Matteo Berrettini and Aleksandar Vukic will face off in the 2nd round of the Phoenix Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matteo Berrettini who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matteo Berrettini is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Berrettini -> 1.164
Aleksandar Vukic -> 4.7
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Prediction and head to head Matteo Berrettini vs. Aleksandar Vukic
There is no head to head record between Matteo Berrettini and Aleksandar Vukic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Matteo Berrettini
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-6 | 4-2 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 14-12 | 9-10 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-12 | 15-9 | 4-2 | 4-1 | 9-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-12 | 14-5 | 13-4 | 3-2 | 11-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-6 | 5-3 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 23, Matteo reached the 2nd round after defeating Mattia Bellucci 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Matteo had a good straight sets win against Bellucci (6-4 6-4). During the match, Berrettini scored 67 points vs Bellucci’s 54. Matteo was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Berrettini recorded 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Matteo Berrettini was quite effective on serve to win 85% (28/33) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Matteo broke Bellucci twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Berrettini has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 67% of his matches (286-141). 6-5 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Berrettini has an overall 127-64 match record in the last years on hard.
Berrettini’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Australia.
Berrettini has a composed 6-5 win-loss record in 2023, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Aleksandar Vukic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-24 | 5-9 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 8-6 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-33 | 34-20 | 9-4 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-25 | 14-15 | 4-5 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-26 | 8-5 | 10-11 | 11-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 10-4 | 9-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 186, Vukic got to the 2nd round after defeating Luke Saville 4-6 6-0 6-3, Maximilian Marterer 7-62 7-5 and Matteo Arnaldi 6-2 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Aleksandar defeated Arnaldi (6-2 4-6 6-3). During the match Vukic scored 101 points vs Arnaldi’s 87. Vukic was very aggressive to blast 52 winners.
About the serving games, Vukic fired 7 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Aleksandar Vukic lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Vukic put 72% of his first serves in, winning 69% (52/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the 2nd serve. Vukic broke Arnaldi 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Aleksandar has a compiled 13-8 win-loss record in 2023, 12-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Berrettini | Vukic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 77 |
| Pts | 67-54 | 263-217 |
| Total Points | 121 | 480 |
| Winners | 28 | 119 |
| %Winners | 42% | 45% |
Berrettini played 1 match while Vukic competed in 3 matches. Vukic started his run from the qualifications while Berrettini had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Aleksandar Vukic dropped 2 sets while Matteo Berrettini hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Berrettini has played 6 set(s) less than Vukic (2 vs 8). Therefore, Berrettini played 57 games less than Vukic. The Italian scored 28 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Vukic struck 119 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Berrettini | Vukic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 29 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 9.7 |
| 1st in | 33/57 | 158/243 |
| %1st in | 58% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 119/158 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 52/85 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 61% |
Berrettini struck 9 aces . Vukic bagged 29 aces (9.7 per match). Berrettini won 85% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Vukic won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Berrettini | Vukic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 9 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 9/25 |
| % Converted | 40% | 36% |
| Conceded | 2 | 20 |
| Saved | 2 | 17 |
| % Saved | 100% | 85% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Berrettini broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The Italian extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. Vukic broke his opponents 9 times with a 36% conversion rate. Vukic conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.
| Berrettini | |||
| R1 Bellucci |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 67-54 | 67-54 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 33/57 | 33/57 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 28/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 14/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Vukic | |||||
| Q1 Saville |
Q3 Marterer |
R1 Arnaldi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-0 6-3 | 7-62 7-5 | 6-2 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | 27 | 77 | |
| pts | 88-66 | 74-64 | 101-87 | 263-217 | |
| Total points | 154 | 138 | 188 | 480 | |
| Winners | 31 | 36 | 52 | 119 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 49% | 51% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 12 | 7 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 40/69 | 43/70 | 75/104 | 158/243 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 61% | 72% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 36/43 | 52/75 | 119/158 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 84% | 69% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/29 | 16/27 | 16/29 | 52/85 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 59% | 55% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 2/2 | 3/11 | 9/25 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 100% | 27% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 5/6 | 8/9 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 83% | 89% | 252% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWWLWLL Tennis Scores in Phoenix Challenger
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-3 3-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 6-72 6-3) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Pavel KotovKotov (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Mikael YmerYmer – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-74 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Emilio NavaNava (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (7-65 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Rajeev Ram/Joe SalisburyRam/Joe Salisbury – Nicolas Barrientos/Ariel BeharBarrientos/Ariel Behar (3-6 6-2 10-4) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Oscar OtteOtte (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Denis KudlaKudla (7-69 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow – Rafael Matos/David Vega HernandezMatos/David Vega Hernandez (4-6 6-2 10-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Quentin HalysHalys – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mikael YmerYmer – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
