Giulio Zeppieri and Francesco Maestrelli will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Montechiarugolo Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Giulio Zeppieri who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Giulio Zeppieri is the pick to win this match.
Giulio Zeppieri -> 1.49
Francesco Maestrelli -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Giulio Zeppieri vs. Francesco Maestrelli
This will be the 3rd time that Giulio Zeppieri and Francesco Maestrelli play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Maestrelli (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Maestrelli won 7-6(4) 6-2 in the qualifications in the Canberra Challenger back in January 2023.
Giulio Zeppieri
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-18 | 8-4 | 7-10 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-26 | 7-5 | 19-13 | 14-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-31 | 1-2 | 25-22 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-20 | 0-0 | 26-16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-12 | 0-0 | 7-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 132, Giulio got to the semifinal after defeating Bogdan Bobrov 6-4 6-3, Riccardo Bonadio 6-2 7-5 and Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-5 6-3.
In the quarter, Giulio had a good straight sets win against Ramos-Vinolas (7-5 6-3). During the match, Zeppieri scored 71 points vs Ramos-Vinolas’s 61. Giulio was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zeppieri made 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Giulio Zeppieri was very effective on serve to win 71% (37/52) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Giulio broke Ramos-Vinolas 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zeppieri hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Zeppieri has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 55% of his matches (123-99). 15-11 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Zeppieri has an overall104-76 record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Cherbourg Challenger where he overcame Titouan Droguet in the final 7-5 7-6(4).
Giulio has an overall 25-14 win-loss record in 2023, 15-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Montechiarugolo Challenger
Francesco Maestrelli
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-36 | 11-7 | 21-23 | 5-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-38 | 9-10 | 16-24 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-24 | 5-4 | 34-12 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-18 | 8-3 | 18-12 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-5 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 183, Maestrelli reached the semifinal after defeating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 7-5 6-3, Stefano Napolitano 7-63 6-3 and Andrea Collarini 6-4 6-0.
In the quarter, Maestrelli had a good straight sets win against Collarini (6-4 6-0). During the match Maestrelli scored 66 points vs Collarini’s 45. Francesco was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Maestrelli made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Francesco Maestrelli was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Collarini 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Francesco’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Tenerife 1 Challenger.
Maestrelli has an aggregate 17-19 win-loss record in 2023, 8-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zeppieri | Maestrelli |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 60 | 59 |
| Pts | 196-159 | 229-181 |
| Total Points | 355 | 410 |
| Winners | 97 | 88 |
| %Winners | 49% | 38% |
Both Zeppieri and Maestrelli played 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zeppieri and Maestrelli have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Zeppieri played 1 game more than Maestrelli. Zeppieri scored 97 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Francesco blasted 88 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zeppieri | Maestrelli |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 3.3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 127/189 | 129/208 |
| %1st in | 67% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 97/127 | 88/129 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 36/62 | 45/79 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 57% |
Zeppieri fired 10 aces (3.3 per match). Maestrelli managed to score 15 aces (5 per match). Zeppieri won 76% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Maestrelli won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zeppieri | Maestrelli |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 12 |
| Converted | 9/22 | 12/27 |
| % Converted | 41% | 44% |
| Conceded | 11 | 17 |
| Saved | 9 | 12 |
| % Saved | 82% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Giulio broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Zeppieri dropped his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Francesco broke his opponents 12 times with a 44% conversion rate. Francesco conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zeppieri | |||||
| R1 Bobrov |
R2 Bonadio |
1/4 Ramos-Vinolas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-2 7-5 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 21 | 60 | |
| pts | 62-48 | 63-50 | 71-61 | 196-159 | |
| Total points | 110 | 113 | 132 | 355 | |
| Winners | 29 | 31 | 37 | 97 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 49% | 52% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 39/59 | 36/54 | 52/76 | 127/189 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 67% | 68% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 29/39 | 31/36 | 37/52 | 97/127 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 86% | 71% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/20 | 8/18 | 13/24 | 36/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 44% | 54% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 4/8 | 3/6 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 50% | 50% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 0/1 | 5/6 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 83% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Maestrelli | |||||
| R1 Munar Clar |
R2 Napolitano |
1/4 Collarini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 7-63 6-3 | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 22 | 16 | 59 | |
| pts | 79-65 | 84-71 | 66-45 | 229-181 | |
| Total points | 144 | 155 | 111 | 410 | |
| Winners | 29 | 36 | 23 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 43% | 35% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 47/77 | 51/82 | 31/49 | 129/208 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 62% | 63% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 29/47 | 36/51 | 23/31 | 88/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 71% | 74% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 18/31 | 10/18 | 45/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 58% | 56% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 2/6 | 5/9 | 12/27 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 33% | 56% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 5 | 4 | 17 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 4/5 | 3/4 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 80% | 75% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWLWLWW Tennis Scores in Montechiarugolo Challenger
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (3-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (0-2) – H2H and prediction
