H2H, prediction of Marcello Serafini vs Massimo Giunta in Rome Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 22nd April 2024

PREVIEW. Rome Challenger. Serafini and Giunta will face off in the qualifications of the Rome Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Monday the 22nd of April

Prediction and head to head Marcello Serafini vs. Massimo Giunta

Marcello Serafini and Massimo Giunta will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Rome Challenger for the 2nd 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.

See updated oddsAs 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 2nd 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 2nd round in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula back in April 2024.

Marcello Serafini

Marcello Serafini
Marcello Serafini

20 - 12win/loss

Clay
9-4
Carpet
6-2
Rank
476
High
377
LWLWLLWLLW
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

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.

Serafini
Rome Challenger
Serafini's Record

Massimo Giunta

Massimo Giunta
Massimo Giunta

10 - 6win/loss

Hard
7-5
I Hard
0-0
Clay
3-1
Rank
640
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

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).

Giunta
Rome Challenger
Giunta's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Serafini
M.Giunta
1h:51
1h:51
Time on court​
1h:35
1h:35
1h:51
1h:51
Last match​
1h:35
1h:35
1
1
Match played
1
1
24
24
Games Played​
20
20
4
4
Set played​​
2
2
93
93
Total points​
67
67
93
93
Avg point​
67
67
45
45
Winners
40
40
45
45
Avg Winners​
40
40
48%
48%
Ratio winners
60%
60%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
3
3
5
5
Avg Aces
3
3
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1
1
45/63
45/63
1st won total​
40/54
40/54
!
71%
71%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
10/27
10/27
2nd won total​
13/27
13/27
!
37%
37%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
BP won
2/2
2/2
5/10
5/10
Avg BP won
2/2
2/2
50%
50%
Won
!
100%
100%
11
11
Conceded
8
8
11
11
Avg Conceded
8
8
3
3
Broken
0
0
3
3
Avg Broken
!
0
0
8
8
Saved
8
8

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Serafini Giunta
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 4 2
Tot Games 24 20
Pts 93-77 67-66
Total Points 170 133
Winners 45 40
%Winners 48% 60%

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

Serve Serafini Giunta
Aces 5 3
Avg per match 5 3
1st in 63/90 54/81
%1st in 70% 67%
1st pts 45/63 40/54
%1st pts 71% 74%
2nd pts 10/27 13/27
%2nd pts 37% 48%

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

Breaks Serafini Giunta
Won 5 2
Converted 5/10 2/2
% Converted 50% 100%
Conceded 11 8
Saved 8 8
% Saved 73% 100%
Times Broken 3 0

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.

Serafini
Q1
Barranco
Total
Score 3-6 6-3 5-1 ret.
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 24 24
pts 93-77 93-77
Total points 170 170
Winners 45 45
%Winners 48% 48%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 63/90 63/90
% 1st in 70% 70%
1st pts 45/63 45/63
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 10/27 10/27
% 2nd pts 37% 37%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/10 5/10
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 11 11
Saved 8/11 8
Saved % 73% 73%
Times Broken 3 3
Giunta
Q1
Gerch
Total
Score 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 67-66 67-66
Total points 133 133
Winners 40 40
%Winners 60% 60%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 54/81 54/81
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 40/54 40/54
% 1st pts 74% 74%
2nd pts 13/27 13/27
% 2nd pts 48% 48%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/2 2/2
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 8/8 8
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Serafini
LWLWLLWLLW
Giunta
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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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