Facundo Diaz Acosta and Luca Nardi will play each other in the qualifications of the ASB Classic for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on GRANDSTAND. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luca Nardi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Nardi is the pick to win this match.
Luca Nardi -> 1.59
Facundo Diaz Acosta -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Luca Nardi
This will be the 2nd time that Facundo Diaz Acosta and Luca Nardi fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nardi (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Nardi won 4-6 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in M15 Torello back in 2020.
Facundo Diaz Acosta
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 19-22 | 3-8 | 16-10 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-25 | 4-4 | 46-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-21 | 0-1 | 31-19 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-30 | 7-4 | 36-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 79, Facundo got to the qualifications after defeating Ajeet Rai 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Diaz Acosta had a good straight sets win against Rai (6-4 6-2). During the match, Diaz Acosta scored 60 points vs Rai’s 44. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Diaz Acosta bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Facundo Diaz Acosta was very efficient on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Argentine broke Rai 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Diaz Acosta has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (209-135). 1-1 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Diaz Acosta has an overall25-25 record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Argentine has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
Diaz Acosta has never competed in this tournament before.
Luca Nardi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-27 | 14-14 | 8-5 | 9-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-36 | 20-10 | 8-13 | 12-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-20 | 5-2 | 11-10 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 3-3 | 26-13 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 92, the Italian reached the qualifications after beating Daniel Masur 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications against Masur, Luca recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-4 6-2). During the match Nardi scored 104 points vs Masur’s 86. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Nardi managed to score 15 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Luca Nardi was quite effective on serve to win 83% (45/54) of his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Luca broke Masur 4 times after converting 27% of his break points (4/15).
Nardi has a compiled 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Diaz Acosta | Nardi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 31 |
| Pts | 60-44 | 104-86 |
| Total Points | 104 | 190 |
| Winners | 26 | 45 |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% |
Both Diaz Acosta and Nardi played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Luca Nardi conceded 1 set while Facundo Diaz Acosta hasn’t conceded a set so far. Diaz Acosta has played 1 set(s) less than Nardi (2 vs 3). Therefore, Diaz Acosta played 13 games less than Nardi. Diaz Acosta scored 26 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Nardi managed to score 45 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Diaz Acosta | Nardi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 15 |
| 1st in | 33/47 | 54/83 |
| %1st in | 70% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 45/54 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 15/29 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 52% |
Diaz Acosta managed to score 2 aces . Nardi recorded 15 aces . Diaz Acosta won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Nardi won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Diaz Acosta | Nardi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/15 |
| % Converted | 57% | 27% |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Diaz Acosta lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Luca broke his opponent 4 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Diaz Acosta | |||
| Q1 Rai |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 60-44 | 60-44 | |
| Total points | 104 | 104 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/47 | 33/47 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 26/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 8/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Nardi | |||
| Q1 Masur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 104-86 | 104-86 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 15 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 54/83 | 54/83 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 45/54 | 45/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 15/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/15 | 4/15 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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