Zsombor Piros and Raul Brancaccio will face off in the 2nd round of the Como Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zsombor Piros who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zsombor Piros is the pick to win this match.
Zsombor Piros -> 1.59
Raul Brancaccio -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Zsombor Piros vs. Raul Brancaccio
This will be the 3rd time that Zsombor Piros and Raul Brancaccio play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Brancaccio (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Brancaccio won 1-6 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in the Tenerife 3 Challenger back in February 2024.
Zsombor Piros
20 - 22win/loss
249
106
LLWWLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-29 | 1-6 | 17-17 | 13-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-29 | 3-2 | 35-18 | 5-7 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-23 | 7-6 | 19-9 | 10-7 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-16 | 3-2 | 31-9 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-2 | 1-1 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 212, Piros got to the 2nd round after beating Gonzalo Bueno 6-1 7-6(2).
In the 1st round, Piros had a good straight sets win against Bueno (6-1 7-62). During the match, Piros scored 78 points vs Bueno’s 56. Zsombor was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Piros scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Zsombor Piros was quite effective on serve to win 76% (31/41) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Zsombor broke Bueno 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Piros has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (252-156). 12-14 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Piros has a composed164-87 record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Cherbourg Challenger where he overcame Matteo Martineau in the final 6-3 6-4.
The Hungarian has a compiled 20-22 win-loss record in 2024, 12-14 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 reached the 2nd round after defeating Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 4-6 7-6(6) 6-2.
In the 1st round against Pucinelli De Almeida, Brancaccio recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-66 6-2). During the match Brancaccio scored 103 points vs Pucinelli De Almeida’s 91. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Brancaccio fired 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Raul Brancaccio lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Brancaccio put 71% of his first serves in, winning 64% (43/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the 2nd serve. Raul broke Pucinelli De Almeida 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Raul’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Gandia.
Raul has a composed 20-21 win-loss record in 2024, 14-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Como Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Piros | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 31 |
| Pts | 78-56 | 103-91 |
| Total Points | 134 | 194 |
| Winners | 31 | 43 |
| %Winners | 40% | 42% |
Both Piros and Brancaccio played 1 match. At the moment, Raul Brancaccio dropped 1 set while Zsombor Piros hasn’t dropped a set so far. Piros has played 1 set(s) less than Brancaccio (2 vs 3). Therefore, Piros played 11 games less than Brancaccio. The Hungarian scored 31 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Brancaccio scored 43 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Piros | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5 |
| 1st in | 41/68 | 67/95 |
| %1st in | 60% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 31/41 | 43/67 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 17/28 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 61% |
Piros struck 1 ace . Brancaccio also made 5 aces . Piros won 76% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Brancaccio won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Piros | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 36% | 63% |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 80% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
The Hungarian broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Zsombor surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Brancaccio broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Piros | |||
| R1 Bueno |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 78-56 | 78-56 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 41/68 | 41/68 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 31/41 | 31/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 17/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Brancaccio | |||
| R1 Pucinelli De Almeida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-66 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 103-91 | 103-91 | |
| Total points | 194 | 194 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 67/95 | 67/95 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 43/67 | 43/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 17/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLLWLLW Tennis Scores in Como Challenger
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Svyatoslav GulinGulin (7-5 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Gabriel DebruDebru – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (4-6 7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Ignacio BuseBuse – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Alexander WeisWeis (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico BondioliBondioli – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrew PaulsonPaulson – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (7-64 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Remy BertolaBertola – Benoit PairePaire (3-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Valerio AboianAboian – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (6-1 7-62) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Filip Jeff PlaninsekJeff Planinsek (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Gustavo HeideHeide (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Svyatoslav GulinGulin (7-5 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Gabriel DebruDebru – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-2 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (4-6 7-6(6) 6-2) – See score progression
- Remy BertolaBertola – Benoit PairePaire (3-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Alexander WeisWeis (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Ignacio BuseBuse – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrew PaulsonPaulson – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (7-6(4) 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Remy BertolaBertola – Alex MolcanMolcan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Filip MisolicMisolic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (0-1) – H2H and prediction
