Gianluca Cadenasso and Stefano Napolitano will play each other in the semifinal of the Biella Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:00 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefano Napolitano who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Stefano Napolitano is the pick to win this match.
Stefano Napolitano -> 1.58
Gianluca Cadenasso -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Gianluca Cadenasso vs. Stefano Napolitano

There is no head to head record between Gianluca Cadenasso and Stefano Napolitano since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Gianluca Cadenasso

Ranked no. 511, the Italian reached the semifinal after defeating Giovanni Oradini 6-3 6-3, Alexander Ritschard 6-2 2-6 6-4 and Jelle Sels 6-4 6-0.

In the quarter, Gianluca had a good straight sets win against Sels (6-4 6-0). During the match, Cadenasso scored 61 points vs Sels’s 36. Gianluca was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about the service games, Cadenasso scored just 1 ace and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Gianluca Cadenasso was quite effective on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 91% (10/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Sels 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Italian has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Cadenasso has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 64% of his matches (105-59). 22-13 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cadenasso has an aggregate81-47 record in the last 4 years on clay.

The Italian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Store.

Cadenasso has a composed 27-17 win-loss record in 2025, 22-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Biella Challenger

Cadenasso has never competed in this tournament before.

Stefano Napolitano

Ranked no. 847, Napolitano reached the semifinal after beating Enrico Dalla Valle 6-1 6-4, Federico Arnaboldi 6-2 6-0 and Pol Martin Tiffon 6-1 6-2.

In the quarter, Napolitano had a good straight sets win against Martin Tiffon (6-1 6-2). During the match Napolitano scored 59 points vs Martin Tiffon’s 36. Stefano was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Napolitano made 3 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Stefano Napolitano was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Stefano broke Martin Tiffon 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Napolitano hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 61% of the points he played.

Napolitano has a compiled 12-14 win-loss record in 2025, 10-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cadenasso	Napolitano
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	6
Tot Games	60	46
Pts	205-165	172-110
Total Points	370	282
Winners	93	73
%Winners	45%	42%

Both Cadenasso and Napolitano played 3 matches. At the moment, Gianluca Cadenasso dropped 1 set while Stefano Napolitano hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cadenasso has played 1 set more than Napolitano (7 vs 6). Therefore, Cadenasso played 14 games more than Napolitano. Cadenasso scored 93 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Napolitano scored 73 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cadenasso	Napolitano
Aces	2	12
Avg per match	0.7	4
1st in	132/174	99/148
%1st in	76%	67%
1st pts	93/132	73/99
%1st pts	70%	74%
2nd pts	26/42	29/49
%2nd pts	62%	59%

Cadenasso fired 2 aces (0.7 per match). Napolitano fired 12 aces (4 per match). Cadenasso won 70% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Napolitano won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cadenasso	Napolitano
Won	12	13
Converted	12/27	13/20
% Converted	44%	65%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	4	7
% Saved	50%	88%
Times Broken	4	1

Gianluca broke his opponents 12 times with a 44% conversion rate. Cadenasso surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Stefano broke his opponents 13 times with a 65% conversion rate. Napolitano conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.

Cadenasso
	R1 Oradini	R2 Ritschard	1/4 Sels	Total
Score	6-3 6-3	6-2 2-6 6-4	6-4 6-0
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	18	26	16	60
pts	66-54	78-75	61-36	205-165
Total points	120	153	97	370
Winners	30	40	23	93
%Winners	45%	51%	38%	45%
SERVE
Aces	0	1	1	2
Double Faults	1	1	0	2
1st in	40/48	61/84	31/42	132/174
% 1st in	83%	73%	74%	76%
1st pts	30/40	40/61	23/31	93/132
% 1st pts	75%	66%	74%	70%
2nd pts	4/8	12/23	10/11	26/42
% 2nd pts	50%	52%	91%	62%
Breaks
Won	4	4	4	12
Converted	4/14	4/6	4/7	12/27
Converted %	29%	67%	57%	44%
Conceded	2	5	1	8
Saved	1/2	2/5	1/1	4
Saved %	50%	40%	100%	63%
Times Broken	1	3	0	4

Napolitano
	R1 Dalla Valle	R2 Arnaboldi	1/4 Martin	Total
Score	6-1 6-4	6-2 6-0	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	17	14	15	46
pts	60-47	53-27	59-36	172-110
Total points	107	80	95	282
Winners	27	19	27	73
%Winners	45%	36%	46%	42%
SERVE
Aces	2	7	3	12
Double Faults	1	0	0	1
1st in	42/57	23/36	34/55	99/148
% 1st in	74%	64%	62%	67%
1st pts	27/42	19/23	27/34	73/99
% 1st pts	64%	83%	79%	74%
2nd pts	9/15	9/13	11/21	29/49
% 2nd pts	60%	69%	52%	59%
Breaks
Won	4	5	4	13
Converted	4/6	5/8	4/6	13/20
Converted %	67%	63%	67%	65%
Conceded	4	0	4	8
Saved	3/4	0/0	4/4	7
Saved %	75%	–	100%	58%
Times Broken	1	0	0	1

Tennis Scores in Biella Challenger

• Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Gianluca CadenassoCadenasso – Jelle SelsSels (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Luka MikrutMikrut – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Kilian FeldbauschFeldbausch – Marko TopoTopo (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Gianluca CadenassoCadenasso – Jelle SelsSels (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Kilian FeldbauschFeldbausch – Marko TopoTopo (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Luka MikrutMikrut – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-2 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – (0-0) – H2H and prediction