Pedro Martinez Portero and Stefano Napolitano will clash against each other in the quarter of the Trieste Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on COURT 3. 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 Pedro Martinez Portero who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pedro Martinez Portero is the pick to win this match.
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 1.66
Stefano Napolitano -> 2.16
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Stefano Napolitano
This will be the 2nd time that Pedro Martinez Portero and Stefano Napolitano face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Napolitano (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Napolitano won 7-6(2) 7-5 in the 2nd round in the Hamburg Challenger back in 2019.
Pedro Martinez Portero
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-34 | 4-11 | 7-15 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-31 | 7-9 | 27-13 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-35 | 6-9 | 33-25 | 5-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-30 | 7-12 | 13-13 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-25 | 4-5 | 21-13 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 127, Martinez Portero reached the quarter after defeating Peter Gojowczyk 6-1 6-3 and Marcello Serafini 6-3 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Pedro had a good straight sets win against Serafini (6-3 7-5). During the match, Martinez Portero scored 62 points vs Serafini’s 52. Martinez Portero was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Martinez Portero scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Pedro Martinez Portero lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Martinez Portero put 63% of his first serves in, winning 57% (20/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the 2nd serve. Pedro broke Serafini 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Martinez Portero hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.
Martinez Portero has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (383-240). 19-18 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Martinez Portero has an aggregate313-168 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Martinez Portero’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Girona Challenger and the Heilbronn Challenger.
Pedro has an overall 22-24 win-loss record in 2023, 19-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Trieste Challenger
Pedro has never competed in this tournament before.
Stefano Napolitano
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19-19 | 2-5 | 12-10 | 5-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-17 | 10-4 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-23 | 9-6 | 38-13 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-24 | 1-1 | 20-15 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-17 | 1-2 | 1-9 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 348, the Italian reached the quarter after beating Niccolo Ciavarella 6-0 6-3, Gonzalo Villanueva 6-75 6-2 6-3, Alessandro Giannessi 6-4 6-2 and Zdenek Kolar 4-6 7-64 7-60.
In the 2nd round against Kolar, Napolitano recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-64 7-60). During the match Napolitano scored 117 points vs Kolar’s 111. Napolitano was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Napolitano fired 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Stefano Napolitano lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Napolitano put 55% of his first serves in, winning 63% (40/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (33/51) on the 2nd serve. Stefano broke Kolar 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Stefano’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Frascati and M25 Biella.
Stefano has an overall 35-13 win-loss record in 2023, 29-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Martinez Portero | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 99 |
| Pts | 115-83 | 346-275 |
| Total Points | 198 | 621 |
| Winners | 36 | 128 |
| %Winners | 31% | 37% |
Martinez Portero played 2 matches while Napolitano competed in 4 matches. Napolitano started his run from the qualifications while Martinez Portero had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Stefano Napolitano lost 2 sets while Pedro Martinez Portero hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Martinez Portero has played 6 set(s) less than Napolitano (4 vs 10). Therefore, Martinez Portero played 62 games less than Napolitano. Martinez Portero scored 36 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Stefano bagged 128 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Martinez Portero | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 57/97 | 179/295 |
| %1st in | 59% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 36/57 | 128/179 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 25/40 | 73/116 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 63% |
Martinez Portero bagged 5 aces (2.5 per match). Napolitano made 22 aces (5.5 per match). Martinez Portero won 63% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Napolitano won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Martinez Portero | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 17 |
| Converted | 11/18 | 17/31 |
| % Converted | 61% | 55% |
| Conceded | 7 | 14 |
| Saved | 2 | 7 |
| % Saved | 29% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 7 |
Martinez Portero broke his opponents 11 times with a 61% conversion rate. Pedro dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 29% of the break points that he conceded. Napolitano broke his opponents 17 times with a 55% conversion rate. Napolitano conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Martinez Portero | ||||
| R1 Gojowczyk |
R2 Serafini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 21 | 37 | |
| pts | 53-31 | 62-52 | 115-83 | |
| Total points | 84 | 114 | 198 | |
| Winners | 16 | 20 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 32% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 22/41 | 35/56 | 57/97 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 63% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 16/22 | 20/35 | 36/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 57% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 11/21 | 25/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 52% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 6/11 | 11/18 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 55% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 33% | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Napolitano | ||||||
| Q1 Ciavarella |
Q3 Villanueva |
R1 Giannessi |
R2 Kolar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | 6-75 6-2 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | 4-6 7-64 7-60 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 30 | 18 | 36 | 99 | |
| pts | 58-28 | 105-87 | 66-49 | 117-111 | 346-275 | |
| Total points | 86 | 192 | 115 | 228 | 621 | |
| Winners | 16 | 45 | 27 | 40 | 128 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 43% | 41% | 34% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 21/33 | 62/97 | 33/51 | 63/114 | 179/295 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | 65% | 55% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 16/21 | 45/62 | 27/33 | 40/63 | 128/179 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 73% | 82% | 63% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 20/35 | 11/18 | 33/51 | 73/116 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 57% | 61% | 65% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 5/8 | 3/7 | 3/8 | 17/31 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 63% | 43% | 38% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 14 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 5/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 33% | 100% | 56% | 95% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
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