Raul Brancaccio and Robert Strombachs will face off in the qualifications of the Malaga Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Raul Brancaccio who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Raul Brancaccio is the pick to win this match.
Raul Brancaccio -> 1.36
Robert Strombachs -> 2.96
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Prediction and head to head Raul Brancaccio vs. Robert Strombachs
There is no head to head record between Raul Brancaccio and Robert Strombachs since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Raul Brancaccio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-27 | 6-6 | 21-19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-32 | 14-7 | 11-19 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-26 | 7-6 | 31-18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-26 | 2-1 | 43-21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-12 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 197, Brancaccio reached the qualifications after defeating Nick Chappell 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Chappell (6-4 6-1). During the match, Brancaccio scored 66 points vs Chappell’s 45. Raul was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Brancaccio struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Raul Brancaccio was very efficient on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Chappell 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Brancaccio has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (291-209). 12-5 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Brancaccio has a composed45-28 record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Noumea Challenger where he beat Laurent Lokoli in the final 4-6 7-5 6-2.
Raul has a compiled 24-28 win-loss record in 2023, 12-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Malaga Challenger
Raul has never competed in this tournament before.
Robert Strombachs
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-30 | 18-8 | 13-15 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 54-33 | 44-21 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 68-30 | 47-21 | 15-4 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-26 | 18-15 | 1-3 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 13-11 | 6-5 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
Ranked no. 382, Robert reached the qualifications after beating Michael Geerts 6-4 6-71 6-4.
In the qualifications, Robert defeated Geerts (6-4 6-71 6-4). During the match Strombachs scored 107 points vs Geerts’s 103. Strombachs was exceptionally aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Talking about serving, Strombachs blasted 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Robert Strombachs lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Strombachs put 69% of his first serves in, winning 69% (55/80) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (22/36) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Geerts 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Robert’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M25 Sanxenxo.
Strombachs has a composed 40-27 win-loss record in 2023, 30-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Brancaccio | Strombachs |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 33 |
| Pts | 66-45 | 107-103 |
| Total Points | 111 | 210 |
| Winners | 27 | 55 |
| %Winners | 41% | 51% |
Both Brancaccio and Strombachs played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Robert Strombachs dropped 1 set while Raul Brancaccio hasn’t conceded a set so far. Brancaccio has played 1 set(s) less than Strombachs (2 vs 3). Therefore, Brancaccio played 16 games less than Strombachs. Raul scored 27 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Strombachs blasted 55 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Brancaccio | Strombachs |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 6 |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 80/116 |
| %1st in | 63% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 55/80 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 22/36 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 61% |
Brancaccio recorded 4 aces . Strombachs blasted 6 aces . Brancaccio won 77% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Strombachs won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Brancaccio | Strombachs |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 44% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 |
| Saved | 1 | 7 |
| % Saved | 50% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Italian lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Robert conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Brancaccio | |||
| Q1 Chappell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 66-45 | 66-45 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 35/56 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 27/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 12/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Strombachs | |||
| Q1 Geerts |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-71 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 107-103 | 107-103 | |
| Total points | 210 | 210 | |
| Winners | 55 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 80/116 | 80/116 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 55/80 | 55/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/36 | 22/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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