Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Francesco Maestrelli will play each other in the 2nd round of the Naples Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on CAMPO D’AVALOS. 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 Pierre-Hugues Herbert who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pierre-Hugues Herbert is the pick to win this match.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 1.85
Francesco Maestrelli -> 1.89
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Prediction and head to head Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Francesco Maestrelli
There is no head to head record between Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Francesco Maestrelli since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
15 - 6win/loss
140
36
LLWLLLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-12 | 1-2 | 5-6 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 2-4 | 5-4 | 16-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 10-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-21 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-13 | 4-3 | 7-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 160, Pierre-Hugues reached the 2nd round after beating Raul Brancaccio 3-6 7-5 6-0.
In the 1st round against Brancaccio, Herbert recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 6-0). During the match, Herbert scored 104 points vs Brancaccio’s 91. Herbert was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Herbert recorded 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Pierre-Hugues Herbert lost the serve 4 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Herbert put 58% of his first serves in, winning 65% (39/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (20/43) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Brancaccio 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).
Herbert has good match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (237-186). 1-0 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Herbert has a compiled 47-41 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Quimper Challenger where he overcame Duje Ajdukovic in the final 6-3 6-2.
Herbert has an aggregate 14-6 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Naples Challenger
Herbert has never competed in this tournament before.
Francesco Maestrelli
9 - 11win/loss
215
149
LWWWLLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-16 | 5-5 | 11-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-38 | 9-10 | 16-24 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-24 | 5-4 | 34-12 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-18 | 8-3 | 18-12 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-5 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 226, Maestrelli got to the 2nd round after defeating Marco Cecchinato 7-64 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Cecchinato (7-64 6-4). During the match Maestrelli scored 74 points vs Cecchinato’s 66. Maestrelli was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Maestrelli scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Francesco Maestrelli lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Maestrelli put 67% of his first serves in, winning 78% (35/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Cecchinato 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Maestrelli’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Tenerife 2 Challenger and the Szekesfehervar Challenger.
The Italian has a composed 9-10 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Herbert | Maestrelli |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 23 |
| Pts | 104-91 | 74-66 |
| Total Points | 195 | 140 |
| Winners | 39 | 35 |
| %Winners | 38% | 47% |
Both Herbert and Maestrelli played 1 match. At the moment, Pierre-Hugues Herbert lost 1 set while Francesco Maestrelli hasn’t lost a set so far. Herbert has played 1 set more than Maestrelli (3 vs 2). Therefore, Herbert played 4 games more than Maestrelli. Herbert scored 39 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Francesco struck 35 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Herbert | Maestrelli |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 1 |
| 1st in | 60/103 | 45/67 |
| %1st in | 58% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 39/60 | 35/45 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 20/43 | 10/22 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 45% |
Herbert made 8 aces . Maestrelli managed to score 1 ace . Herbert won 65% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Maestrelli won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Herbert | Maestrelli |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/15 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 40% | 57% |
| Conceded | 15 | 4 |
| Saved | 11 | 1 |
| % Saved | 73% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Herbert broke his opponent 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Herbert surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Herbert | |||
| R1 Brancaccio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 104-91 | 104-91 | |
| Total points | 195 | 195 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 60/103 | 60/103 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 39/60 | 39/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/43 | 20/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 11/15 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Maestrelli | |||
| R1 Cecchinato |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 74-66 | 74-66 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 45/67 | 45/67 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 35/45 | 35/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 10/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLLLWWL Tennis Scores in Naples Challenger
- Arthur GeaGea – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Michael GeertsGeerts (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Elias YmerYmer (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Evan FurnessFurness (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (6-3 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Zsombor PirosPiros (4-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Nerman FaticFatic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (3-6 7-5 6-0) – See score progression
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