Juncheng Shang and Stefano Napolitano will face off in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on PIETRANGELI. 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 Juncheng Shang who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Juncheng Shang is the pick to win this match.
Juncheng Shang -> 1.81
Stefano Napolitano -> 2
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Prediction and head to head Juncheng Shang vs. Stefano Napolitano
There is no head to head record between Juncheng Shang and Stefano Napolitano since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Juncheng Shang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-17 | 14-6 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-23 | 21-14 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-24 | 17-8 | 15-10 | 7-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-5 | 6-3 | 12-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 105 (career-high), the Chinese reached the 2nd round after beating Francesco Maestrelli 6-1 3-6 6-3.
Shang has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 63% of his matches (103-61). 5-4 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shang has a compiled35-19 record in the last 4 years on clay.
Juncheng’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Hong Kong.
Juncheng has a compiled 14-9 win-loss record in 2024, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Stefano Napolitano
18 - 7win/loss
131
121
LLWLWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-13 | 9-3 | 11-7 | 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 2nd round after beating Jeff Wolf 6-2 7-63.
In the 1st round, Stefano had a good straight sets win against Wolf (6-2 7-63). During the match Napolitano scored 71 points vs Wolf’s 57. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Napolitano struck 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Stefano Napolitano was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Napolitano broke Wolf 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Bengaluru Challenger where he defeated 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.
Stefano has a composed 18-7 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2017 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shang | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 21 |
| Pts | 111-91 | 71-57 |
| Total Points | 202 | 128 |
| Winners | 35 | 27 |
| %Winners | 32% | 38% |
Both Shang and Napolitano played 1 match. At the moment, Juncheng Shang conceded 1 set while Stefano Napolitano hasn’t lost a set so far. Shang has played 1 set more than Napolitano (3 vs 2). Therefore, Shang played 4 games more than Napolitano. The Chinese scored 35 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Napolitano blasted 27 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shang | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 11 |
| 1st in | 53/82 | 35/65 |
| %1st in | 65% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 35/53 | 27/35 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 18/30 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 60% |
Shang made 2 aces . Napolitano struck 11 aces . Shang won 66% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Napolitano won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shang | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/17 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 35% | 50% |
| Conceded | 10 | 5 |
| Saved | 7 | 4 |
| % Saved | 70% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
The Chinese broke his opponent 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Shang conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Napolitano conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shang | ||||
| Q1 Maestrelli |
Q3 Bergs |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-3 | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 23 | 48 | |
| pts | 111-91 | – | 111-91 | |
| Total points | 202 | 0 | 202 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | ||
| %Winners | 32% | 0% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1st in | 53/82 | / | 53/82 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 0% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 35/53 | / | 35/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 0% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | / | 17/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 0% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | ||
| Converted | 6/17 | / | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 35% | 0% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | ||
| Saved | 7/10 | 0/ | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | – | 35% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | ||
| Napolitano | ||||
| R1 Wolf |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-63 | |||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | ||
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | ||
| pts | 71-57 | 71-57 | ||
| Total points | 128 | 128 | ||
| Winners | 27 | 27 | ||
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | ||
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | ||
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1st in | 35/65 | 35/65 | ||
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | ||
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 27/35 | ||
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | ||
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 18/30 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | ||
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | ||
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | ||
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | ||
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | ||
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | ||
| Saved % | 80% | 40% | ||
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | ||
Head 2 Head
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