Stefano Napolitano and Marc-Andrea Huesler will fight against each other in the quarter of the Madrid Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on PISTA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefano Napolitano who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefano Napolitano is the pick to win this match.
Stefano Napolitano -> 1.73
Marc-Andrea Huesler -> 2
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Prediction and head to head Stefano Napolitano vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
This will be the 2nd time that Stefano Napolitano and Marc-Andrea Huesler square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Napolitano (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Napolitano won 6-3 6-2 in the qualifications in Gstaad back in 2017.
Stefano Napolitano
12 - 5win/loss
126
125
LLWWWWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-7 | 9-3 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-23 | 9-6 | 38-13 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-24 | 1-1 | 20-15 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-17 | 1-2 | 1-9 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 158, the Italian reached the quarter after defeating Vilius Gaubas 6-3 6-2 and Vit Kopriva 7-67 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Kopriva (7-67 7-5). During the match, Napolitano scored 85 points vs Kopriva’s 80. Stefano was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Napolitano fired 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Stefano Napolitano lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Napolitano put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (34/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Kopriva 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Stefano hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Napolitano has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (266-218). 3-2 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Napolitano has a composed 133-104 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Bengaluru Challenger where he overcame Seong Chan Hong in the final 4-6 6-3 6-3.
Stefano has a compiled 12-5 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Madrid Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Marc-Andrea Huesler
12 - 10win/loss
195
47
LWWWWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-12 | 4-3 | 9-4 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-31 | 7-9 | 2-10 | 5-8 | 4-3 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 45-28 | 9-8 | 18-6 | 11-10 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-33 | 3-6 | 14-15 | 9-7 | 1-3 | 3-2 |
| 2020 | 21-7 | 0-0 | 12-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 7-1 |
Ranked no. 232, Huesler reached the quarter after defeating Ryan Nijboer 6-75 6-2 6-4, Raul Brancaccio 6-2 7-65, Hugo Grenier 6-2 6-2 and Juncheng Shang 6-4 3-6 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Marc-Andrea defeated Shang (6-4 3-6 7-5).During the match Huesler scored less points (3) than Shang. In fact, the world no. 158 won 88 points vs Shang’s. That means that Huesler was more focused during the important points. Marc-Andrea was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.
About the serving games, Huesler bagged 3 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Marc-Andrea Huesler lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Huesler put 77% of his first serves in, winning 68% (46/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Shang 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Swiss has an overall 12-10 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Napolitano | Huesler |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 99 |
| Pts | 150-123 | 336-296 |
| Total Points | 273 | 632 |
| Winners | 59 | 141 |
| %Winners | 39% | 42% |
Napolitano played 2 matches while Huesler competed in 4 matches. Huesler started his run from the qualifications while Napolitano had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Marc-Andrea Huesler surrendered 2 sets while Stefano Napolitano hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Napolitano has played 6 set(s) less than Huesler (4 vs 10). Therefore, Napolitano played 57 games less than Huesler. Stefano scored 59 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Huesler blasted 141 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Napolitano | Huesler |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 85/129 | 192/315 |
| %1st in | 66% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 59/85 | 141/192 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 25/44 | 72/123 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 59% |
Napolitano managed to score 5 aces (2.5 per match). Huesler struck 17 aces (4.3 per match). Napolitano won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Huesler won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Napolitano | Huesler |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 13 |
| Converted | 8/15 | 13/33 |
| % Converted | 53% | 39% |
| Conceded | 5 | 16 |
| Saved | 2 | 13 |
| % Saved | 40% | 81% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Napolitano broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. Napolitano surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Huesler broke his opponents 13 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.
| Napolitano | ||||
| R1 Gaubas |
R2 Kopriva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-67 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 25 | 42 | |
| pts | 65-43 | 85-80 | 150-123 | |
| Total points | 108 | 165 | 273 | |
| Winners | 25 | 34 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/51 | 51/78 | 85/129 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 65% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 34/51 | 59/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 67% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 13/27 | 25/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 48% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/8 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 50% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | – | 40% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Huesler | ||||||
| Q1 Nijboer |
Q3 Brancaccio |
R1 Grenier |
R2 Shang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 7-65 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 21 | 16 | 31 | 99 | |
| pts | 109-101 | 82-69 | 57-35 | 88-91 | 336-296 | |
| Total points | 210 | 151 | 92 | 179 | 632 | |
| Winners | 40 | 31 | 24 | 46 | 141 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% | 42% | 52% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 53/116 | 42/65 | 29/46 | 68/88 | 192/315 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 65% | 63% | 77% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 40/53 | 31/42 | 24/29 | 46/68 | 141/192 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 74% | 83% | 68% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 34/63 | 16/23 | 10/17 | 12/20 | 72/123 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 70% | 59% | 60% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 2/10 | 4/6 | 3/7 | 13/33 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 20% | 67% | 43% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 16 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 3/5 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 100% | 100% | 60% | 175% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
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