Stefano Napolitano and Ugo Blanchet will fight against each other in the quarter of the Oeiras 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:30 pm on CAMPO 1. 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 2 sets.
Stefano Napolitano -> 1.37
Ugo Blanchet -> 2.875
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Prediction and head to head Stefano Napolitano vs. Ugo Blanchet
There is no head to head record between Stefano Napolitano and Ugo Blanchet since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Stefano Napolitano
17 - 6win/loss
129
121
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-12 | 9-3 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 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. 125 (career-high), Stefano reached the quarter after defeating Jozef Kovalik 7-61 6-2 and Fabio Fognini 7-5 4-6 7-65.
In the 2nd round, The Italian defeated Fognini (7-5 4-6 7-65). During the match, Napolitano scored 113 points vs Fognini’s 102. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Napolitano scored 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Stefano Napolitano was very effective on serve to win 73% (37/51) of his 1st serve and 53% (23/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 5 times. The Italian broke Fognini 5 times after converting 24% of his break points (5/21).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Stefano has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Napolitano has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (271-218). 8-2 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Napolitano has a compiled 138-104 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Bengaluru Challenger where he overcame Seong Chan Hong in the final 4-6 6-3 6-3 and the Madrid Challenger where he defeated Leandro Riedi in the final 6-3 6-3.
The Italian has an aggregate 17-5 win-loss record in 2024, 8-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 3 Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Ugo Blanchet
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-16 | 1-3 | 9-9 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-28 | 15-7 | 23-16 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-24 | 15-4 | 27-13 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-21 | 35-12 | 6-6 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
Ranked no. 192, Ugo got to the quarter after beating Henrique Rocha 6-3 7-61 and Emilio Nava 6-4 7-63.
In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Nava (6-4 7-63). During the match Blanchet scored 86 points vs Nava’s 75. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Blanchet scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Ugo Blanchet lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Blanchet put 51% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (22/35) on the 2nd serve. Blanchet broke Nava 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Ugo has an overall 7-9 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Napolitano | Blanchet |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 45 |
| Pts | 199-169 | 159-140 |
| Total Points | 368 | 299 |
| Winners | 72 | 63 |
| %Winners | 36% | 40% |
Both Napolitano and Blanchet played 2 matches. At the moment, Stefano Napolitano surrendered 1 set while Ugo Blanchet hasn’t dropped a set so far. Napolitano has played 1 set more than Blanchet (5 vs 4). Therefore, Napolitano played 11 games more than Blanchet. Stefano scored 72 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Ugo blasted 63 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Napolitano | Blanchet |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1 |
| 1st in | 98/171 | 94/152 |
| %1st in | 57% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 72/98 | 63/94 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 34/73 | 38/58 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 66% |
Napolitano recorded 12 aces (6 per match). Blanchet fired 2 aces (1 per match). Napolitano won 73% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Blanchet won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Napolitano | Blanchet |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 5 |
| Converted | 10/32 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 31% | 45% |
| Conceded | 17 | 7 |
| Saved | 9 | 4 |
| % Saved | 53% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 3 |
The Italian broke his opponents 10 times with a 31% conversion rate. Stefano surrendered his serve 8 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded. Blanchet broke his opponents 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Napolitano | ||||
| R1 Kovalik | R2 Fognini | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-2 | 7-5 4-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 35 | 56 | |
| pts | 86-67 | 113-102 | 199-169 | |
| Total points | 153 | 215 | 368 | |
| Winners | 35 | 37 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 33% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 47/77 | 51/94 | 98/171 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 54% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 35/47 | 37/51 | 72/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/30 | 23/43 | 34/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 53% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/21 | 10/32 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 24% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 10 | 17 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 5/10 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 50% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Blanchet | ||||
| R1 Rocha | R2 Nava | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-61 | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 23 | 45 | |
| pts | 73-65 | 86-75 | 159-140 | |
| Total points | 138 | 161 | 299 | |
| Winners | 37 | 26 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 30% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 57/80 | 37/72 | 94/152 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 51% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 37/57 | 26/37 | 63/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 70% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 22/35 | 38/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 63% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 3/9 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 33% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 0/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 0% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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