Steven Diez and Salvatore Caruso will face off in the 2nd round of the Barletta Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Salvatore Caruso who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Salvatore Caruso is the pick to win this match.
Salvatore Caruso -> 1.79
Steven Diez -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Steven Diez vs. Salvatore Caruso
This will be the 2nd time that Steven Diez and Salvatore Caruso fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Caruso (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Caruso won 6-3 6-2 in the qualifications in the St. Tropez Challenger back in 2022.
Steven Diez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-18 | 10-9 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-36 | 7-13 | 16-19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-32 | 13-12 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-28 | 3-6 | 12-16 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-16 | 2-5 | 8-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 285, the Canadian got to the 2nd round after beating Filip Cristian Jianu 7-65 6-1.
In the 1st round, Steven had a good straight sets win against Cristian Jianu (7-65 6-1). During the match, Diez scored 73 points vs Cristian Jianu’s 61. The Canadian was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Diez was unable to score even 1 ace and he committed only 1 double fault. Steven Diez lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Diez put 79% of his first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Cristian Jianu 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Diez has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (326-255). 4-3 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Diez has a composed 182-129 record in the last years on clay.
Diez’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Torello.
Steven has an overall 7-10 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Barletta Challenger
Diez has never competed in this tournament before.
Salvatore Caruso
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-12 | 8-9 | 4-3 | 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. 312, Salvatore got to the 2nd round after beating Lorenzo Carbone 6-2 6-1 and Flavio Cobolli 6-4 7-61.
In the 1st round, Caruso had a good straight sets win against Cobolli (6-4 7-61). During the match Caruso scored 82 points vs Cobolli’s 69. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Caruso scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Salvatore Caruso was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (25/34) of his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Italian broke Cobolli 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Salvatore’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Manama Challenger.
The Italian has an aggregate 12-10 win-loss record in 2023, 7-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Diez | Caruso |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 38 |
| Pts | 73-61 | 143-101 |
| Total Points | 134 | 244 |
| Winners | 32 | 38 |
| %Winners | 44% | 27% |
Diez played 1 match while Caruso competed in 2 matches. Caruso started his run from the qualifications while Diez had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Diez has played 2 set(s) less than Caruso (2 vs 4). Therefore, Diez played 18 games less than Caruso. Diez scored 32 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian blasted 38 winners (27%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Diez | Caruso |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 48/61 | 49/104 |
| %1st in | 79% | 47% |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 38/49 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 34/55 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 62% |
Diez didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Caruso struck 3 aces (1.5 per match). Diez won 67% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Caruso won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Diez | Caruso |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 9 |
| Converted | 3/10 | 9/18 |
| % Converted | 30% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 20% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
The Canadian broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Canadian conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Salvatore broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Salvatore conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded.
| Diez | |||
| R1 Cristian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 73-61 | 73-61 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 48/61 | 48/61 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 32/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 9/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Caruso | |||||
| Q1 Carbone |
Q3 Berrettini |
R1 Cobolli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 4-6 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 30 | 23 | 68 | |
| pts | 61-32 | – | 82-69 | 143-101 | |
| Total points | 93 | 0 | 151 | 244 | |
| Winners | 13 | 25 | 38 | ||
| %Winners | 21% | 0% | 30% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1st in | 15/39 | / | 34/65 | 49/104 | |
| % 1st in | 38% | 0% | 52% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 13/15 | / | 25/34 | 38/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 0% | 74% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/24 | / | 17/31 | 34/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 0% | 55% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Converted | 5/7 | / | 4/11 | 9/18 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 0% | 36% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/ | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWLWLWL Tennis Scores in Barletta Challenger
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (7-610 6-3) – See score progression
- Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini – Dane SweenySweeny (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Filip MisolicMisolic (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Edoardo LavagnoLavagno (3-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Steven DiezDiez – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Julian OcleppoOcleppo (7-63 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-4 7-61) – See score progression
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (7-64 7-62) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Gabriele PirainoPiraino (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Benoit PairePaire (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Laurent LokoliLokoli – Gianluca MagerMager (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Miljan ZekicZekic (3-6 6-1 7-67) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – James McCabeMcCabe (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Steven DiezDiez (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Zdenek KolarKolar (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – Laurent LokoliLokoli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Mariano NavoneNavone (2-0) – H2H and prediction
