Federico Arnaboldi and Alexander Blockx will clash against each other in the quarter of the Cordenons Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 pm on SERENA MANIVA CENTER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Federico Arnaboldi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Federico Arnaboldi is the pick to win this match.
Federico Arnaboldi -> 1.48
Alexander Blockx -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Federico Arnaboldi vs. Alexander Blockx
There is no head to head record between Federico Arnaboldi and Alexander Blockx since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Federico Arnaboldi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-27 | 0-1 | 40-23 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 1-2 | 23-21 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-24 | 0-2 | 23-19 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 60-15 | 12-2 | 48-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-12 | 10-5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 250 (career-high), the Italian reached the quarter after defeating Matej Dodig 6-4 6-3 and Alessandro Pecci 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Federico had a good straight sets win against Pecci (6-3 6-1). During the match, Arnaboldi scored 66 points vs Pecci’s 43. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Arnaboldi blasted 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Federico Arnaboldi was pretty effective on serve to win 88% (21/24) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Pecci 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Federico hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
Arnaboldi has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (183-129). 38-16 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Arnaboldi has a composed151-97 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Verona Challenger where he beat Vilius Gaubas in the final 6-2 6-2.
Federico has an overall 38-16 win-loss record in 2024, 38-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cordenons Challenger
Alexander Blockx
13 - 15win/loss
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LWWWWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-24 | 7-11 | 7-3 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-15 | 4-3 | 11-7 | 24-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 290, Alexander reached the quarter after defeating Daniel Rincon 3-6 6-4 6-4 and Cezar Cretu 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Blockx had a good straight sets win against Cretu (6-4 6-4). During the match Blockx scored 77 points vs Cretu’s 66. Blockx was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Blockx scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexander Blockx lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Blockx put 57% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Cretu 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belgian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Alexander’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Nottingham Challenger and the Hamburg Challenger.
Blockx has a composed 13-15 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cordenons Challenger
The Belgian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Arnaboldi | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 49 |
| Pts | 146-116 | 175-162 |
| Total Points | 262 | 337 |
| Winners | 58 | 54 |
| %Winners | 40% | 31% |
Both Arnaboldi and Blockx played 2 matches. At the moment, Alexander Blockx conceded 1 set while Federico Arnaboldi hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Arnaboldi has played 1 set(s) less than Blockx (4 vs 5). Therefore, Arnaboldi played 14 games less than Blockx. Federico scored 58 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian made 54 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Arnaboldi | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 73/129 | 87/165 |
| %1st in | 57% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 58/73 | 54/87 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 27/56 | 43/78 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 55% |
Arnaboldi made 6 aces (3 per match). Blockx blasted 5 aces (2.5 per match). Arnaboldi won 79% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Blockx won 62% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Arnaboldi | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 9 |
| Converted | 7/17 | 9/27 |
| % Converted | 41% | 33% |
| Conceded | 7 | 15 |
| Saved | 6 | 9 |
| % Saved | 86% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
Federico broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. Federico conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Blockx broke his opponents 9 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Arnaboldi | ||||
| R1 Dodig |
R2 Pecci |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 16 | 35 | |
| pts | 80-73 | 66-43 | 146-116 | |
| Total points | 153 | 109 | 262 | |
| Winners | 37 | 21 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 32% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 49/84 | 24/45 | 73/129 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 53% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 37/49 | 21/24 | 58/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 88% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/35 | 13/21 | 27/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 62% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/9 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 44% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blockx | ||||
| R1 Rincon |
R2 Cretu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 20 | 49 | |
| pts | 98-96 | 77-66 | 175-162 | |
| Total points | 194 | 143 | 337 | |
| Winners | 23 | 31 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 23% | 40% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 43/88 | 44/77 | 87/165 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 57% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 23/43 | 31/44 | 54/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 53% | 70% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/45 | 16/33 | 43/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 48% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 4/13 | 9/27 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 31% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 7/9 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 78% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
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