Giulio Zeppieri and Tiago Pereira will play each other in the qualifications of the Estoril Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on ESTADIO MILLENNIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Giulio Zeppieri who should win in 2 sets.
Giulio Zeppieri -> 1.36
Tiago Pereira -> 2.94
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Prediction and head to head Giulio Zeppieri vs. Tiago Pereira
There is no head to head record between Giulio Zeppieri and Tiago Pereira since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Giulio Zeppieri
8 - 7win/loss
151
110
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42-25 | 17-9 | 13-11 | 9-4 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 18-18 | 8-4 | 7-10 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-26 | 7-5 | 19-13 | 14-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-31 | 1-2 | 25-22 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-20 | 0-0 | 26-16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 334, Giulio reached the qualifications after defeating Pedro Araujo 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Zeppieri had a good straight sets win against Araujo (6-2 6-2). During the match, Zeppieri scored 57 points vs Araujo’s 33. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zeppieri struck 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Giulio Zeppieri was very efficient on serve to win 73% (19/26) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Zeppieri broke Araujo 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Zeppieri has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 55% of his matches (164-136). 1-3 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zeppieri has a compiled116-91 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Italian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Koblenz Challenger.
Giulio has a composed 7-7 win-loss record in 2025, 1-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Estoril Challenger
Zeppieri has never competed in this tournament before.
Tiago Pereira
18 - 14win/loss
260
260
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54-40 | 30-15 | 20-22 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 45-36 | 42-27 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 57-43 | 53-37 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-13 | 20-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 409 (career-high), the Portuguese got to the qualifications after defeating Patrick Zahraj 7-5 4-6 7-6(6).
In the qualifications, The Portuguese defeated Zahraj (7-5 4-6 7-66). During the match Pereira scored 120 points vs Zahraj’s 114. Tiago was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.
About the serving games, Pereira fired 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Tiago Pereira lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Pereira put 55% of his first serves in, winning 68% (44/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (27/53) on the 2nd serve. Pereira broke Zahraj 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Tiago’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Faro and M25 Vale do Lobo.
Tiago has a compiled 18-13 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zeppieri | Pereira |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 35 |
| Pts | 57-33 | 120-114 |
| Total Points | 90 | 234 |
| Winners | 19 | 44 |
| %Winners | 33% | 37% |
Both Zeppieri and Pereira played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Tiago Pereira conceded 1 set while Giulio Zeppieri hasn’t dropped a set so far. Zeppieri has played 1 set(s) less than Pereira (2 vs 3). Therefore, Zeppieri played 19 games less than Pereira. Zeppieri scored 19 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Pereira struck 44 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zeppieri | Pereira |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 8 |
| 1st in | 26/47 | 65/118 |
| %1st in | 55% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 19/26 | 44/65 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 27/53 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 51% |
Zeppieri blasted 2 aces . Pereira fired 8 aces . Zeppieri won 73% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Pereira won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zeppieri | Pereira |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/14 |
| % Converted | 83% | 36% |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 29% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
Zeppieri broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Giulio surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Portuguese broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Pereira conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 29% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zeppieri | |||
| Q1 Araujo | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 57-33 | 57-33 | |
| Total points | 90 | 90 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 26/47 | 26/47 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 19/26 | 19/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Pereira | |||
| Q1 Zahraj | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-6 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 120-114 | 120-114 | |
| Total points | 234 | 234 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 65/118 | 65/118 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 44/65 | 44/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/53 | 27/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/7 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 29% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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