Francesco Maestrelli and Benoit Paire will clash against each other in the quarter of the Francavilla Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. 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 Francesco Maestrelli who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francesco Maestrelli is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Maestrelli -> 1.56
Benoit Paire -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Maestrelli vs. Benoit Paire
This will be the 2nd time that Francesco Maestrelli and Benoit Paire square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Paire (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Paire won 6-3 5-7 7-5 in the 1st round in the San Benedetto Challenger back in 2023.
Francesco Maestrelli
12 - 9win/loss
228
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, Maestrelli reached the quarter after defeating Corentin Denolly 7-5 7-5 and Radu Albot 2-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Albot, Maestrelli recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Maestrelli scored 88 points vs Albot’s 83. Francesco was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Maestrelli recorded 11 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Francesco Maestrelli lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Maestrelli put 61% of his first serves in, winning 74% (42/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (16/37) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Albot 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian has dropped 1 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Maestrelli has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 54% of his matches (160-137). 8-6 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Maestrelli has a compiled103-84 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Maestrelli has an aggregate 11-9 win-loss record in 2025, 8-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Francavilla Challenger
Benoit Paire
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-11 | 3-5 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 11-30 | 6-12 | 0-9 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-38 | 13-12 | 27-17 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 7-13 | 6-14 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 14-32 | 6-12 | 7-13 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 556, Benoit reached the quarter after defeating Giovanni Fonio 7-5 1-6 6-3 and Timofey Skatov 7-6(4) 7-6(3).
In the 2nd round, Paire had a good straight sets win against Skatov (7-64 7-63). During the match Paire scored 92 points vs Skatov’s 82. Paire was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Paire recorded 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Benoit Paire was very effective on serve to win 76% (32/42) of his 1st serve and 54% (22/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Paire broke Skatov 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Benoit has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Benoit has a composed 7-9 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Maestrelli | Paire |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 54 |
| Pts | 177-157 | 181-172 |
| Total Points | 334 | 353 |
| Winners | 76 | 64 |
| %Winners | 43% | 35% |
Both Maestrelli and Paire played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Francesco Maestrelli dropped 1 set, while Benoit Paire dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Maestrelli and Paire have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Maestrelli played 5 games less than Paire. Francesco scored 76 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Paire made 64 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Maestrelli | Paire |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 6 |
| 1st in | 99/156 | 81/169 |
| %1st in | 63% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 76/99 | 64/81 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 23/57 | 41/88 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 47% |
Maestrelli struck 16 aces (8 per match). Paire bagged 12 aces (6 per match). Maestrelli won 77% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Paire won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Maestrelli | Paire |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/23 | 7/14 |
| % Converted | 35% | 50% |
| Conceded | 12 | 15 |
| Saved | 7 | 8 |
| % Saved | 58% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 7 |
Francesco broke his opponents 8 times with a 35% conversion rate. Maestrelli lost his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. Paire broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.
| Maestrelli | ||||
| R1 Denolly |
R2 Albot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | 2-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 25 | 49 | |
| pts | 89-74 | 88-83 | 177-157 | |
| Total points | 163 | 171 | 334 | |
| Winners | 34 | 42 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 48% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 11 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 42/62 | 57/94 | 99/156 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 61% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 34/42 | 42/57 | 76/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 74% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/20 | 16/37 | 23/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 43% | 40% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 3/8 | 8/23 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 38% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 | 12 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 78% | 39% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Paire | ||||
| R1 Fonio |
R2 Skatov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 1-6 6-3 | 7-64 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 26 | 54 | |
| pts | 89-90 | 92-82 | 181-172 | |
| Total points | 179 | 174 | 353 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 39/86 | 42/83 | 81/169 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 51% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 32/39 | 32/42 | 64/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 76% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/47 | 22/41 | 41/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 54% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/5 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 60% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4/7 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 57% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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