Corentin Denolly and Andrea Picchione will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Targu Mures 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrea Picchione who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Andrea Picchione is the pick to win this match.
Andrea Picchione -> 1.59
Corentin Denolly -> 2.24

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Prediction and head to head Corentin Denolly vs. Andrea Picchione

There is no head to head record between Corentin Denolly and Andrea Picchione since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Corentin Denolly

Ranked no. 322, Denolly reached the 2^nd round after defeating Stefan Adrian Andreescu 6-2 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Denolly had a good straight sets win against Adrian Andreescu (6-2 6-2). During the match, Denolly scored 65 points vs Adrian Andreescu’s 47. Denolly was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Denolly scored just 1 ace and he committed only 3 double faults. Corentin Denolly lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Denolly put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (8/24) on the 2nd serve. Denolly broke Adrian Andreescu 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Denolly has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (390-232). 14-17 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Denolly has an aggregate 292-155 record in the last years on clay.

The French player best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Targu Mures.

Corentin has a compiled 18-24 win-loss record in 2025, 14-17 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Targu Mures 1 Challenger

The French player has never competed in this tournament before.

Andrea Picchione

Ranked no. 407, Picchione got to the 2^nd round after beating Sebastian Gima 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Andrea had a good straight sets win against Gima (6-3 6-4). During the match Picchione scored 66 points vs Gima’s 50. Andrea was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Picchione scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Andrea Picchione lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Picchione put 67% of his first serves in, winning 79% (30/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Andrea broke Gima 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Picchione’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Bolzano and M25 Montesilvano.

Andrea has a compiled 35-21 win-loss record in 2025, 35-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Denolly	Picchione
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	19
Pts	65-47	66-50
Total Points	112	116
Winners	25	30
%Winners	38%	45%

Both Denolly and Picchione played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Denolly and Picchione have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Denolly played 3 games less than Picchione. Corentin scored 25 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian scored 30 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Denolly	Picchione
Aces	1	1
Avg per match	1	1
1st in	36/60	38/57
%1st in	60%	67%
1st pts	25/36	30/38
%1st pts	69%	79%
2nd pts	8/24	9/19
%2nd pts	33%	47%

Denolly fired 1 ace . Picchione also fired 1 ace . Denolly won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 33% of the points. On the other side, Picchione 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	Denolly	Picchione
Won	6	3
Converted	6/11	3/9
% Converted	55%	33%
Conceded	10	4
Saved	8	3
% Saved	80%	75%
Times Broken	2	1

Corentin broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Corentin lost his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Denolly
	R1 Adrian	Total
Score	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	65-47	65-47
Total points	112	112
Winners	25	25
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	36/60	36/60
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	25/36	25/36
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	8/24	8/24
% 2nd pts	33%	33%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/11	6/11
Converted %	55%	55%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	8/10	8
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	2	2

Picchione
	R1 Gima	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	66-50	66-50
Total points	116	116
Winners	30	30
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	38/57	38/57
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	30/38	30/38
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	9/19	9/19
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/9
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Targu Mures 1 Challenger

• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Mika BrunoldBrunold (7-6⁵ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mili PoljicakPoljicak – Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan (6-7⁴ 6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Cezar CretuCretu – Emilien DemanetDemanet (3-6 6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Daniel RinconRincon (6-4 6-7⁵ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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