Maximilian Neuchrist and Andrea Picchione will play each other in the qualifications of the Maia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maximilian Neuchrist who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maximilian Neuchrist is the pick to win this match.
Maximilian Neuchrist -> 1.31
Andrea Picchione -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Maximilian Neuchrist vs. Andrea Picchione
There is no head to head record between Maximilian Neuchrist and Andrea Picchione since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Maximilian Neuchrist
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-32 | 6-11 | 8-11 | 11-8 | 0-1 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 15-8 | 26-11 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-18 | 27-10 | 1-4 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-8 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 350, the Austrian got to the qualifications after defeating Tiago Silva 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications, Neuchrist had a good straight sets win against Silva (6-1 6-3). During the match, Neuchrist scored 55 points vs Silva’s 31. The Austrian was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Neuchrist fired 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Maximilian Neuchrist was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Neuchrist broke Silva 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Neuchrist has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (350-210). 21-10 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Neuchrist has a composed 90-60 record in the last years on clay.
Neuchrist’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir,M25 Most and M25 Sierre.
The Austrian has an aggregate 39-24 win-loss record in 2022, 21-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia Challenger
Andrea Picchione
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-16 | 0-0 | 28-12 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-31 | 16-9 | 30-19 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-31 | 10-5 | 32-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-21 | 6-4 | 28-16 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 673 (career-high), Andrea got to the qualifications after beating Niklas Schell 7-65 7-5.
In the qualifications, Picchione had a good straight sets win against Schell (7-65 7-5). During the match Picchione scored 89 points vs Schell’s 80. Picchione was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Picchione struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Andrea Picchione was very effective on serve to win 71% (40/56) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Italian broke Schell 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
The Italian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Bergamo,M15 Salerno and M15 Monastir.
Andrea has an overall 42-30 win-loss record in 2022, 32-25 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Neuchrist | Picchione |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 25 |
| Pts | 55-31 | 89-80 |
| Total Points | 86 | 169 |
| Winners | 25 | 40 |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% |
Both Neuchrist and Picchione played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Neuchrist and Picchione have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Neuchrist played 9 games less than Picchione. Neuchrist scored 25 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Andrea managed to score 40 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Neuchrist | Picchione |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 31/42 | 56/81 |
| %1st in | 74% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 40/56 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 8/11 | 13/25 |
| %2nd pts | 73% | 52% |
Neuchrist fired 4 aces . Picchione recorded 2 aces . Neuchrist won 81% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Picchione won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Neuchrist | Picchione |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 57% | 33% |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Neuchrist broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Neuchrist was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Picchione broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Andrea conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Neuchrist | |||
| Q1 Silva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 55-31 | 55-31 | |
| Total points | 86 | 86 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 31/42 | 31/42 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 25/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/11 | 8/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Picchione | |||
| Q1 Schell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 89-80 | 89-80 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 56/81 | 56/81 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 40/56 | 40/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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