David Goffin and Stefano Napolitano will face off in the quarter of the Verona Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 9:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 David Goffin who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, David Goffin is the pick to win this match.
David Goffin -> 1.38
Stefano Napolitano -> 2.92
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Prediction and head to head David Goffin vs. Stefano Napolitano
This will be the 2nd time that David Goffin and Stefano Napolitano square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Goffin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Goffin won 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in the Vercelli Challenger back in 2014.
David Goffin
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 40-24 | 20-10 | 7-7 | 6-4 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
2023 | 36-26 | 2-5 | 11-9 | 18-9 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
2022 | 34-29 | 7-13 | 14-5 | 9-9 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
2021 | 14-15 | 4-8 | 5-5 | 5-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2020 | 12-11 | 9-4 | 0-2 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 111, Goffin got to the quarter after beating Nerman Fatic 6-4 6-3 and Chun Hsin Tseng 7-5 6-0.
In the 2nd round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Hsin Tseng (7-5 6-0). During the match, Goffin scored 65 points vs Hsin Tseng’s 41. David was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Goffin blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. David Goffin lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Goffin put 62% of his first serves in, winning 90% (26/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Goffin broke Hsin Tseng 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
David hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 59% of the points he played.
Goffin has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (362-209). 8-7 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Goffin has a composed 113-55 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Neuve Challenger where he defeated Mikael Ymer in the final 6-4 6-1.
David has an aggregate 22-15 win-loss record in 2023, 8-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Verona Challenger
The Belgian has never competed in this tournament before.
Stefano Napolitano
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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 |
2020 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 312, Stefano reached the quarter after beating Federico Iannaccone 3-6 6-1 6-2, Gonzalo Villanueva 6-75 6-4 6-4, Salvatore Caruso 7-5 6-2 and Lukas Neumayer 4-6 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Neumayer, Stefano recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-3). During the match Napolitano scored 100 points vs Neumayer’s 78. Napolitano was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Napolitano struck 9 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Stefano Napolitano lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Napolitano put 63% of his first serves in, winning 79% (45/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (15/33) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Neumayer 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Napolitano started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Stefano’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Frascati and M25 Biella.
Napolitano has a compiled 39-14 win-loss record in 2023, 33-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Goffin | Napolitano |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 4 |
Tot Set | 4 | 11 |
Tot Games | 37 | 104 |
Pts | 133-94 | 390-313 |
Total Points | 227 | 703 |
Winners | 54 | 155 |
%Winners | 41% | 40% |
Goffin played 2 matches while Napolitano competed in 4 matches. Napolitano started his run from the qualifications while Goffin had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Stefano Napolitano lost 3 sets while David Goffin hasn’t lost a set so far. Goffin has played 7 set(s) less than Napolitano (4 vs 11). Therefore, Goffin played 67 games less than Napolitano. David scored 54 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian struck 155 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Goffin | Napolitano |
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Aces | 8 | 25 |
Avg per match | 4 | 6.3 |
1st in | 67/107 | 204/349 |
%1st in | 63% | 58% |
1st pts | 54/67 | 155/204 |
%1st pts | 81% | 76% |
2nd pts | 21/40 | 64/145 |
%2nd pts | 53% | 44% |
Goffin made 8 aces (4 per match). Napolitano made 25 aces (6.3 per match). Goffin won 81% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Napolitano won 76% 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 | Goffin | Napolitano |
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Won | 8 | 20 |
Converted | 8/13 | 20/35 |
% Converted | 62% | 57% |
Conceded | 7 | 41 |
Saved | 5 | 31 |
% Saved | 71% | 76% |
Times Broken | 2 | 10 |
Goffin broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. David dropped his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Stefano broke his opponents 20 times with a 57% conversion rate. Stefano conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.
Goffin | ||||
R1 Fatic |
R2 Hsin |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-4 6-3 | 7-5 6-0 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 18 | 37 | |
pts | 68-53 | 65-41 | 133-94 | |
Total points | 121 | 106 | 227 | |
Winners | 28 | 26 | 54 | |
%Winners | 41% | 40% | 41% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
1st in | 38/60 | 29/47 | 67/107 | |
% 1st in | 63% | 62% | 63% | |
1st pts | 28/38 | 26/29 | 54/67 | |
% 1st pts | 74% | 90% | 81% | |
2nd pts | 13/22 | 8/18 | 21/40 | |
% 2nd pts | 59% | 44% | 53% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
Converted | 3/6 | 5/7 | 8/13 | |
Converted % | 50% | 71% | 62% | |
Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
Saved | 4/5 | 1/2 | 5 | |
Saved % | 80% | 50% | 65% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Napolitano | ||||||
Q1 Iannaccone |
Q3 Villanueva |
R1 Caruso |
R2 Neumayer |
Total | ||
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Score | 3-6 6-1 6-2 | 6-75 6-4 6-4 | 7-5 6-2 | 4-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
Tot Games | 24 | 33 | 20 | 27 | 104 | |
pts | 91-69 | 117-100 | 82-66 | 100-78 | 390-313 | |
Total points | 160 | 217 | 148 | 178 | 703 | |
Winners | 33 | 42 | 35 | 45 | 155 | |
%Winners | 36% | 36% | 43% | 45% | 40% | |
SERVE | ||||||
Aces | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 25 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
1st in | 47/84 | 56/104 | 44/71 | 57/90 | 204/349 | |
% 1st in | 56% | 54% | 62% | 63% | 58% | |
1st pts | 33/47 | 42/56 | 35/44 | 45/57 | 155/204 | |
% 1st pts | 70% | 75% | 80% | 79% | 76% | |
2nd pts | 17/37 | 23/48 | 9/27 | 15/33 | 64/145 | |
% 2nd pts | 46% | 48% | 33% | 45% | 44% | |
Breaks | ||||||
Won | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | |
Converted | 6/10 | 6/11 | 4/8 | 4/6 | 20/35 | |
Converted % | 60% | 55% | 50% | 67% | 57% | |
Conceded | 14 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 41 | |
Saved | 11/14 | 8/12 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 31 | |
Saved % | 79% | 67% | 80% | 80% | 153% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
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