Stefano Napolitano and Vasek Pospisil will face off in the 2nd round of the Bengaluru Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 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 Vasek Pospisil who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Vasek Pospisil is the pick to win this match.
Vasek Pospisil -> 1.71
Stefano Napolitano -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Stefano Napolitano vs. Vasek Pospisil
This will be the 3rd time that Stefano Napolitano and Vasek Pospisil clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Pospisil (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Pospisil won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Forli 3 Challenger back in 2022.
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. 204, Napolitano got to the 2nd round after beating Dane Sweeny 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Stefano had a good straight sets win against Sweeny (6-3 6-3). During the match, Napolitano scored 63 points vs Sweeny’s 46. Stefano was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Napolitano scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Stefano Napolitano was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Sweeny 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Napolitano has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (259-215). 5-2 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Napolitano has an overall 70-53 match record in the last years on hard.
Stefano has an aggregate 5-2 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bengaluru Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Vasek Pospisil
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-13 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-14 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 7-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-22 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 35-10 | 1-2 | 3-1 |
| 2021 | 8-19 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-12 | 6-3 | 0-1 | 15-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 816, the Canadian got to the 2nd round after defeating Eric Vanshelboim 7-62 3-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Pospisil defeated Vanshelboim (7-62 3-6 6-4).During the match Pospisil scored less points (3) than Vanshelboim. In fact, the world no. 204 won 106 points vs Vanshelboim’s. That means that Pospisil was more focused during the important points. Vasek was very aggressive to blast 51 winners.
About the serving games, Pospisil managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Vasek Pospisil lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Pospisil put 57% of his first serves in, winning 80% (51/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (19/49) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Vanshelboim twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Pospisil has a compiled 2-2 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Napolitano | Pospisil |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 32 |
| Pts | 63-46 | 106-109 |
| Total Points | 109 | 215 |
| Winners | 23 | 51 |
| %Winners | 37% | 48% |
Both Napolitano and Pospisil played 1 match. At the moment, Vasek Pospisil lost 1 set while Stefano Napolitano hasn’t lost a set so far. Napolitano has played 1 set(s) less than Pospisil (2 vs 3). Therefore, Napolitano played 14 games less than Pospisil. Stefano scored 23 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Pospisil struck 51 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Napolitano | Pospisil |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 9 |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 64/113 |
| %1st in | 62% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 51/64 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 19/49 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 39% |
Napolitano fired 1 ace . Pospisil also made 9 aces . Napolitano won 79% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Pospisil won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Napolitano | Pospisil |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 2/8 |
| % Converted | 57% | 25% |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 |
| Saved | 0 | 6 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Stefano broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Italian dropped his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Pospisil broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Pospisil conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Napolitano | |||
| R1 Sweeny |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 63-46 | 63-46 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 29/47 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 23/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 11/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Pospisil | |||
| R1 Vanshelboim |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 106-109 | 106-109 | |
| Total points | 215 | 215 | |
| Winners | 51 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 64/113 | 64/113 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 51/64 | 51/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/49 | 19/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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