Luca Castagnola and Massimo Giunta will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Hersonissos 4 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 20. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luca Castagnola who should win in 3 sets.
Luca Castagnola -> 1.86
Massimo Giunta -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Luca Castagnola vs. Massimo Giunta
There is no head to head record between Luca Castagnola and Massimo Giunta since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Luca Castagnola
26 - 22win/loss
645
575
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-32 | 14-15 | 13-13 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-30 | 14-11 | 10-17 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-31 | 10-6 | 31-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-31 | 5-3 | 44-27 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-20 | 14-9 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 575 (career-high), Castagnola got to the qualifications after beating Nikita Bilozertsev 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, Luca had a good straight sets win against Bilozertsev (6-4 6-3). During the match, Castagnola scored 67 points vs Bilozertsev’s 56. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Castagnola wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 5 double faults. Luca Castagnola lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Castagnola put 54% of his first serves in, winning 67% (20/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the 2nd serve. Luca broke Bilozertsev 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Castagnola has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (181-144). 11-7 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Castagnola has a composed60-40 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
Castagnola’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.
Luca has an aggregate 26-22 win-loss record in 2025, 11-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hersonissos 4 Challenger
Massimo Giunta
19 - 19win/loss
628
591
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35-28 | 16-12 | 17-14 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-21 | 17-13 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-23 | 22-12 | 10-8 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 10-5 | 9-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 764, Giunta reached the qualifications after defeating Peter Makk 7-6(4) 6-2.
In the qualifications, Giunta had a good straight sets win against Makk (7-64 6-2). During the match Giunta scored 72 points vs Makk’s 50. Massimo was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Giunta made 11 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Massimo Giunta was very efficient on serve to win 89% (25/28) of his 1st serve and 73% (16/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Giunta broke Makk 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Giunta’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Casablanca.
Giunta has an aggregate 19-19 win-loss record in 2025, 8-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Castagnola | Giunta |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 21 |
| Pts | 67-56 | 72-50 |
| Total Points | 123 | 122 |
| Winners | 20 | 25 |
| %Winners | 30% | 35% |
Both Castagnola and Giunta played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Castagnola and Giunta have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Castagnola played 2 games less than Giunta. Castagnola scored 20 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian recorded 25 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Castagnola | Giunta |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 11 |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 28/50 |
| %1st in | 54% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 20/30 | 25/28 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 16/22 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 73% |
Castagnola didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Giunta struck 11 aces . Castagnola won 67% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Giunta won 89% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 73% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Castagnola | Giunta |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 56% | 38% |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 60% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Italian broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Luca lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Massimo broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Giunta conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Castagnola | |||
| Q1 Bilozertsev | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 67-56 | 67-56 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 30/56 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 20/30 | 20/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 14/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Giunta | |||
| Q1 Makk | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 72-50 | 72-50 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 28/50 | 28/50 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 25/28 | 25/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/22 | 16/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 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 | |
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