Luca Nardi and Matteo Martineau will face off in the 2nd round of the Naples Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CAMPO D’AVALOS. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luca Nardi who should win in 2 sets.
Luca Nardi -> 1.285
Matteo Martineau -> 3.42
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Prediction and head to head Luca Nardi vs. Matteo Martineau
This will be the 2nd time that Luca Nardi and Matteo Martineau square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Martineau (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Martineau won 7-6(4) 7-6(2) in the 1st round in the Forli 6 Challenger back in 2022.
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. 96 (career-high), Luca got to the 2nd round after defeating Jozef Kovalik 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Luca had a good straight sets win against Kovalik (6-3 6-3). During the match, Nardi scored 75 points vs Kovalik’s 64. Luca was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nardi scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Luca Nardi lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Nardi put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Kovalik 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Nardi has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (131-101). 1-0 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Nardi has an aggregate52-42 record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Italian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Chennai Challenger.
Nardi has a composed 10-8 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Naples Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Matteo Martineau
15 - 10win/loss
210
170
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-33 | 2-4 | 7-13 | 18-13 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-36 | 0-1 | 23-17 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 9-3 |
| 2022 | 36-31 | 2-1 | 23-20 | 11-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-26 | 4-4 | 27-15 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2020 | 19-14 | 4-3 | 7-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 6-3 |
Ranked no. 187 (career-high), Matteo got to the 2nd round after beating Franco Agamenone 3-6 7-63 6-2.
In the 1st round against Agamenone, Matteo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-63 6-2). During the match Martineau scored 102 points vs Agamenone’s 100. Matteo was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Martineau managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Matteo Martineau lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Martineau put 68% of his first serves in, winning 70% (44/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Martineau broke Agamenone 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Martineau’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Nottingham Challenger and the Cherbourg Challenger.
The French player has a compiled 15-9 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nardi | Martineau |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 30 |
| Pts | 75-64 | 102-100 |
| Total Points | 139 | 202 |
| Winners | 28 | 44 |
| %Winners | 37% | 43% |
Both Nardi and Martineau played 1 match. At the moment, Matteo Martineau conceded 1 set while Luca Nardi hasn’t dropped a set so far. Nardi has played 1 set(s) less than Martineau (2 vs 3). Therefore, Nardi played 12 games less than Martineau. Luca scored 28 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Martineau struck 44 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nardi | Martineau |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 42/65 | 63/92 |
| %1st in | 65% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 28/42 | 44/63 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 13/29 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 45% |
Nardi scored 1 ace . Martineau also recorded 3 aces . Nardi won 67% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Martineau won 70% 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 | Nardi | Martineau |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/14 |
| % Converted | 45% | 29% |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 67% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Luca broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Nardi conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Matteo broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nardi | |||
| R1 Kovalik | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 75-64 | 75-64 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 42/65 | 42/65 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 28/42 | 28/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 10/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Martineau | |||
| R1 Agamenone | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-63 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 102-100 | 102-100 | |
| Total points | 202 | 202 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 63/92 | 63/92 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 44/63 | 44/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 13/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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