Luca Nardi and Rio Noguchi will play each other in the quarter of the Pune Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luca Nardi who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Nardi is the pick to win this match.
Luca Nardi -> 1.36
Rio Noguchi -> 3.02
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Prediction and head to head Luca Nardi vs. Rio Noguchi
This will be the 2nd time that Luca Nardi and Rio Noguchi play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Noguchi (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Noguchi won 6-3 1-6 6-2 in the 1st round in M15 Antalya back in 2021.
Luca Nardi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-16 | 9-7 | 8-5 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-36 | 20-10 | 8-13 | 12-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-20 | 5-2 | 11-10 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 3-3 | 26-13 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-9 | 7-2 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 151, the Italian reached the quarter after beating Benjamin Lock 6-1 7-5 and Lorenzo Giustino 6-711 6-0 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Giustino, Nardi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-711 6-0 6-4). During the match, Nardi scored 109 points vs Giustino’s 94. Nardi was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nardi bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Luca Nardi lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Nardi put 68% of his first serves in, winning 64% (43/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (14/32) on the 2nd serve. Nardi broke Giustino 8 times after converting 50% of his break points (8/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nardi has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Nardi has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 57% of his matches (87-65). 5-5 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Nardi has an aggregate20-12 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
The Italian has an overall 7-8 win-loss record in 2023, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pune Challenger
Luca has never competed in this tournament before.
Rio Noguchi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-18 | 17-11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-31 | 12-18 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-22 | 41-10 | 9-9 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-26 | 18-18 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 5-6 | 0-3 | 3-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 210, Rio got to the quarter after beating Marek Gengel 4-6 6-2 7-61 and Nikola Milojevic 2-6 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Milojevic, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-3). During the match Noguchi scored 92 points vs Milojevic’s 89. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Noguchi blasted 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Rio Noguchi lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Noguchi put 58% of his first serves in, winning 77% (43/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (19/41) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Milojevic 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rio has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Rio has a compiled 3-4 win-loss record in 2023, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nardi | Noguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 60 |
| Pts | 176-141 | 197-182 |
| Total Points | 317 | 379 |
| Winners | 73 | 80 |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% |
Both Nardi and Noguchi played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Luca Nardi dropped 1 set, while Rio Noguchi surrendered 2 sets. Nardi has played 1 set(s) less than Noguchi (5 vs 6). Therefore, Nardi played 12 games less than Noguchi. Nardi scored 73 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese bagged 80 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nardi | Noguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 104/151 | 104/194 |
| %1st in | 69% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 73/104 | 80/104 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 24/47 | 41/90 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 46% |
Nardi made 10 aces (5 per match). Noguchi fired 5 aces (2.5 per match). Nardi won 70% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Noguchi won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nardi | Noguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 9 |
| Converted | 11/21 | 9/20 |
| % Converted | 52% | 45% |
| Conceded | 9 | 21 |
| Saved | 5 | 13 |
| % Saved | 56% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 8 |
Luca broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Luca conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Noguchi broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Noguchi conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nardi | ||||
| R1 Lock |
R2 Giustino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | 6-711 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 29 | 48 | |
| pts | 67-47 | 109-94 | 176-141 | |
| Total points | 114 | 203 | 317 | |
| Winners | 30 | 43 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 37/52 | 67/99 | 104/151 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 68% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 30/37 | 43/67 | 73/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 64% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 14/32 | 24/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 44% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 8/16 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 50% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 56% | 28% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Noguchi | ||||
| R1 Gengel |
R2 Milojevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 7-61 | 2-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 29 | 60 | |
| pts | 105-93 | 92-89 | 197-182 | |
| Total points | 198 | 181 | 379 | |
| Winners | 37 | 43 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 47% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 48/97 | 56/97 | 104/194 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 58% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 37/48 | 43/56 | 80/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/49 | 19/41 | 41/90 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 3/7 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 43% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 11 | 21 | |
| Saved | 5/10 | 8/11 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 73% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
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