Emilio Nava and Raul Brancaccio will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Malaga Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:00 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emilio Nava who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emilio Nava is the pick to win this match.
Emilio Nava -> 1.51
Raul Brancaccio -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Emilio Nava vs. Raul Brancaccio
This will be the 3rd time that Emilio Nava and Raul Brancaccio clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Nava and Brancaccio (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Brancaccio won 3-6 7-6(7) 6-1 in the qualifications in Marseille back in February 2023.
Emilio Nava
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-19 | 11-7 | 4-6 | 4-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-31 | 24-14 | 12-8 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-27 | 15-15 | 14-6 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-16 | 9-6 | 27-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 10-7 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 162, Nava will start his run in the Malaga Challenger after he played his last match in the Alicante Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-1 to Lestienne in the 2nd round on the 4th of October.
Nava has an overall 33-26 win-loss record in 2023, 21-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Modena Challenger where he beat Titouan Droguet in the final 6-7(5) 7-6(6) 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 146-95 record. He has a positive 69-52 record on hard.
Previously in the Malaga Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
Raul Brancaccio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-15 | 6-5 | 6-8 | 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, the Italian reached the 1st round after defeating Nick Chappell 6-4 6-1 and Robert Strombachs 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications, Raul had a good straight sets win against Strombachs (6-1 6-3). During the match Brancaccio scored 65 points vs Strombachs’s 41. Brancaccio was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Brancaccio fired 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Raul Brancaccio conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Brancaccio put 73% of his first serves in, winning 93% (28/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (5/11) on the 2nd serve. Raul broke Strombachs 4 times after converting 25% of his break points (4/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Brancaccio started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Noumea Challenger where he overcame Laurent Lokoli in the final 4-6 7-5 6-2.
The Italian has an overall 25-28 win-loss record in 2023, 13-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Malaga Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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- Antoine BellierBellier – Constant LestienneLestienne (0-2) – H2H and prediction
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