20% | 67% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 3/6 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 67% | 50% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
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