Bernabe Zapata Miralles and Marco Cecchinato will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Barcelona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 am on CENTRAL COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Bernabe Zapata Miralles who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Bernabe Zapata Miralles is the pick to win this match.
Bernabe Zapata Miralles -> 1.65
Marco Cecchinato -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Marco Cecchinato
There is no head to head record between Bernabe Zapata Miralles and Marco Cecchinato since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Bernabe Zapata Miralles
4 - 10win/loss
147
37
LLLWLWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-14 | 1-4 | 7-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-29 | 1-9 | 20-13 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-30 | 2-6 | 35-18 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-28 | 6-5 | 23-10 | 8-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-14 | 0-2 | 16-6 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 143, Bernabe reached the 2nd round after defeating Lukas Neumayer 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Neumayer (6-3 6-3). During the match, Zapata Miralles scored 77 points vs Neumayer’s 58. Bernabe was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zapata Miralles scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Bernabe Zapata Miralles lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Zapata Miralles put 60% of his first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the 2nd serve. Bernabe broke Neumayer 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Zapata Miralles has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (348-266). 3-5 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Zapata Miralles has a composed 260-148 record in the last years on clay.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 4-10 win-loss record in 2024, 3-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Barcelona Challenger
Marco Cecchinato
6 - 9win/loss
288
16
LWLLWLLLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-12 | 0-2 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-23 | 1-4 | 12-17 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-33 | 0-3 | 43-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-27 | 1-5 | 31-19 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-17 | 1-4 | 22-11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 219, Cecchinato got to the 2nd round after defeating Miguel Damas 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Damas (6-2 6-1). During the match Cecchinato scored 59 points vs Damas’s 39. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Cecchinato scored 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Marco Cecchinato lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cecchinato put 69% of his first serves in, winning 64% (23/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (6/16) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Damas 7 times after converting 50% of his break points (7/14).
The Italian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Punta Del Este Challenger.
Cecchinato has an aggregate 6-9 win-loss record in 2024, 6-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zapata Miralles | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 15 |
| Pts | 77-58 | 59-39 |
| Total Points | 135 | 98 |
| Winners | 28 | 23 |
| %Winners | 36% | 39% |
Both Zapata Miralles and Cecchinato played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zapata Miralles and Cecchinato have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Zapata Miralles played 3 games more than Cecchinato. Zapata Miralles scored 28 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian fired 23 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zapata Miralles | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4 |
| 1st in | 42/70 | 36/52 |
| %1st in | 60% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 28/42 | 23/36 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 6/16 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 38% |
Zapata Miralles fired 1 ace . Cecchinato also struck 4 aces . Zapata Miralles won 67% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Cecchinato won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zapata Miralles | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 7/14 |
| % Converted | 63% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 5 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 75% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Bernabe broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Bernabe surrendered his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Cecchinato conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zapata Miralles | |||
| R1 Neumayer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 77-58 | 77-58 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 42/70 | 42/70 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 28/42 | 28/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Cecchinato | |||
| R1 Damas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 59-39 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/52 | 36/52 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 23/36 | 23/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/16 | 6/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/14 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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