Francesco Maestrelli and Raul Brancaccio will face off in the 2nd round of the Barletta Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:30 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 Francesco Maestrelli who should win in 3 sets.
Francesco Maestrelli -> 1.76
Raul Brancaccio -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Maestrelli vs. Raul Brancaccio
This will be the 2nd time that Francesco Maestrelli and Raul Brancaccio face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Brancaccio (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Brancaccio won 6-2 6-0 in the 1st round in the San Benedetto Challenger back in 2022.
Francesco Maestrelli
10 - 11win/loss
242
149
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-36 | 11-7 | 21-23 | 5-5 | 0-1 | 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. 224, the Italian got to the 2nd round after beating Francesco Passaro 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Passaro (6-3 6-2). During the match, Maestrelli scored 68 points vs Passaro’s 55. Maestrelli was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Maestrelli blasted 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Francesco Maestrelli lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Maestrelli put 70% of his first serves in, winning 74% (31/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Passaro 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Maestrelli has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 54% of his matches (122-103). 5-3 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Maestrelli has a composed79-58 record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Italian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Tenerife 2 Challenger and the Szekesfehervar Challenger.
The Italian has an aggregate 10-11 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Barletta Challenger
Raul Brancaccio
8 - 9win/loss
454
121
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-27 | 6-6 | 21-19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-32 | 14-7 | 11-19 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-26 | 7-6 | 31-18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-26 | 2-1 | 43-21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-12 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 323, Raul got to the 2nd round after beating Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 7-64 6-1.
In the 1st round, Raul had a good straight sets win against Rodriguez Taverna (7-64 6-1). During the match Brancaccio scored 75 points vs Rodriguez Taverna’s 57. Brancaccio was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Brancaccio scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Raul Brancaccio lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Brancaccio put 67% of his first serves in, winning 65% (28/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Rodriguez Taverna 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Brancaccio has an overall 8-9 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Barletta Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Maestrelli | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 |
| Pts | 68-55 | 75-57 |
| Total Points | 123 | 132 |
| Winners | 31 | 28 |
| %Winners | 46% | 37% |
Both Maestrelli and Brancaccio played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Maestrelli and Brancaccio have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Maestrelli played 3 games less than Brancaccio. The Italian scored 31 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Raul scored 28 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Maestrelli | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 42/60 | 43/64 |
| %1st in | 70% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 31/42 | 28/43 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 14/21 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 67% |
Maestrelli managed to score 3 aces . Brancaccio scored 1 ace . Maestrelli won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Brancaccio won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Maestrelli | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 33% | 80% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 67% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Maestrelli broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Italian lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Raul broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Brancaccio conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Maestrelli | |||
| R1 Passaro | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 68-55 | 68-55 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 42/60 | 42/60 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 31/42 | 31/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 8/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Brancaccio | |||
| R1 Rodriguez | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 75-57 | 75-57 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/64 | 43/64 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 28/43 | 28/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 14/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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- Harold MayotMayot – Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-2 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Harold MayotMayot – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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