Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Bernabe Zapata Miralles will square off in the 2^nd round of the Rovereto Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Geoffrey Blancaneaux who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Geoffrey Blancaneaux is the pick to win this match.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 1.62
Bernabe Zapata Miralles -> 2.18

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Prediction and head to head Geoffrey Blancaneaux vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles

There is no head to head record between Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Bernabe Zapata Miralles since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Geoffrey Blancaneaux

Ranked no. 276, Blancaneaux got to the 2^nd round after beating Stefano Travaglia 6-2 6-0.

In the 1^st round, Blancaneaux had a good straight sets win against Travaglia (6-2 6-0). During the match, Blancaneaux scored 58 points vs Travaglia’s 30. Blancaneaux was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Blancaneaux made 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Geoffrey Blancaneaux conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Blancaneaux put 76% of his first serves in, winning 82% (28/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (5/11) on the 2nd serve. Blancaneaux broke Travaglia 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Blancaneaux has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (302-251). 4-8 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Blancaneaux has an overall50-63 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the New Delhi Challenger where he defeated Chak Lam Coleman Wong in the final 6-4 6-2.

The French player has a composed 23-31 win-loss record in 2024, 4-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Rovereto Challenger

Geoffrey has never competed in this tournament before.

Bernabe Zapata Miralles

Ranked no. 282, the Spaniard got to the 2^nd round after defeating Alexander Ritschard 7-5 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Bernabe had a good straight sets win against Ritschard (7-5 6-3). During the match Zapata Miralles scored 67 points vs Ritschard’s 54. Bernabe was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Zapata Miralles scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Bernabe Zapata Miralles was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (33/46) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Zapata Miralles broke Ritschard 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

The Spaniard’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Barcelona Challenger.

The Spaniard has an aggregate 20-29 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Blancaneaux	Zapata Miralles
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	21
Pts	58-30	67-54
Total Points	88	121
Winners	28	33
%Winners	48%	49%

Both Blancaneaux and Zapata Miralles played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Blancaneaux and Zapata Miralles have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Blancaneaux played 7 games less than Zapata Miralles. The French player scored 28 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Bernabe fired 33 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Blancaneaux	Zapata Miralles
Aces	7	1
Avg per match	7	1
1st in	34/45	46/62
%1st in	76%	74%
1st pts	28/34	33/46
%1st pts	82%	72%
2nd pts	5/11	10/16
%2nd pts	45%	63%

Blancaneaux managed to score 7 aces . Zapata Miralles fired 1 ace . Blancaneaux won 82% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Zapata Miralles won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Blancaneaux	Zapata Miralles
Won	5	3
Converted	5/7	3/8
% Converted	71%	38%
Conceded	2	1
Saved	2	0
% Saved	100%	0%
Times Broken	0	1

The French player broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Blancaneaux pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. Zapata Miralles broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Bernabe conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Blancaneaux
	R1 Travaglia	Total
Score	6-2 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	14
pts	58-30	58-30
Total points	88	88
Winners	28	28
%Winners	48%	48%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	34/45	34/45
% 1st in	76%	76%
1st pts	28/34	28/34
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	5/11	5/11
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Zapata Miralles
	R1 Ritschard	Total
Score	7-5 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	67-54	67-54
Total points	121	121
Winners	33	33
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	46/62	46/62
% 1st in	74%	74%
1st pts	33/46	33/46
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	10/16	10/16
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/8
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Rovereto Challenger

• Borna CoricCoric – Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri (6-4 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Mika BrunoldBrunold (4-6 7-6⁵ 7-5) – See score progression
• Michael AgwiAgwi – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (6-1 6-7⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Luka MikrutMikrut – Kilian FeldbauschFeldbausch (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-3 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Bogdan PavelPavel (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko – Milos KarolKarol (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Giovanni FonioFonio (3-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Jelle SelsSels (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• August HolmgrenHolmgren – Jules MarieMarie (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Alexander RitschardRitschard (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Borna CoricCoric – Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri (6-4 5-7 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Alexey VatutinVatutin – Giovanni OradiniOradini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Borna CoricCoric – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – August HolmgrenHolmgren (0-0) – H2H and prediction