Luca Nardi and Andrew Paulson will square off in the 2nd round of the Bratislava 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 Luca Nardi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Nardi is the pick to win this match.
Luca Nardi -> 1.49
Andrew Paulson -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Luca Nardi vs. Andrew Paulson
There is no head to head record between Luca Nardi and Andrew Paulson since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Luca Nardi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-16 | 9-7 | 8-5 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-36 | 20-10 | 8-13 | 12-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-20 | 5-2 | 11-10 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 3-3 | 26-13 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-9 | 7-2 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 133, Nardi reached the 2nd round after defeating Dominic Stricker 7-64 6-3.
In the 1st round, Nardi had a good straight sets win against Stricker (7-64 6-3). During the match, Nardi scored 70 points vs Stricker’s 61. Nardi was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nardi recorded 6 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Luca Nardi lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Nardi put 75% of his first serves in, winning 76% (38/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. Luca broke Stricker 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Nardi has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 56% of his matches (108-86). 6-6 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nardi has a compiled28-27 match record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Porto Challenger where he overcame Joao Sousa in the final 5-7 6-4 6-1.
The Italian has an overall 28-29 win-loss record in 2023, 6-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 2 Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Andrew Paulson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-22 | 1-3 | 31-13 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 53-27 | 6-3 | 30-15 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 47-26 | 19-8 | 11-11 | 15-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 341, Paulson reached the 2nd round after beating Gabi Adrian Boitan 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Andrew had a good straight sets win against Adrian Boitan (6-4 6-3). During the match Paulson scored 65 points vs Adrian Boitan’s 54. The Czech was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Paulson blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Andrew Paulson lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Paulson put 66% of his first serves in, winning 76% (28/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Paulson broke Adrian Boitan 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Paulson’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Poprad,M25+H Kassel,M25 Lodz and M25 Zlatibor.
Andrew has an overall 33-16 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nardi | Paulson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 19 |
| Pts | 70-61 | 65-54 |
| Total Points | 131 | 119 |
| Winners | 38 | 28 |
| %Winners | 54% | 43% |
Both Nardi and Paulson played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nardi and Paulson have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Nardi played 3 games more than Paulson. Nardi scored 38 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, Andrew struck 28 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nardi | Paulson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 7 |
| 1st in | 50/67 | 37/56 |
| %1st in | 75% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 38/50 | 28/37 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 9/19 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 47% |
Nardi struck 6 aces . Paulson blasted 7 aces . Nardi won 76% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Paulson won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nardi | Paulson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 38% | 57% |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Luca broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Luca surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Paulson conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nardi | |||
| R1 Stricker |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 70-61 | 70-61 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 50/67 | 50/67 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 38/50 | 38/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 8/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Paulson | |||
| R1 Adrian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 65-54 | 65-54 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/56 | 37/56 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 28/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 9/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWW Tennis Scores in Bratislava 2 Challenger
- Norbert GombosGombos – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Dennis NovakNovak (7-66 6-0) – See score progression
- Lukas KleinKlein – Dino PrizmicPrizmic (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Alex MolcanMolcan (5-7 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Kalin IvanovskiIvanovski – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrew PaulsonPaulson – Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo MartineauMartineau – Jakub MensikMensik (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Filip MisolicMisolic (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Dominic StrickerStricker (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Norbert GombosGombos – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
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- Benjamin HassanHassan – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Andrew PaulsonPaulson – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
