Marcello Serafini and Massimo Giunta will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Rome Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on DECATHLON COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marcello Serafini who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marcello Serafini is the pick to win this match.
Marcello Serafini -> 1.43
Massimo Giunta -> 2.69

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Prediction and head to head Marcello Serafini vs. Massimo Giunta

This will be the 2^nd time that Marcello Serafini and Massimo Giunta play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Giunta (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Giunta won 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the 2^nd round in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula back in April 2024.

Marcello Serafini

Marcello Serafini

20 - 12win/loss

Clay

9-4

Carpet

6-2

Rank
478

High
377

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	31-31	0-0	19-22	6-7	0-0	6-2
2023	33-32	0-2	30-21	2-6	0-0	1-3
2022	34-24	14-6	20-17	0-1	0-0	0-0
2021	29-21	12-6	15-13	2-2	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 428, Serafini got to the qualifications after beating Javier Barranco Cosano 3-6 6-3 5-1 ret..

In the qualifications against Barranco Cosano, Serafini had a free pass after Barranco Cosano retired on a 3-6 6-3 5-1 . scoreline.

Serafini has a winning match record in the last 4 years having won 57% of his matches (116-89). 9-4 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Serafini has an aggregate74-55 record in the last 4 years on clay.

The Italian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.

Marcello has an overall 20-12 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Rome Challenger

The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.

Rome Challenger

Serafini's Record

Massimo Giunta

Massimo Giunta

10 - 6win/loss

Hard

7-5

I Hard

0-0

Clay

3-1

Rank
703

High
591

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	25-20	17-12	8-8	0-0	0-0	0-0
2023	34-23	22-12	10-8	0-1	2-1	0-1
2022	10-5	9-3	1-2	0-0	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 786, Giunta got to the qualifications after beating Lucas Gerch 6-4 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Gerch (6-4 6-4). During the match Giunta scored 67 points vs Gerch’s 66. Massimo was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about serving, Giunta bagged 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Massimo Giunta conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 8 break points. Furthermore, Giunta put 67% of his first serves in, winning 74% (40/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. The Italian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Gerch twice.

The Italian has a composed 10-6 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Rome Challenger

Giunta's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Serafini and Giunta played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Marcello Serafini surrendered 1 set while Massimo Giunta hasn’t lost a set so far. Serafini has played 2 sets more than Giunta (4 vs 2). Therefore, Serafini played 4 games more than Giunta. Marcello scored 45 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian made 40 winners (60%).

Serve Performance

Serafini fired 5 aces . Giunta managed to score 3 aces . Serafini won 71% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 37% of the points. On the other side, Giunta won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

The Italian broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Marcello dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Massimo broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Giunta was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 8 break points.

Head 2 Head

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Marcello
Serafini

1:1

Massimo
Giunta

Rank

478

High

377

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Rank

703

High

591

Win Loss

Serafini

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2024 2023 2022

31 - 31

25 - 20

0-0

Hard

17-12

6-7

I Hard

0-0

19-22

Clay

8-8

6-2

Carpet

0-0

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