Mattia Bellucci and Alex Bolt will square off in the 2nd round of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CENTRE 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 Mattia Bellucci who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mattia Bellucci is the pick to win this match.
Mattia Bellucci -> 1.3
Alex Bolt -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Mattia Bellucci vs. Alex Bolt
There is no head to head record between Mattia Bellucci and Alex Bolt since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Mattia Bellucci
49 - 30win/loss
104
101
WLWWWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-30 | 31-16 | 5-2 | 7-8 | 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. 104, the Italian got to the 2nd round after beating Yuta Shimizu 7-6(1) 6-4.
In the 1st round, Mattia had a good straight sets win against Shimizu (7-61 6-4). During the match, Bellucci scored 74 points vs Shimizu’s 61. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bellucci managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Mattia Bellucci was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (22/31) of his 1st serve and 66% (27/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Italian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Shimizu 3 times.
Bellucci has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (233-131). 7-8 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Bellucci has a composed29-24 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
The Italian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Cary Challenger and the Olbia Challenger.
Bellucci has a compiled 49-30 win-loss record in 2024, 7-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Bolt
48 - 24win/loss
160
125
WLWWWWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-24 | 26-20 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 21-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-22 | 22-17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-10 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-18 | 7-6 | 0-7 | 2-2 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-12 | 12-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 160, the Australian got to the 2nd round after defeating Hiroki Moriya 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Moriya, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Bolt scored 89 points vs Moriya’s 84. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Bolt blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Bolt lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Bolt put 61% of his first serves in, winning 66% (37/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Moriya 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Bolt’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Burnie 1 Challenger,M25 Traralgon,M25 Mildura,M25 Swan Hill and the Matsuyama Challenger.
The Australian has a composed 48-24 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bellucci | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 29 |
| Pts | 74-61 | 89-84 |
| Total Points | 135 | 173 |
| Winners | 22 | 37 |
| %Winners | 30% | 42% |
Both Bellucci and Bolt played 1 match. At the moment, Alex Bolt dropped 1 set while Mattia Bellucci hasn’t lost a set so far. Bellucci has played 1 set(s) less than Bolt (2 vs 3). Therefore, Bellucci played 6 games less than Bolt. Mattia scored 22 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Bolt struck 37 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bellucci | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 7 |
| 1st in | 31/72 | 56/92 |
| %1st in | 43% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 22/31 | 37/56 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 27/41 | 20/36 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 56% |
Bellucci made 7 aces . Bolt bagged 7 aces . Bellucci won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Bolt won 66% 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 | Bellucci | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/3 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 100% | 67% |
| Conceded | 6 | 10 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 67% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Mattia dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Bolt broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bellucci | |||
| R1 Shimizu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 74-61 | 74-61 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 31/72 | 31/72 | |
| % 1st in | 43% | 43% | |
| 1st pts | 22/31 | 22/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/41 | 27/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Bolt | |||
| R1 Moriya |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 89-84 | 89-84 | |
| Total points | 173 | 173 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 56/92 | 56/92 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 37/56 | 37/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/36 | 20/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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