Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Arthur Gea will square off in the quarter of the Naples Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on CAMPO FABRIZIO GASPARINI. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.52
Arthur Gea -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Arthur Gea
There is no head to head record between Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Arthur Gea since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
16 - 6win/loss
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LLWLWLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-31 | 3-5 | 8-11 | 19-12 | 3-3 | 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, Herbert reached the quarter after beating Raul Brancaccio 3-6 7-5 6-0 and Francesco Maestrelli 6-4 3-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The French player defeated Maestrelli (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match, Herbert scored 97 points vs Maestrelli’s 96. Pierre-Hugues was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Herbert fired 5 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Pierre-Hugues Herbert lost the serve 5 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Herbert put 55% of his first serves in, winning 69% (41/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (18/48) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Maestrelli 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pierre-Hugues has lost 2 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.
Herbert has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (238-186). 2-0 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Herbert has an overall 48-41 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Quimper Challenger where he defeated Duje Ajdukovic in the final 6-3 6-2.
Pierre-Hugues has an aggregate 15-6 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Naples Challenger
Pierre-Hugues has never competed in this tournament before.
Arthur Gea
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-30 | 1-4 | 26-23 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-17 | 18-2 | 14-12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 441 (career-high), Gea got to the quarter after defeating Timofey Skatov 6-0 1-0 ret., Laurent Lokoli 0-0 ret., Stefano Travaglia 6-3 6-4 and Fabio Fognini 4-6 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Fognini, Gea recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-4). During the match Gea scored 98 points vs Fognini’s 89. Gea was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Gea couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Arthur Gea lost the serve 5 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Gea put 59% of his first serves in, winning 64% (35/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (17/39) on the 2nd serve. Arthur broke Fognini 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Arthur started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Arthur has a compiled 12-7 win-loss record in 2024, 9-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Herbert | Gea |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 54 |
| Pts | 201-187 | 198-154 |
| Total Points | 388 | 352 |
| Winners | 80 | 82 |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% |
Herbert played 2 matches while Gea competed in 4 matches. Gea started his run from the qualifications while Herbert had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Pierre-Hugues Herbert surrendered 2 sets, while Arthur Gea lost 1 set. Herbert has played 4 set(s) less than Gea (6 vs 10). However, it’s interesting to notice that Herbert played 1 game more than Gea. The French player scored 80 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Arthur bagged 82 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Herbert | Gea |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 0 |
| 1st in | 119/210 | 119/188 |
| %1st in | 57% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 80/119 | 82/119 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 38/91 | 31/69 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 45% |
Herbert made 13 aces (6.5 per match). Gea didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Herbert won 67% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Gea won 69% of the points on 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 | Gea |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 14 |
| Converted | 12/26 | 14/28 |
| % Converted | 46% | 50% |
| Conceded | 28 | 17 |
| Saved | 19 | 10 |
| % Saved | 68% | 59% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 7 |
Pierre-Hugues broke his opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. Herbert conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 14 times with a 50% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.
| Herbert | ||||
| R1 Brancaccio |
R2 Maestrelli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 6-0 | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 28 | 55 | |
| pts | 104-91 | 97-96 | 201-187 | |
| Total points | 195 | 193 | 388 | |
| Winners | 39 | 41 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 60/103 | 59/107 | 119/210 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 55% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 39/60 | 41/59 | 80/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 69% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/43 | 18/48 | 38/91 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 38% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 6/11 | 12/26 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 55% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 13 | 28 | |
| Saved | 11/15 | 8/13 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 62% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Gea | ||||||
| Q1 Skatov |
Q3 Lokoli |
R1 Travaglia |
R2 Fognini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 1-0 ret. | 0-0 ret. | 6-3 6-4 | 4-6 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 7 | 0 | 19 | 28 | 54 | |
| pts | 31-10 | 1-0 | 68-55 | 98-89 | 198-154 | |
| Total points | 41 | 1 | 123 | 187 | 352 | |
| Winners | 11 | 1 | 35 | 35 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 100% | 51% | 36% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 16/24 | 1/1 | 47/69 | 55/94 | 119/188 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 100% | 68% | 59% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 11/16 | 1/1 | 35/47 | 35/55 | 82/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 100% | 74% | 64% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/8 | 0/0 | 8/22 | 17/39 | 31/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 0% | 36% | 44% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 0/0 | 4/11 | 7/13 | 14/28 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 0% | 36% | 54% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 9/14 | 10 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 33% | 64% | 49% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
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