Mate Valkusz and Stefano Napolitano will square off in the 2nd round of the Hamburg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COURT 3. 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 Stefano Napolitano who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefano Napolitano is the pick to win this match.
Stefano Napolitano -> 1.53
Mate Valkusz -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Mate Valkusz vs. Stefano Napolitano
There is no head to head record between Mate Valkusz and Stefano Napolitano since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Mate Valkusz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-6 | 3-2 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-24 | 5-2 | 23-14 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 33-14 | 5-5 | 27-6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-9 | 4-2 | 27-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 235,he will start his run in the Hamburg Challenger after he played his last match in the Hamburg Challenger where he beat 6-4 6-4 to Serdarusic in the 1st round on the 18th of October.
Mate has an aggregate 29-20 win-loss record in 2023, 1-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Skopje Challenger where he defeated Francisco Comesana in the final 6-3 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Valkusz has an overall 197-90 record. He has a negative 3-10 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Hamburg Challenger
Mate has never competed in this tournament before.
Stefano Napolitano
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-12 | 9-3 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-23 | 9-6 | 38-13 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-24 | 1-1 | 20-15 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-17 | 1-2 | 1-9 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 239, Napolitano got to the 2nd round after defeating Daniel Masur 1-6 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round against Masur, Napolitano recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-2 6-4). During the match Napolitano scored 82 points vs Masur’s 78. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Napolitano scored 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Stefano Napolitano lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Napolitano put 73% of his first serves in, winning 67% (41/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (9/22) on the 2nd serve. Napolitano broke Masur 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Napolitano’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Frascati and M25 Biella.
Stefano has an overall 48-21 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Valkusz | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 25 |
| Pts | 63-59 | 82-78 |
| Total Points | 122 | 160 |
| Winners | 36 | 41 |
| %Winners | 57% | 50% |
Both Valkusz and Napolitano played 1 match. At the moment, Stefano Napolitano lost 1 set while Mate Valkusz hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Valkusz has played 1 set(s) less than Napolitano (2 vs 3). Therefore, Valkusz played 5 games less than Napolitano. Valkusz scored 36 winners (57% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian bagged 41 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Valkusz | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 10 |
| 1st in | 49/66 | 61/83 |
| %1st in | 74% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 36/49 | 41/61 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 9/22 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 41% |
Valkusz struck 3 aces . Napolitano blasted 10 aces . Valkusz won 73% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Napolitano won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Valkusz | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 50% | 57% |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 |
| Saved | 0 | 6 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Hungarian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Mate surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Napolitano broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Valkusz | ||
| Total | ||
|---|---|---|
| Score | ||
| Tot Set | 0 | |
| Tot Games | 0 | |
| pts | 0-0 | |
| Total points | 0 | |
| Winners | 0 | |
| %Winners | 0% | |
| SERVE | ||
| Aces | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | |
| 1st in | 0/0 | |
| % 1st in | 0% | |
| 1st pts | 0/0 | |
| % 1st pts | % | |
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | |
| % 2nd pts | 0% | |
| Breaks | ||
| Won | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/0 | |
| Converted % | 0% | |
| Conceded | 0 | |
| Saved | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | |
| Napolitano | |||
| R1 Masur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 82-78 | 82-78 | |
| Total points | 160 | 160 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 61/83 | 61/83 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 41/61 | 41/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/22 | 9/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Tristan LamasineLamasine – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Akira SantillanSantillan – Marvin MoellerMoeller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
