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

Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).

To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.

Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).

At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.

 

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

Santiago Rodriguez Taverna

19 - 22win/loss

Hard
3-3
I Hard
0-0
Clay
16-19
Rank
278
High
157
LLLWLLWWWL
See allSTATS
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 32-35 4-5 28-29 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
See all years

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

Todi Challenger
Rodriguez Taverna's Record

Luca Castagnola

Luca Castagnola

23 - 21win/loss

Hard
13-7
I Hard
0-0
Clay
10-14
Rank
704
High
625
LWLWWWLLLW
See allSTATS
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 28-30 14-11 10-17 4-2 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
See all years

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).

Todi Challenger
Castagnola's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

S.Fa Taverna
L.Castagnola
1h:55
1h:55
Time on court​
!
5h:03
5h:03
1h:55
1h:55
Last match​
1h:16
1h:16
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
25
25
Games Played​
55
55
3
3
Set played​​
6
6
77
77
Total points​
205
205
77
77
Avg point​
68.3
68.3
30
30
Winners
87
87
30
30
Avg Winners​
29
29
39%
39%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
3
3
3
3
Avg Aces
1
1
7
7
Double Faults
4
4
!
7
7
Avg Double Faults
1.3
1.3
30/39
30/39
1st won total​
87/125
87/125
!
77%
77%
1st won %
70%
70%
17/34
17/34
2nd won total​
39/65
39/65
50%
50%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
3/10
3/10
BP won
11/23
11/23
3/10
3/10
Avg BP won
3.7/7.7
3.7/7.7
30%
30%
Won
48%
48%
8
8
Conceded
13
13
8
8
Avg Conceded
4.3
4.3
3
3
Broken
2
2
3
3
Avg Broken
!
0.7
0.7
5
5
Saved
11
11
See Allstats

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

Tennis Scores in Todi Challenger

Upcoming matches in the draw

Fa Rodriguez Taverna
More Stats
Click here
Castagnola

Click for FULL STATS