Francesco Forti and Marcello Serafini will fight against each other in the qualifications of the San Marino Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francesco Forti who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francesco Forti is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Forti -> 1.52
Marcello Serafini -> 2.41
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Forti vs. Marcello Serafini
This will be the 3rd time that Francesco Forti and Marcello Serafini square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Forti and Serafini (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Serafini won 1-6 6-2 6-3 in the qualifications in the San Benedetto Challenger back in July 2023.
Francesco Forti
34 - 23win/loss
303
303
LWWLWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 53-33 | 20-8 | 26-21 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 31-22 | 1-1 | 29-18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-29 | 1-1 | 35-20 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-13 | 8-4 | 4-5 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 29-26 | 5-8 | 22-17 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 327, Francesco got to the qualifications after beating Alessandro Pecci 6-2 ret..
In the qualifications against Pecci, Francesco had a free pass after Pecci retired on a 6-2 . scoreline.
Forti has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (192-141). 20-14 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Forti has a composed131-96 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Forti’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Monastir.
Forti has an aggregate 34-22 win-loss record in 2023, 20-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Marino Challenger
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. 433 (career-high), Marcello reached the qualifications after beating Peter Heller 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Heller (6-4 6-4). During the match Serafini scored 72 points vs Heller’s 57. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Serafini made 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Marcello Serafini was extremely efficient on serve to win 78% (29/37) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Heller 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
The Italian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Chieti.
Marcello has a compiled 22-23 win-loss record in 2023, 19-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Marino Challenger
Serafini has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Forti | Serafini |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 8 | 20 |
| Pts | 36-27 | 72-57 |
| Total Points | 63 | 129 |
| Winners | 9 | 29 |
| %Winners | 25% | 40% |
Both Forti and Serafini played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Forti and Serafini have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Forti played 12 games less than Serafini. Francesco scored 9 winners (25% of the total points). On the other side, Serafini bagged 29 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Forti | Serafini |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 4 |
| 1st in | 18/35 | 37/56 |
| %1st in | 51% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 9/18 | 29/37 |
| %1st pts | 50% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 14/17 | 11/19 |
| %2nd pts | 82% | 58% |
Forti didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Serafini blasted 4 aces . Forti won 50% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 82% of the points. On the other side, Serafini won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Forti | Serafini |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 40% | 38% |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Francesco broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The Italian very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points. The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Forti | |||
| Q1 Pecci |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 8 | 8 | |
| pts | 36-27 | 36-27 | |
| Total points | 63 | 63 | |
| Winners | 9 | 9 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 25% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 18/35 | 18/35 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 1st pts | 50% | 50% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/17 | 14/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 82% | 82% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Serafini | |||
| Q1 Heller |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 72-57 | 72-57 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/56 | 37/56 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 29/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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