Stefano Napolitano and Gonzalo Villanueva will face off in the qualifications of the Verona Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefano Napolitano who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefano Napolitano is the pick to win this match.
Stefano Napolitano -> 1.101
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 6.05
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Prediction and head to head Stefano Napolitano vs. Gonzalo Villanueva
This will be the 2nd time that Stefano Napolitano and Gonzalo Villanueva play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Napolitano (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Napolitano won 6-7(5) 6-2 6-3 in the qualifications in the Trieste Challenger back in July 2023.
Stefano Napolitano
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-12 | 9-3 | 11-6 | 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 |
| 2020 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 348, the Italian reached the qualifications after defeating Federico Iannaccone 3-6 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications against Iannaccone, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-2). During the match, Napolitano scored 91 points vs Iannaccone’s 69. Napolitano was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Napolitano scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Stefano Napolitano lost the serve 3 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Napolitano put 56% of his first serves in, winning 70% (33/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (17/37) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Iannaccone 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Napolitano has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (272-228). 30-10 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Napolitano has a compiled 132-109 record in the last years on clay.
Stefano’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Frascati and M25 Biella.
The Italian has a compiled 36-14 win-loss record in 2023, 30-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Verona Challenger
Gonzalo Villanueva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-19 | 0-0 | 25-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-40 | 5-4 | 39-36 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-33 | 1-5 | 31-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-29 | 5-10 | 23-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 498, the Argentine got to the qualifications after beating Alexander Weis 7-64 3-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Argentine defeated Weis (7-64 3-6 6-4). During the match Villanueva scored 119 points vs Weis’s 113. Gonzalo was extremely aggressive to blast 57 winners.
About the serving games, Villanueva scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Gonzalo Villanueva lost the serve 3 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Villanueva put 76% of his first serves in, winning 61% (57/93) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (19/30) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Weis 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
The Argentine’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Tigre 1 Challenger.
The Argentine has a compiled 19-24 win-loss record in 2023, 15-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Napolitano | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 32 |
| Pts | 91-69 | 119-113 |
| Total Points | 160 | 232 |
| Winners | 33 | 57 |
| %Winners | 36% | 48% |
Both Napolitano and Villanueva played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Stefano Napolitano lost 1 set, while Gonzalo Villanueva lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Napolitano and Villanueva have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Napolitano played 8 games less than Villanueva. Napolitano scored 33 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Gonzalo made 57 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Napolitano | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 47/84 | 93/123 |
| %1st in | 56% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 33/47 | 57/93 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 17/37 | 19/30 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 63% |
Napolitano made 1 ace . Villanueva also bagged 1 ace . Napolitano won 70% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Villanueva won 61% 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 | Napolitano | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 60% | 43% |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 |
| Saved | 11 | 11 |
| % Saved | 79% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Napolitano broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Stefano surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. Gonzalo broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Villanueva conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Napolitano | |||
| Q1 Iannaccone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 91-69 | 91-69 | |
| Total points | 160 | 160 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/84 | 47/84 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 33/47 | 33/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/37 | 17/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 11/14 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 79% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Villanueva | |||
| Q1 Weis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 119-113 | 119-113 | |
| Total points | 232 | 232 | |
| Winners | 57 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 93/123 | 93/123 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 57/93 | 57/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/30 | 19/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 11/14 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 79% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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