Alex Marti Pujolras and Marcello Serafini will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Milan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on GRAND STAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Marti Pujolras who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Marti Pujolras is the pick to win this match.
Alex Marti Pujolras -> 1.33
Marcello Serafini -> 3.125
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Prediction and head to head Alex Marti Pujolras vs. Marcello Serafini
There is no head to head record between Alex Marti Pujolras and Marcello Serafini since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Alex Marti Pujolras
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-32 | 0-0 | 43-32 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 0-1 | 44-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 51-28 | 0-1 | 51-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-11 | 0-0 | 23-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 370, the Spaniard reached the qualifications after defeating Gabriele Piraino 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Marti Pujolras had a good straight sets win against Piraino (6-2 6-4). During the match, Marti Pujolras scored 64 points vs Piraino’s 51. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Marti Pujolras was unable to score even 1 ace and he committed only 8 double faults. Alex Marti Pujolras lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Marti Pujolras put 61% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Piraino 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Marti Pujolras has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 62% of his matches (233-140). 32-16 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Marti Pujolras has a composed230-135 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Alex’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya and M25 Valldoreix.
Alex has a composed 32-16 win-loss record in 2023, 32-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Milan Challenger
Marti Pujolras has never competed in this tournament before.
Marcello Serafini
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-13 | 0-0 | 11-5 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 6-2 |
| 2023 | 33-32 | 0-2 | 30-21 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-3 |
| 2022 | 34-24 | 14-6 | 20-17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-21 | 12-6 | 15-13 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 486 (career-high), the Italian got to the qualifications after beating Chun Hsin Tseng 6-72 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications against Hsin Tseng, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 6-1 6-3). During the match Serafini scored 98 points vs Hsin Tseng’s 86. Serafini was pretty aggressive to blast 50 winners.
About the serving games, Serafini made 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Marcello Serafini lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Serafini put 75% of his first serves in, winning 71% (50/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Marcello broke Hsin Tseng 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Marcello’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Chieti.
Marcello has a compiled 17-19 win-loss record in 2023, 14-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Marti Pujolras | Serafini |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 29 |
| Pts | 64-51 | 98-86 |
| Total Points | 115 | 184 |
| Winners | 26 | 50 |
| %Winners | 41% | 51% |
Both Marti Pujolras and Serafini played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Marcello Serafini surrendered 1 set while Alex Marti Pujolras hasn’t conceded a set so far. Marti Pujolras has played 1 set(s) less than Serafini (2 vs 3). Therefore, Marti Pujolras played 11 games less than Serafini. The Spaniard scored 26 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Marcello managed to score 50 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Marti Pujolras | Serafini |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 5 |
| 1st in | 37/61 | 70/93 |
| %1st in | 61% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 50/70 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 11/23 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 48% |
Marti Pujolras didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Serafini scored 5 aces . Marti Pujolras won 70% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Serafini won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Marti Pujolras | Serafini |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 63% | 42% |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 60% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Spaniard broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Alex surrendered his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Serafini broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Marti Pujolras | |||
| Q1 Piraino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 64-51 | 64-51 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 37/61 | 37/61 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 26/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 10/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Serafini | |||
| Q1 Hsin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 98-86 | 98-86 | |
| Total points | 184 | 184 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 70/93 | 70/93 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 50/70 | 50/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 11/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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