Samuel Vincent Ruggeri and Andrea Picchione will square off in the qualifications of the Genova Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on CENTRALE. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Samuel Vincent Ruggeri who should win in 3 sets.
Samuel Vincent Ruggeri -> 1.49
Andrea Picchione -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Samuel Vincent Ruggeri vs. Andrea Picchione
There is no head to head record between Samuel Vincent Ruggeri and Andrea Picchione since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Samuel Vincent Ruggeri
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47-31 | 12-6 | 26-20 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-29 | 25-11 | 22-14 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 55-28 | 29-10 | 26-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-24 | 18-13 | 15-9 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 385, the Italian got to the qualifications after defeating Luca Giacomini 7-66 4-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Samuel defeated Giacomini (7-66 4-6 6-3).During the match, Vincent Ruggeri scored less points (5) than Giacomini. In fact, the world no. 385 won 105 points vs Giacomini’s. That means that Vincent Ruggeri was more focused during the important points. Samuel was pretty aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Regarding the service games, Vincent Ruggeri bagged 11 aces and he was not very solid on his 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Samuel Vincent Ruggeri lost the serve 3 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Vincent Ruggeri put 58% of his first serves in, winning 70% (50/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (23/52) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Giacomini 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Vincent Ruggeri has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 63% of his matches (129-76). 22-13 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vincent Ruggeri has an aggregate63-40 win-loss record in the last 4 years on clay.
Samuel’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Sharm ElSheikh,M25 Cattolica and M25 Padova.
The Italian has an overall 37-24 win-loss record in 2023, 22-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Genova Challenger
Samuel has never competed in this tournament before.
Andrea Picchione
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-29 | 4-4 | 45-20 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-31 | 16-9 | 30-19 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-31 | 10-5 | 32-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-21 | 6-4 | 28-16 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 623, Picchione reached the qualifications after defeating Federico Arnaboldi 6-73 6-0 6-1.
In the qualifications against Arnaboldi, Picchione recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-0 6-1). During the match Picchione scored 98 points vs Arnaboldi’s 70. Picchione was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Picchione struck 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Andrea Picchione was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (34/44) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Italian broke Arnaboldi 7 times after converting 47% of his break points (7/15).
Andrea’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Kursumlijska Banja,M15 Perugia and M15 Caslano.
Picchione has a compiled 36-22 win-loss record in 2023, 25-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vincent Ruggeri | Picchione |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 26 |
| Pts | 105-110 | 98-70 |
| Total Points | 215 | 168 |
| Winners | 50 | 34 |
| %Winners | 48% | 35% |
Both Vincent Ruggeri and Picchione played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Samuel Vincent Ruggeri dropped 1 set, while Andrea Picchione lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Vincent Ruggeri and Picchione have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Vincent Ruggeri played 6 games more than Picchione. Samuel scored 50 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Andrea fired 34 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vincent Ruggeri | Picchione |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 5 |
| 1st in | 71/123 | 44/71 |
| %1st in | 58% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 50/71 | 34/44 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 23/52 | 17/27 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 63% |
Vincent Ruggeri managed to score 11 aces . Picchione scored 5 aces . Vincent Ruggeri won 70% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Picchione won 77% of the points on 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 | Vincent Ruggeri | Picchione |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 7 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 7/15 |
| % Converted | 60% | 47% |
| Conceded | 15 | 3 |
| Saved | 12 | 1 |
| % Saved | 80% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Samuel dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Picchione conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vincent Ruggeri | |||
| Q1 Giacomini | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 105-110 | 105-110 | |
| Total points | 215 | 215 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 11 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 71/123 | 71/123 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 50/71 | 50/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/52 | 23/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 12/15 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Picchione | |||
| Q1 Arnaboldi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 98-70 | 98-70 | |
| Total points | 168 | 168 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 44/71 | 44/71 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 34/44 | 34/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 17/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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