Francesco Maestrelli and Enrico Dalla Valle will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Zagreb Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francesco Maestrelli who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francesco Maestrelli is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Maestrelli -> 1.35
Enrico Dalla Valle -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Maestrelli vs. Enrico Dalla Valle
There is no head to head record between Francesco Maestrelli and Enrico Dalla Valle since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Francesco Maestrelli
19 - 17win/loss
256
149
LLLLWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-21 | 5-5 | 14-12 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-38 | 9-10 | 16-24 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-24 | 5-4 | 34-12 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-18 | 8-3 | 18-12 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-5 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 205, the Italian reached the 2nd round after beating Quentin Halys 2-6 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Halys, Francesco recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-4).During the match, Maestrelli scored less points (15) than Halys. In fact, the world no. 205 won 81 points vs Halys’s. That means that Maestrelli was more focused during the important points. Maestrelli was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Maestrelli struck 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Francesco Maestrelli lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Maestrelli put 56% of his first serves in, winning 72% (41/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (19/45) on the 2nd serve. Francesco broke Halys 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Maestrelli has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 55% of his matches (131-109). 14-9 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Maestrelli has an aggregate88-64 record in the last 7 years on clay.
Maestrelli’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Tenerife 2 Challenger and the Szekesfehervar Challenger.
Francesco has a composed 19-17 win-loss record in 2024, 14-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Enrico Dalla Valle
17 - 14win/loss
242
242
LWWWLWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-18 | 6-5 | 15-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-27 | 8-6 | 33-17 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 16-14 | 0-0 | 16-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-10 | 5-5 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 254 (career-high), Dalla Valle reached the 2nd round after defeating Rio Noguchi 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Enrico had a good straight sets win against Noguchi (6-3 6-3). During the match Dalla Valle scored 67 points vs Noguchi’s 53. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Dalla Valle managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Enrico Dalla Valle was pretty effective on serve to win 73% (30/41) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dalla Valle broke Noguchi 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Enrico’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Reggio Emilia.
Dalla Valle has an overall 17-14 win-loss record in 2024, 10-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Maestrelli | Dalla Valle |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 18 |
| Pts | 81-96 | 67-53 |
| Total Points | 177 | 120 |
| Winners | 41 | 30 |
| %Winners | 51% | 45% |
Both Maestrelli and Dalla Valle played 1 match. At the moment, Francesco Maestrelli dropped 1 set while Enrico Dalla Valle hasn’t dropped a set so far. Maestrelli has played 1 set more than Dalla Valle (3 vs 2). Therefore, Maestrelli played 10 games more than Dalla Valle. Maestrelli scored 41 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian made 30 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Maestrelli | Dalla Valle |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 2 |
| 1st in | 57/102 | 41/56 |
| %1st in | 56% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 41/57 | 30/41 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 19/45 | 8/15 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 53% |
Maestrelli managed to score 7 aces . Dalla Valle struck 2 aces . Maestrelli won 72% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Dalla Valle won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Maestrelli | Dalla Valle |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 38% | 44% |
| Conceded | 10 | 3 |
| Saved | 7 | 2 |
| % Saved | 70% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Maestrelli broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Francesco surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Dalla Valle broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Enrico conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Maestrelli | |||
| R1 Halys |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 81-96 | 81-96 | |
| Total points | 177 | 177 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 57/102 | 57/102 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 41/57 | 41/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/45 | 19/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Dalla Valle | |||
| R1 Noguchi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 67-53 | 67-53 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 41/56 | 41/56 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 30/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLWLLWW Tennis Scores in Zagreb Challenger
- Nick HardtHardt – Yaroslav DeminDemin (6-76 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Luka MikrutMikrut – Roko HorvatHorvat (6-1 7-62) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis (5-7 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Nerman FaticFatic – Adrian AndreevAndreev (6-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-72 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Mathys ErhardErhard – Daniel RinconRincon (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Guy Den OudenDen Ouden (3-6 7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Gastao EliasElias (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Quentin HalysHalys (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (7-65 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Matej DodigDodig – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-3 0-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Henrique RochaRocha – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis (5-7 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Nerman FaticFatic – Adrian AndreevAndreev (6-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Mathys ErhardErhard – Daniel RinconRincon (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Nick HardtHardt – Yaroslav DeminDemin (6-7(6) 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-7(2) 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Luka MikrutMikrut – Roko HorvatHorvat (6-1 7-6(2)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Nerman FaticFatic (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mathys ErhardErhard – Nick HardtHardt (0-1) – H2H and prediction
