Alvaro Guillen Meza and Francesco Maestrelli will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Verona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on VOLVO ARENA. 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 3 sets.
Francesco Maestrelli -> 1.55
Alvaro Guillen Meza -> 2.35
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Prediction and head to head Alvaro Guillen Meza vs. Francesco Maestrelli
There is no head to head record between Alvaro Guillen Meza and Francesco Maestrelli since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alvaro Guillen Meza
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-32 | 1-3 | 36-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-22 | 0-1 | 51-20 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-23 | 1-2 | 32-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 229 (career-high), Guillen Meza reached the 2nd round after beating Kyrian Jacquet 6-2 7-6(2).
In the 1st round, Guillen Meza had a good straight sets win against Jacquet (6-2 7-62). During the match, Guillen Meza scored 77 points vs Jacquet’s 58. Guillen Meza was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Guillen Meza wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Alvaro Guillen Meza lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Guillen Meza put 77% of his first serves in, winning 63% (34/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the 2nd serve. Guillen Meza broke Jacquet 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Guillen Meza has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (124-82). 29-20 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Guillen Meza has a composed121-76 record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Ibague Challenger where he beat Facundo Mena in the final 6-0 6-4.
The Ecuadorian has an aggregate 29-20 win-loss record in 2024, 29-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Verona Challenger
The Ecuadorian has never competed in this tournament before.
Francesco Maestrelli
22 - 23win/loss
242
149
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-36 | 11-7 | 21-23 | 5-5 | 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. 247, the Italian got to the 2nd round after beating Pedro Cachin 7-6(3) 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Cachin (7-63
7-5). During the match Maestrelli scored 78 points vs Cachin’s 72. Maestrelli was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.About the serving games, Maestrelli scored 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Francesco Maestrelli was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (40/52) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Maestrelli broke Cachin twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Maestrelli’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Tenerife 2 Challenger and the Szekesfehervar Challenger.
Maestrelli has a composed 22-23 win-loss record in 2024, 17-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Guillen Meza | Maestrelli |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 25 |
| Pts | 77-58 | 78-72 |
| Total Points | 135 | 150 |
| Winners | 34 | 40 |
| %Winners | 44% | 51% |
Both Guillen Meza and Maestrelli played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Guillen Meza and Maestrelli have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Guillen Meza played 4 games less than Maestrelli. Guillen Meza scored 34 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian blasted 40 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Guillen Meza | Maestrelli |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 13 |
| 1st in | 54/70 | 52/79 |
| %1st in | 77% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 34/54 | 40/52 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 16/27 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 59% |
Guillen Meza didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Maestrelli blasted 13 aces . Guillen Meza won 63% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Maestrelli won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Guillen Meza | Maestrelli |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 44% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Ecuadorian broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Alvaro dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Maestrelli conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Guillen Meza | |||
| R1 Jacquet | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 77-58 | 77-58 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 54/70 | 54/70 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 34/54 | 34/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Maestrelli | |||
| R1 Cachin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 78-72 | 78-72 | |
| Total points | 150 | 150 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 52/79 | 52/79 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 40/52 | 40/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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