Raul Brancaccio and Mika Brunold will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Lugano Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CAMPO 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Raul Brancaccio who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Raul Brancaccio is the pick to win this match.
Raul Brancaccio -> 1.125
Mika Brunold -> 5.4
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Prediction and head to head Raul Brancaccio vs. Mika Brunold
There is no head to head record between Raul Brancaccio and Mika Brunold since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Raul Brancaccio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-27 | 6-6 | 21-19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-32 | 14-7 | 11-19 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-26 | 7-6 | 31-18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-26 | 2-1 | 43-21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-12 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 141, Brancaccio reached the 2nd round after defeating Peter Gojowczyk 6-1 1-0 ret..
In the 1st round against Gojowczyk, Raul had a free pass after Gojowczyk retired on a 6-1 1-0 . scoreline.
Brancaccio has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (279-187). 2-3 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Brancaccio has an aggregate19-23 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Noumea Challenger where he beat Laurent Lokoli in the final 4-6 7-5 6-2.
The Italian has a composed 12-6 win-loss record in 2023, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
Raul has never competed in this tournament before.
Mika Brunold
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-22 | 3-4 | 28-14 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 23-21 | 2-3 | 10-9 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 11-9 | 2-2 | 5-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 886, the Swiss reached the 2nd round after beating Manuel Guinard 4-6 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round against Guinard, Mika recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-2). During the match Brunold scored 104 points vs Guinard’s 92. The Swiss was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Brunold managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Mika Brunold lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Brunold put 56% of his first serves in, winning 74% (40/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (18/42) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Guinard 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
The Swiss has an aggregate 6-3 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Brancaccio | Brunold |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 8 | 26 |
| Pts | 36-25 | 104-92 |
| Total Points | 61 | 196 |
| Winners | 16 | 40 |
| %Winners | 44% | 38% |
Both Brancaccio and Brunold played 1 match. At the moment, Mika Brunold conceded 1 set while Raul Brancaccio hasn’t lost a set so far. Talking about their workload, Brancaccio and Brunold have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Brancaccio played 18 games less than Brunold. Raul scored 16 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss made 40 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Brancaccio | Brunold |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 7 |
| 1st in | 20/32 | 54/96 |
| %1st in | 63% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 16/20 | 40/54 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 4/12 | 18/42 |
| %2nd pts | 33% | 43% |
Brancaccio fired 2 aces . Brunold scored 7 aces . Brancaccio won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 33% of the points. On the other side, Brunold won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Brancaccio | Brunold |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/15 |
| % Converted | 75% | 33% |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 |
| Saved | 2 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Raul broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Brancaccio pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. Brunold broke his opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Brancaccio | |||
| R1 Gojowczyk |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 1-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 8 | 8 | |
| pts | 36-25 | 36-25 | |
| Total points | 61 | 61 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 20/32 | 20/32 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 16/20 | 16/20 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 33% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Brunold | |||
| R1 Guinard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 104-92 | 104-92 | |
| Total points | 196 | 196 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 54/96 | 54/96 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 40/54 | 40/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/42 | 18/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLWLWWW Tennis Scores in Lugano Challenger
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Calvin HemeryHemery (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Jakub PaulPaul (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Norbert GombosGombos (6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Dan AddedAdded (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Antoine BellierBellier (6-74 7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Lukas KleinKlein (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Mika BrunoldBrunold – Manuel GuinardGuinard (4-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Matteo GiganteGigante (6-74 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Zizou BergsBergs (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Zsombor PirosPiros (3-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (6-1 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Jelle SelsSels (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Jakub PaulPaul (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Lukas KleinKlein (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Antoine BellierBellier (6-7(4) 7-6(4) 6-3) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Calvin HemeryHemery (7-6(4) 6-1) – See score progression
- Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Norbert GombosGombos (6-3 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Dan AddedAdded (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marius CopilCopil – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Cem IlkelIlkel (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Richard BerankisBerankis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
