Federico Arnaboldi and Alexander Blockx will clash against each other in the quarter of the Cordenons Challenger for the 1^st 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

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 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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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