Moez Echargui and Marcello Serafini will square off in the qualifications of the Genova Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on CAMPO 2. 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 Moez Echargui who should win in 3 sets.
Moez Echargui -> 1.727
Marcello Serafini -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Moez Echargui vs. Marcello Serafini
This will be the 2nd time that Moez Echargui and Marcello Serafini square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Echargui (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Echargui won 6-1 3-6 6-4 in the qualifications in the Francavilla Challenger back in 2023.
Moez Echargui
22 - 24win/loss
412
271
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-24 | 9-10 | 11-13 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-34 | 23-10 | 23-22 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-29 | 7-2 | 37-26 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-24 | 38-17 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-14 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 412, Echargui got to the qualifications after defeating Julian Ocleppo 7-6(5) 6-3.
In the qualifications, Echargui had a good straight sets win against Ocleppo (7-65 6-3). During the match, Echargui scored 88 points vs Ocleppo’s 73. Echargui was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Echargui managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Moez Echargui lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Echargui put 58% of his first serves in, winning 62% (29/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the 2nd serve. Moez broke Ocleppo 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Echargui has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (288-220). 11-13 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Echargui has an aggregate122-114 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Echargui has an overall 22-24 win-loss record in 2024, 11-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Genova Challenger
The Tunisian has never competed in this tournament before.
Marcello Serafini
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-25 | 0-0 | 17-17 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 6-2 |
| 2023 | 33-32 | 0-2 | 30-21 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-3 |
| 2022 | 34-24 | 14-6 | 20-17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-21 | 12-6 | 15-13 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 434, the Italian reached the qualifications after defeating Gabriele Vulpitta 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Marcello had a good straight sets win against Vulpitta (6-2 6-2). During the match Serafini scored 66 points vs Vulpitta’s 52. Marcello was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Serafini blasted 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Marcello Serafini was quite effective on serve to win 74% (25/34) of his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Serafini broke Vulpitta 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
The Italian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
Marcello has an aggregate 28-25 win-loss record in 2024, 17-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Genova Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Echargui | Serafini |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 16 |
| Pts | 88-73 | 66-52 |
| Total Points | 161 | 118 |
| Winners | 29 | 25 |
| %Winners | 33% | 38% |
Both Echargui and Serafini played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Echargui and Serafini have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Echargui played 6 games more than Serafini. Moez scored 29 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian scored 25 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Echargui | Serafini |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 6 |
| 1st in | 47/81 | 34/64 |
| %1st in | 58% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 29/47 | 25/34 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 18/34 | 16/30 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 53% |
Echargui bagged 6 aces . Serafini scored 6 aces . Echargui won 62% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Serafini won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Echargui | Serafini |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 45% | 57% |
| Conceded | 10 | 4 |
| Saved | 7 | 4 |
| % Saved | 70% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Moez broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Tunisian dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Serafini broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Marcello was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Echargui | |||
| Q1 Ocleppo | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 88-73 | 88-73 | |
| Total points | 161 | 161 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 47/81 | 47/81 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 29/47 | 29/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/34 | 18/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Serafini | |||
| Q1 Vulpitta | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 66-52 | 66-52 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/64 | 34/64 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 25/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 16/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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