Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida and Raul Brancaccio will face off in the 1st round of the Como Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on COURT 2. 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 Raul Brancaccio who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Raul Brancaccio is the pick to win this match.
Raul Brancaccio -> 1.87
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida vs. Raul Brancaccio
This will be the 2nd time that Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida and Raul Brancaccio square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Brancaccio (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Brancaccio won 6-2 6-0 in the 2nd round in the San Benedetto Challenger back in 2022.
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-27 | 0-1 | 38-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-25 | 1-3 | 19-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-29 | 1-3 | 27-24 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 72-29 | 0-0 | 72-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 13-7 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 310, Pucinelli De Almeida reached the 1st round after defeating Saba Purtseladze 6-1 6-3 and Luka Mikrut 6-2 7-6(7).
In the qualifications, Pucinelli De Almeida had a good straight sets win against Mikrut (6-2 7-67). During the match, Pucinelli De Almeida scored 82 points vs Mikrut’s 75. The Brazilian was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pucinelli De Almeida couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Pucinelli De Almeida put 60% of his first serves in, winning 65% (32/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the 2nd serve. Matheus broke Mikrut 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brazilian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Pucinelli De Almeida has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (189-131). 23-17 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pucinelli De Almeida has a compiled167-112 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Brazilian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Piracicaba Challenger and M25 Maribor.
Pucinelli De Almeida has a composed 23-17 win-loss record in 2024, 23-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Como Challenger
Raul Brancaccio
20 - 21win/loss
454
121
LWWWLLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-27 | 6-6 | 21-19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-32 | 14-7 | 11-19 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-26 | 7-6 | 31-18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-26 | 2-1 | 43-21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-12 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 388, Brancaccio will start his run in the Como Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Santander where he lost 6-4 2-6 6-4 to Barreto Sanchez in the 1st round on the 20th of August.
Raul has an aggregate 19-21 win-loss record in 2024, 13-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Italian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Gandia.
In terms of his career, Raul has an overall 314-234 record. He has a positive 239-168 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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- Remy BertolaBertola – Benoit PairePaire (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
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