Andrew Paulson and Valerio Aboian will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Como Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrew Paulson who should win in 3 sets.
Andrew Paulson -> 1.48
Valerio Aboian -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Andrew Paulson vs. Valerio Aboian
There is no head to head record between Andrew Paulson and Valerio Aboian since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Andrew Paulson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-22 | 1-3 | 31-13 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 53-27 | 6-3 | 30-15 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 47-26 | 19-8 | 11-11 | 15-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 378, Andrew got to the 2nd round after defeating Stefano Napolitano 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Paulson defeated Napolitano (7-64 4-6 6-3). During the match, Paulson scored 104 points vs Napolitano’s 101. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Paulson scored 9 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Andrew Paulson lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Paulson put 56% of his first serves in, winning 70% (42/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (26/48) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Napolitano 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Paulson has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (164-95). 9-4 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Paulson has a composed88-51 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Paulson’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Cordenons Challenger.
Paulson has a composed 9-4 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Como Challenger
The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.
Valerio Aboian
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-35 | 0-2 | 37-33 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-33 | 0-0 | 54-33 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-22 | 0-0 | 48-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-19 | 0-0 | 42-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 415, the Argentine got to the 2nd round after defeating Jelle Sels w/o, Alexey Vatutin 7-5 6-2 and Federico Arnaboldi 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Arnaboldi (6-4 7-5). During the match Aboian scored 76 points vs Arnaboldi’s 62. Aboian was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Aboian managed to score 5 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Valerio Aboian lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Aboian put 69% of his first serves in, winning 67% (30/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Arnaboldi 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
The Argentine’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger and M25 Sao Paulo.
The Argentine has a compiled 29-25 win-loss record in 2024, 29-25 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Paulson | Aboian |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 42 |
| Pts | 104-101 | 157-121 |
| Total Points | 205 | 278 |
| Winners | 42 | 58 |
| %Winners | 40% | 37% |
Paulson played 1 match while Aboian competed in 2 matches. Aboian started his run from the qualifications while Paulson had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Andrew Paulson dropped 1 set while Valerio Aboian hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Paulson has played 1 set(s) less than Aboian (3 vs 4). Therefore, Paulson played 10 games less than Aboian. Paulson scored 42 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine bagged 58 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Paulson | Aboian |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 4 |
| 1st in | 60/108 | 82/132 |
| %1st in | 56% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 42/60 | 58/82 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 26/48 | 32/50 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 64% |
Paulson managed to score 9 aces . Aboian made 8 aces (4 per match). Paulson won 70% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Aboian won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Paulson | Aboian |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 8 |
| Converted | 3/11 | 8/17 |
| % Converted | 27% | 47% |
| Conceded | 6 | 16 |
| Saved | 3 | 13 |
| % Saved | 50% | 81% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The Czech broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Andrew surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Aboian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.
| Paulson | |||
| R1 Napolitano | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 104-101 | 104-101 | |
| Total points | 205 | 205 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 60/108 | 60/108 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 42/60 | 42/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/48 | 26/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Aboian | |||||
| Q1 Sels | Q3 Vatutin | R1 Arnaboldi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | w/o | 7-5 6-2 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | – | 20 | 22 | 42 | |
| pts | – | 81-59 | 76-62 | 157-121 | |
| Total points | – | 140 | 138 | 278 | |
| Winners | – | 28 | 30 | 58 | |
| %Winners | – | 35% | 39% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | – | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | – | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | – | 37/67 | 45/65 | 82/132 | |
| % 1st in | – | 55% | 69% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | – | 28/37 | 30/45 | 58/82 | |
| % 1st pts | – | 76% | 67% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | – | 18/30 | 14/20 | 32/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | – | 60% | 70% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | – | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | – | 4/9 | 4/8 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | – | 44% | 50% | 47% | |
| Conceded | – | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| Saved | – | 7/8 | 6/8 | 13 | |
| Saved % | – | 88% | 75% | 163% | |
| Times Broken | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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- Zsombor PirosPiros – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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