Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Luca Castagnola will square off in the 2nd round of the Todi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:30 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Santiago Rodriguez Taverna who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Santiago Rodriguez Taverna is the pick to win this match.
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna -> 1.41
Luca Castagnola -> 2.76
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Prediction and head to head Santiago Rodriguez Taverna vs. Luca Castagnola
There is no head to head record between Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Luca Castagnola since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna
19 - 22win/loss
226
157
WLLWWWLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-32 | 4-3 | 28-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-35 | 7-7 | 34-27 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-27 | 0-2 | 35-24 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 67-26 | 40-16 | 26-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 280, Rodriguez Taverna got to the 2nd round after beating Filip Cristian Jianu 6-4 0-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Argentine defeated Cristian Jianu (6-4 0-6 6-3). During the match, Rodriguez Taverna and Cristian Jianu scored the same amount of points (77). However, the world no. 280 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Rodriguez Taverna was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rodriguez Taverna managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Rodriguez Taverna put 53% of his first serves in, winning 77% (30/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Cristian Jianu 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Rodriguez Taverna has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (275-194). 15-19 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rodriguez Taverna has a composed204-147 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Argentine’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Santos Challenger.
The Argentine has an overall 18-22 win-loss record in 2024, 15-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Todi Challenger
Luca Castagnola
23 - 21win/loss
711
625
LWWWLLLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-29 | 14-11 | 10-17 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-31 | 10-6 | 31-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-31 | 5-3 | 44-27 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-20 | 14-9 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-4 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 645, Luca reached the 2nd round after defeating Lautaro Midon 6-4 7-6(9), Matthew Dellavedova 6-0 6-4 and Gianmarco Ferrari 6-4 6-0.
In the 1st round, Castagnola had a good straight sets win against Ferrari (6-4 6-0). During the match Castagnola scored 58 points vs Ferrari’s 37. Castagnola was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Castagnola bagged 2 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Luca Castagnola was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (25/33) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Ferrari 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
The Italian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Monastir and M15 Litija.
Luca has a composed 23-20 win-loss record in 2024, 10-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rodriguez Taverna | Castagnola |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 55 |
| Pts | 77-77 | 205-161 |
| Total Points | 154 | 366 |
| Winners | 30 | 87 |
| %Winners | 39% | 42% |
Rodriguez Taverna played 1 match while Castagnola competed in 3 matches. Castagnola started his run from the qualifications while Rodriguez Taverna had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Santiago Rodriguez Taverna dropped 1 set while Luca Castagnola hasn’t conceded a set so far. Rodriguez Taverna has played 3 set(s) less than Castagnola (3 vs 6). Therefore, Rodriguez Taverna played 30 games less than Castagnola. The Argentine scored 30 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Luca scored 87 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rodriguez Taverna | Castagnola |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 39/73 | 125/190 |
| %1st in | 53% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 30/39 | 87/125 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 39/65 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 60% |
Rodriguez Taverna scored 3 aces . Castagnola fired 3 aces (1 per match). Rodriguez Taverna won 77% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Castagnola won 70% of the points on 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 | Rodriguez Taverna | Castagnola |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 11 |
| Converted | 3/10 | 11/23 |
| % Converted | 30% | 48% |
| Conceded | 8 | 13 |
| Saved | 5 | 11 |
| % Saved | 63% | 85% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Rodriguez Taverna conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 11 times with a 48% conversion rate. Castagnola conceded his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rodriguez Taverna | |||
| R1 Cristian Jianu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 0-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 77-77 | 77-77 | |
| Total points | 154 | 154 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 39/73 | 39/73 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 30/39 | 30/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 17/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Castagnola | |||||
| Q1 Midon |
Q3 Dellavedova |
R1 Ferrari |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-69 | 6-0 6-4 | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 16 | 16 | 55 | |
| pts | 80-76 | 67-48 | 58-37 | 205-161 | |
| Total points | 156 | 115 | 95 | 366 | |
| Winners | 35 | 27 | 25 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 40% | 43% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 51/84 | 41/58 | 33/48 | 125/190 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 71% | 69% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 35/51 | 27/41 | 25/33 | 87/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 66% | 76% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/33 | 9/17 | 8/15 | 39/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 53% | 53% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 1/5 | 5/9 | 5/9 | 11/23 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 56% | 56% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 5/6 | 0/1 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 83% | 0% | 183% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLLLWLL Tennis Scores in Todi Challenger
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Felix GillGill – Gianluca MagerMager (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (6-74 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Gastao EliasElias – Matthew DellavedovaDellavedova (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Luca CastagnolaCastagnola – Gianmarco FerrariFerrari (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Facundo JuarezJuarez – Martin KlizanKlizan (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Pierluigi BasileBasile – Gabriele PennafortiPennaforti (6-71 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi – Clement TaburTabur (7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Gianluca CadenassoCadenasso (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Andrea PicchionePicchione (7-64 3-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Matej DodigDodig – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Cezar CretuCretu – Giovanni FonioFonio (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (6-4 0-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud – Gabriele PirainoPiraino (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Felix GillGill – Gianluca MagerMager (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Facundo JuarezJuarez – Martin KlizanKlizan (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gastao EliasElias – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo JuarezJuarez – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Luka PavlovicPavlovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
