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.
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
| 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.
Massimo Giunta
10 - 6win/loss
703
591
| 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)
.H2H Performance in the tournament
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 | |
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