Marcello Serafini and Gonzalo Villanueva will play each other in the qualifications of the Cordenons Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on ACQUA MANIVA. 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 Marcello Serafini who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marcello Serafini is the pick to win this match.
Marcello Serafini -> 1.26
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 3.58
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Prediction and head to head Marcello Serafini vs. Gonzalo Villanueva
There is no head to head record between Marcello Serafini and Gonzalo Villanueva since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Marcello Serafini
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-19 | 0-0 | 12-11 | 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. 432 (career-high), the Italian got to the qualifications after defeating Simone Roncalli 2-6 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications against Roncalli, Marcello recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Serafini scored 76 points vs Roncalli’s 71. Marcello was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Serafini blasted 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Marcello Serafini lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Serafini put 76% of his first serves in, winning 60% (35/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Roncalli 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
Serafini has a winning record in the last 3 years having won 56% of his matches (87-69). 21-13 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Serafini has an overall56-43 win-loss record in the last 3 years on clay.
Serafini’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Chieti.
Marcello has an aggregate 24-24 win-loss record in 2023, 21-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cordenons Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 491, the Argentine got to the qualifications after beating Benito Massacri 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, Villanueva had a good straight sets win against Massacri (6-1 6-2). During the match Villanueva scored 57 points vs Massacri’s 28. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Villanueva wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Gonzalo Villanueva was extremely efficient on serve to win 96% (24/25) of his 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine broke Massacri 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Gonzalo’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Tigre 1 Challenger.
Gonzalo has an aggregate 20-26 win-loss record in 2023, 16-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Serafini | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 15 |
| Pts | 76-71 | 57-28 |
| Total Points | 147 | 85 |
| Winners | 35 | 24 |
| %Winners | 46% | 42% |
Both Serafini and Villanueva played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Marcello Serafini conceded 1 set while Gonzalo Villanueva hasn’t dropped a set so far. Serafini has played 1 set more than Villanueva (3 vs 2). Therefore, Serafini played 10 games more than Villanueva. Marcello scored 35 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Villanueva bagged 24 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Serafini | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 0 |
| 1st in | 58/76 | 25/36 |
| %1st in | 76% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 35/58 | 24/25 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 96% |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 8/11 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 73% |
Serafini blasted 4 aces . Villanueva didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Serafini won 60% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Villanueva won 96% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 73% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Serafini | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/7 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 86% | 40% |
| Conceded | 10 | 0 |
| Saved | 6 | 0 |
| % Saved | 60% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
The Italian broke his opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Serafini surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Villanueva broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Argentine was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Serafini | |||
| Q1 Roncalli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 76-71 | 76-71 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 58/76 | 58/76 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 35/58 | 35/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Villanueva | |||
| Q1 Massacri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 57-28 | 57-28 | |
| Total points | 85 | 85 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 25/36 | 25/36 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 24/25 | 24/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 96% | 96% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/11 | 8/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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