H2H, prediction of Roman Safiullin vs Mattia Bellucci in Cary Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 18th August 2024

PREVIEW. Cary Challenger. Safiullin and Bellucci will face off in the final of the Cary Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Sunday the 18th of August

Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Mattia Bellucci

Roman Safiullin and Mattia Bellucci will clash against each other in the final of the Cary Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 5:00 pm on Stadium. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mattia Bellucci who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Mattia Bellucci is the pick to win this match.
Mattia Bellucci -> 1.87
Roman Safiullin -> 1.87

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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Mattia Bellucci

There is no head to head record between Roman Safiullin and Mattia Bellucci since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Roman Safiullin

Roman Safiullin
Roman Safiullin

17 - 20win/loss

Hard
10-8
I Hard
0-1
Clay
5-8
Grass
2-3
Rank
60
High
36
LWWWWWWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 31-28 18-14 5-8 6-3 2-3 0-0
2023 41-25 13-12 8-4 11-5 9-4 0-0
2022 37-18 16-6 6-2 14-9 1-1 0-0
2021 18-21 7-5 5-7 5-8 1-1 0-0
2020 23-12 6-2 4-5 12-4 0-0 1-1

Ranked no. 66, the Russian reached the final after defeating Matteo Gigante 7-5 2-6 6-4, Terence Atmane 6-4 3-6 6-4, Christopher Eubanks 6-4 6-4 and David Goffin 7-6(5) 7-6(2).

In the semifinal, Roman had a good straight sets win against Goffin (7-65 7-62). During the match, Safiullin scored 96 points vs Goffin’s 87. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Regarding the service games, Safiullin managed to score 17 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Roman Safiullin was very efficient on serve to win 80% (45/56) of his 1st serve and 55% (21/38) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian has surrendered 2 set in this tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Safiullin has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (336-195). 9-8 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Safiullin has an aggregate 183-83 match record in the last years on hard.

The Russian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Brisbane,the Aix En Provence Challenger and the Cary Challenger.

The Russian has an aggregate 16-20 win-loss record in 2024, 9-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cary Challenger

The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.

Safiullin
Cary Challenger
Safiullin's Record

Mattia Bellucci

Mattia Bellucci
Mattia Bellucci

33 - 24win/loss

Hard
17-11
I Hard
5-7
Clay
5-2
Grass
6-4
Rank
103
High
100
LLLWWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 51-33 31-18 5-2 9-9 6-4 0-0
2023 33-34 22-19 2-9 4-3 5-3 0-0
2022 66-23 30-4 25-12 11-7 0-0 0-0
2021 39-18 29-10 5-3 5-4 0-1 0-0
2020 15-6 13-3 0-1 0-1 0-0 2-1

Ranked no. 113 (career-high), the Italian got to the final after defeating Elias Ymer 7-5 7-5, Federico Agustin Gomez 6-4 6-2, Seong Chan Hong 6-4 6-2, Nishesh Basavareddy 6-2 6-2, Mikhail Kukushkin 6-1 6-3 and Gabriel Diallo 6-3 6-3.

In the semifinal, Mattia had a good straight sets win against Diallo (6-3 6-3). During the match Bellucci scored 63 points vs Diallo’s 42. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

About the serving games, Bellucci struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Mattia Bellucci was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Diallo 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Bellucci started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Mattia’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Nottingham 2 Challenger and the Cary Challenger.

Bellucci has an aggregate 33-23 win-loss record in 2024, 17-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Bellucci
Cary Challenger
Bellucci's Record
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Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

R.Safiullin
M.Bellucci
7h:55
7h:55
Time on court​
9h:17
9h:17
!
2h:11
2h:11
Last match​
1h:26
1h:26
4
4
Match played
!
6
6
105
105
Games Played​
110
110
10
10
Set played​​
12
12
347
347
Total points​
412
412
86.8
86.8
Avg point​
68.7
68.7
144
144
Winners
151
151
36
36
Avg Winners​
25.2
25.2
41%
41%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
37
37
Aces
31
31
9.3
9.3
Avg Aces
5.2
5.2
14
14
Double Faults
15
15
3.5
3.5
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
144/182
144/182
1st won total​
151/212
151/212
!
79%
79%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
84/149
84/149
2nd won total​
74/131
74/131
56%
56%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
9/27
9/27
BP won
27/63
27/63
2.3/6.8
2.3/6.8
Avg BP won
4.5/10.5
4.5/10.5
33%
33%
Won
43%
43%
22
22
Conceded
20
20
5.5
5.5
Avg Conceded
3.3
3.3
6
6
Broken
8
8
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
16
16
Saved
12
12

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Safiullin Bellucci
Match played 4 6
Tot Set 10 12
Tot Games 105 110
Pts 347-318 412-303
Total Points 665 715
Winners 144 151
%Winners 41% 37%

Safiullin played 4 matches while Bellucci competed in 6 matches. Bellucci started his run from the qualifications while Safiullin had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Roman Safiullin lost 2 sets while Mattia Bellucci hasn’t lost a set so far. Safiullin has played 2 set(s) less than Bellucci (10 vs 12). Therefore, Safiullin played 5 games less than Bellucci. Safiullin scored 144 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian blasted 151 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Safiullin Bellucci
Aces 37 31
Avg per match 9.3 5.2
1st in 182/331 212/343
%1st in 55% 62%
1st pts 144/182 151/212
%1st pts 79% 71%
2nd pts 84/149 74/131
%2nd pts 56% 56%

Safiullin fired 37 aces (9.3 per match). Bellucci made 31 aces (5.2 per match). Safiullin won 79% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Bellucci won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Safiullin Bellucci
Won 9 27
Converted 9/27 27/63
% Converted 33% 43%
Conceded 22 20
Saved 16 12
% Saved 73% 60%
Times Broken 6 8

Safiullin broke his opponents 9 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Bellucci broke his opponents 27 times with a 43% conversion rate. Bellucci conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Safiullin
R1
Gigante
R2
Atmane
1/4
Eubanks
1/2
Goffin
Total
Score 7-5 2-6 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 7-65 7-62
Tot Set 3 3 2 2 10
Tot Games 30 29 20 26 105
pts 102-103 95-89 54-39 96-87 347-318
Total points 205 184 93 183 665
Winners 42 34 23 45 144
%Winners 41% 36% 43% 47% 41%
SERVE
Aces 11 3 6 17 37
Double Faults 7 3 1 3 14
1st in 51/115 47/76 28/46 56/94 182/331
% 1st in 44% 62% 61% 60% 55%
1st pts 42/51 34/47 23/28 45/56 144/182
% 1st pts 82% 72% 82% 80% 79%
2nd pts 29/64 19/29 15/18 21/38 84/149
% 2nd pts 45% 66% 83% 55% 56%
Breaks
Won 3 3 3 0 9
Converted 3/7 3/12 3/4 0/4 9/27
Converted % 43% 25% 75% 0% 33%
Conceded 11 2 2 7 22
Saved 8/11 0/2 1/2 7/7 16
Saved % 73% 0% 50% 100% 56%
Times Broken 3 2 1 0 6
Bellucci
Q1
Ymer
Q3
Agustin
R1
Chan Hong
R2
Basavareddy
1/4
Kukushkin
1/2
Diallo
Total
Score 7-5 7-5 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 2 2 2 2 12
Tot Games 24 18 18 16 16 18 110
pts 84-76 73-58 70-50 65-44 57-33 63-42 412-303
Total points 160 131 120 109 90 105 715
Winners 26 32 29 22 19 23 151
%Winners 31% 44% 41% 34% 33% 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 6 4 7 4 6 4 31
Double Faults 3 4 3 2 2 1 15
1st in 39/73 46/67 35/57 35/55 28/45 29/46 212/343
% 1st in 53% 69% 61% 64% 62% 63% 62%
1st pts 26/39 32/46 29/35 22/35 19/28 23/29 151/212
% 1st pts 67% 70% 83% 63% 68% 79% 71%
2nd pts 17/34 10/21 12/22 14/20 11/17 10/17 74/131
% 2nd pts 50% 48% 55% 70% 65% 59% 56%
Breaks
Won 5 4 3 5 6 4 27
Converted 5/11 4/13 3/11 5/11 6/9 4/8 27/63
Converted % 45% 31% 27% 45% 67% 50% 43%
Conceded 7 5 1 4 2 1 20
Saved 4/7 4/5 1/1 3/4 0/2 0/1 12
Saved % 57% 80% 100% 75% 0% 0% 78%
Times Broken 3 1 0 1 2 1 8

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Safiullin
LWWWWWWLLW
Bellucci
LLLWWWLWWW
2024 2023 2022
31 - 28
51 - 33
18-14
Hard
31-18
6-3
I Hard
9-9
5-8
Clay
5-2
2-3
Grass
6-4
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