Lukas Neumayer and Stefano Napolitano will square off in the 2nd round of the Verona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 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 Stefano Napolitano who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefano Napolitano is the pick to win this match.
Stefano Napolitano -> 1.65
Lukas Neumayer -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Lukas Neumayer vs. Stefano Napolitano
There is no head to head record between Lukas Neumayer and Stefano Napolitano since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Lukas Neumayer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-19 | 2-2 | 13-16 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-32 | 2-1 | 38-28 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 53-26 | 12-4 | 41-21 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-25 | 8-10 | 16-14 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 255, Neumayer reached the 2nd round after beating Samuele Seghetti 6-2 6-0, Peter Gojowczyk 6-2 6-2 and Genaro Alberto Olivieri 7-5 ret..
In the 1st round against Alberto Olivieri, Lukas had a free pass after Alberto Olivieri retired on a 7-5 . scoreline.
Neumayer has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 60% of his matches (110-73). 29-15 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Neumayer has a compiled86-52 win-loss record in the last 4 years on clay.
The Austrian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Prague,M25 Jablonec nad Nisou and the Salzburg Challenger.
The Austrian has a composed 31-19 win-loss record in 2023, 29-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Verona Challenger
Lukas has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 312, Napolitano got to the 2nd round after defeating Federico Iannaccone 3-6 6-1 6-2, Gonzalo Villanueva 6-75 6-4 6-4 and Salvatore Caruso 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Caruso (7-5 6-2). During the match Napolitano scored 82 points vs Caruso’s 66. Stefano was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Napolitano scored 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Stefano Napolitano lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Napolitano put 62% of his first serves in, winning 80% (35/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (9/27) on the 2nd serve. Stefano broke Caruso 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Napolitano’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Frascati and M25 Biella.
Stefano has a composed 38-14 win-loss record in 2023, 32-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Neumayer | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 77 |
| Pts | 164-100 | 290-235 |
| Total Points | 264 | 525 |
| Winners | 64 | 110 |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% |
Both Neumayer and Napolitano played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Stefano Napolitano dropped 2 sets while Lukas Neumayer hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Neumayer has played 2 set(s) less than Napolitano (6 vs 8). Therefore, Neumayer played 35 games less than Napolitano. Neumayer scored 64 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian recorded 110 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Neumayer | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 77/119 | 147/259 |
| %1st in | 65% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 64/77 | 110/147 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 25/42 | 49/112 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 44% |
Neumayer fired 13 aces (4.3 per match). Napolitano blasted 16 aces (5.3 per match). Neumayer won 83% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Napolitano won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Neumayer | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 16 |
| Converted | 11/23 | 16/29 |
| % Converted | 48% | 55% |
| Conceded | 6 | 31 |
| Saved | 5 | 23 |
| % Saved | 83% | 74% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 8 |
Lukas broke his opponents 11 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Napolitano broke his opponents 16 times with a 55% conversion rate. Stefano conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.
| Neumayer | |||||
| Q1 Seghetti |
Q3 Gojowczyk |
R1 Alberto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 6-2 6-2 | 7-5 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 16 | 12 | 42 | |
| pts | 58-27 | 58-34 | 48-39 | 164-100 | |
| Total points | 85 | 92 | 87 | 264 | |
| Winners | 18 | 27 | 19 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 47% | 40% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 21/36 | 32/48 | 24/35 | 77/119 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 67% | 69% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 18/21 | 27/32 | 19/24 | 64/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 84% | 79% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 9/16 | 5/11 | 25/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 56% | 45% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/6 | 2/6 | 11/23 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 67% | 33% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 4/4 | 1/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Napolitano | |||||
| Q1 Iannaccone |
Q3 Villanueva |
R1 Caruso |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 6-2 | 6-75 6-4 6-4 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 33 | 20 | 77 | |
| pts | 91-69 | 117-100 | 82-66 | 290-235 | |
| Total points | 160 | 217 | 148 | 525 | |
| Winners | 33 | 42 | 35 | 110 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | 43% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 10 | 5 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 47/84 | 56/104 | 44/71 | 147/259 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 54% | 62% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 33/47 | 42/56 | 35/44 | 110/147 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 75% | 80% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/37 | 23/48 | 9/27 | 49/112 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 48% | 33% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/11 | 4/8 | 16/29 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 55% | 50% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 12 | 5 | 31 | |
| Saved | 11/14 | 8/12 | 4/5 | 23 | |
| Saved % | 79% | 67% | 80% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Max HoukesHoukes (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
- Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri – Carlos TabernerTaberner (1-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Valentin RoyerRoyer (7-66 6-3) – See score progression
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (6-2 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga (7-5 4-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Nerman FaticFatic (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-72 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Hugo GastonGaston (3-6 6-2 5-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Mathias BourgueBourgue – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (5-7 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Nick HardtHardt (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Edoardo LavagnoLavagno – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Guido AndreozziAndreozzi (2-6 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Marc PolmansPolmans (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Nerman FaticFatic (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- David GoffinGoffin – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Mathias BourgueBourgue (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Benjamin HassanHassan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Edoardo LavagnoLavagno – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Federico GaioGaio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
