Luca Nardi and Stefano Napolitano will clash against each other in the quarter of the Chennai Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 8:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.57
Stefano Napolitano -> 2.27
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Prediction and head to head Luca Nardi vs. Stefano Napolitano
There is no head to head record between Luca Nardi and Stefano Napolitano since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Luca Nardi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-27 | 13-14 | 8-5 | 9-4 | 1-4 | 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. 114 (career-high), Nardi got to the quarter after defeating Eric Vanshelboim 6-2 6-2 and Bernard Tomic 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Tomic (7-5 6-3). During the match, Nardi scored 75 points vs Tomic’s 61. Nardi was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nardi struck 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Luca Nardi lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Nardi put 66% of his first serves in, winning 70% (33/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Tomic 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.
Nardi has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (124-96). 3-2 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Nardi has an overall38-19 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Italian has a composed 3-3 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chennai Challenger
Stefano Napolitano
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-17 | 10-4 | 11-10 | 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. 214, Stefano got to the quarter after defeating Kaichi Uchida 6-1 6-2 and Dan Added 6-2 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Added (6-2 6-1). During the match Napolitano scored 58 points vs Added’s 39. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Napolitano managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Stefano Napolitano conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Napolitano put 65% of his first serves in, winning 75% (24/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. Stefano broke Added 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Napolitano hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 62% of the points he played.
Napolitano has a compiled 4-1 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chennai Challenger
Stefano has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nardi | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 30 |
| Pts | 137-101 | 115-71 |
| Total Points | 238 | 186 |
| Winners | 56 | 47 |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% |
Both Nardi and Napolitano played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nardi and Napolitano have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Nardi played 7 games more than Napolitano. The Italian scored 56 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian fired 47 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nardi | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 76/118 | 60/93 |
| %1st in | 64% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 56/76 | 47/60 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 25/42 | 17/33 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 52% |
Nardi made 7 aces (3.5 per match). Napolitano managed to score 12 aces (6 per match). Nardi won 74% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Napolitano won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nardi | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 10 |
| Converted | 8/13 | 10/21 |
| % Converted | 62% | 48% |
| Conceded | 9 | 1 |
| Saved | 7 | 1 |
| % Saved | 78% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Nardi broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. Luca surrendered his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Napolitano was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Nardi | ||||
| R1 Vanshelboim |
R2 Tomic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 21 | 37 | |
| pts | 62-40 | 75-61 | 137-101 | |
| Total points | 102 | 136 | 238 | |
| Winners | 23 | 33 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 44% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 47/71 | 76/118 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 66% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 33/47 | 56/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 70% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 16/24 | 25/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 67% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/5 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 60% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 5/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 83% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Napolitano | ||||
| R1 Uchida |
R2 Added |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | 30 | |
| pts | 57-32 | 58-39 | 115-71 | |
| Total points | 89 | 97 | 186 | |
| Winners | 23 | 24 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 28/44 | 32/49 | 60/93 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 24/32 | 47/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 75% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 8/17 | 17/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 47% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/12 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 42% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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