Radu Albot and Francesco Maestrelli will square off in the 2nd round of the Francavilla Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:30 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Radu Albot who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Radu Albot is the pick to win this match.
Radu Albot -> 1.74
Francesco Maestrelli -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Radu Albot vs. Francesco Maestrelli

This will be the 2nd time that Radu Albot and Francesco Maestrelli fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Albot (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they played, Albot won 6-2 6-7(5) 6-2 in the qualifications in at the Wimbledon back in 2024.

Radu Albot

Radu Albot

4 - 14win/loss

Hard
1-5
I Hard
0-3
Clay
3-6
Rank
283
High
39
LLLWLLLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 4-17 1-5 3-9 0-3 0-0 0-0
2024 37-26 12-9 17-11 4-3 4-3 0-0
2023 39-34 10-13 13-8 12-10 4-3 0-0
2022 40-30 25-14 4-6 3-5 8-5 0-0
2021 22-27 4-9 2-8 13-6 3-4 0-0

Ranked no. 277, Radu reached the 2nd round after defeating Ignacio Buse 6-3 7-6(2).

In the 1st round, The Moldovan had a good straight sets win against Buse (6-3 7-62). During the match, Albot scored 84 points vs Buse’s 68. Radu was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Albot scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault. Radu Albot lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Albot put 68% of his first serves in, winning 69% (31/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. The Moldovan broke Buse 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Albot has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (306-274). 3-6 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Albot has a composed 87-82 record in the last years on clay.

Radu has a compiled 4-14 win-loss record in 2025, 3-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Francavilla Challenger

The Moldovan has never competed in this tournament before.

Francavilla Challenger
Albot's Record

Francesco Maestrelli

Francesco Maestrelli

10 - 9win/loss

Hard
3-3
I Hard
0-0
Clay
7-6
Rank
229
High
149
LWWWWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 16-10 3-3 13-7 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 37-36 11-7 21-23 5-5 0-1 0-0
2023 27-38 9-10 16-24 2-3 0-1 0-0
2022 44-24 5-4 34-12 5-8 0-0 0-0
2021 32-18 8-3 18-12 6-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 303, the Italian got to the 2nd round after beating Corentin Denolly 7-5 7-5.

In the 1st round, Francesco had a good straight sets win against Denolly (7-5 7-5). During the match Maestrelli scored 89 points vs Denolly’s 74. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Maestrelli recorded 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Francesco Maestrelli lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Maestrelli put 68% of his first serves in, winning 81% (34/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (7/20) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Denolly 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).

Francesco has an overall 10-9 win-loss record in 2025, 7-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Francavilla Challenger
Maestrelli's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

R.Albot
F.Maestrelli
2h:01
2h:01
Time on court​
1h:56
1h:56
!
2h:01
2h:01
Last match​
1h:56
1h:56
1
1
Match played
1
1
22
22
Games Played​
24
24
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
84
84
Total points​
89
89
84
84
Avg point​
89
89
31
31
Winners
34
34
31
31
Avg Winners​
34
34
37%
37%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
5
5
1
1
Avg Aces
5
5
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
1
1
Avg Double Faults
3
3
31/45
31/45
1st won total​
34/42
34/42
69%
69%
1st won %
!
81%
81%
8/21
8/21
2nd won total​
7/20
7/20
!
38%
38%
2nd won %
!
35%
35%
-- Break Points --
5/12
5/12
BP won
5/15
5/15
5/12
5/12
Avg BP won
5/15
5/15
42%
42%
Won
33%
33%
7
7
Conceded
3
3
7
7
Avg Conceded
3
3
3
3
Broken
3
3
3
3
Avg Broken
3
3
4
4
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Albot Maestrelli
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 24
Pts 84-68 89-74
Total Points 152 163
Winners 31 34
%Winners 37% 38%

Both Albot and Maestrelli played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Albot and Maestrelli have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Albot played 2 games less than Maestrelli. The Moldovan scored 31 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Francesco managed to score 34 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Albot Maestrelli
Aces 1 5
Avg per match 1 5
1st in 45/66 42/62
%1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 31/45 34/42
%1st pts 69% 81%
2nd pts 8/21 7/20
%2nd pts 38% 35%

Albot recorded 1 ace . Maestrelli also blasted 5 aces . Albot won 69% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Maestrelli won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 35% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Albot Maestrelli
Won 5 5
Converted 5/12 5/15
% Converted 42% 33%
Conceded 7 3
Saved 4 0
% Saved 57% 0%
Times Broken 3 3

Albot broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Albot dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Maestrelli broke his opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Albot
R1
Buse
Total
Score 6-3 7-62
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 84-68 84-68
Total points 152 152
Winners 31 31
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 45/66 45/66
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 31/45 31/45
% 1st pts 69% 69%
2nd pts 8/21 8/21
% 2nd pts 38% 38%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/12 5/12
Converted % 42% 42%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 4/7 4
Saved % 57% 57%
Times Broken 3 3
Maestrelli
R1
Denolly
Total
Score 7-5 7-5
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 24 24
pts 89-74 89-74
Total points 163 163
Winners 34 34
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 42/62 42/62
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 34/42 34/42
% 1st pts 81% 81%
2nd pts 7/20 7/20
% 2nd pts 35% 35%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/15 5/15
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 0/3 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 3 3

Tennis Scores in Francavilla Challenger

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