Andrea Picchione and Dan Alexandru Tomescu will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Targu Mures 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. 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 -> 1.47
Dan Alexandru Tomescu -> 2.53

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Prediction and head to head Andrea Picchione vs. Dan Alexandru Tomescu

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

Andrea Picchione

Andrea Picchione

36 - 22win/loss

Clay
36-22
Rank
393
High
331
LWWLWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 38-23 0-0 38-23 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 52-29 5-4 45-20 2-5 0-0 0-0
2023 47-31 16-9 30-19 1-2 0-0 0-1
2022 42-31 10-5 32-26 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 36-21 6-4 28-16 0-0 2-1 0-0

Ranked no. 393, Picchione will start his run in the Targu Mures 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Targu Mures 1 Challenger where he lost 6-4 3-6 7-5 to Clarke in the quarter on the 12th of September.

Picchione has an aggregate 36-22 win-loss record in 2025, 36-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Picchione’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Bolzano and M25 Montesilvano.

Talking about his overall career, Picchione has an overall 260-160 record. He has a positive 211-122 record on clay.

Previously in the Targu Mures 2 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2025. See his history.

Targu Mures 2 Challenger
Picchione's Record

Dan Alexandru Tomescu

Dan Alexandru Tomescu

22 - 8win/loss

Clay
22-7
Rank
531
High
451
LLWWLWWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 24-11 0-0 24-10 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 56-27 1-3 54-23 1-1 0-0 0-0
2023 33-25 1-2 32-23 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 32-23 1-2 31-21 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 24-19 0-1 24-18 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 519, Dan got to the 1st round after beating Iannis Miletich 4-6 6-3 6-4 and Gabriele Pennaforti 6-1 6-2.

In the qualifications, Alexandru had a good straight sets win against Pennaforti (6-1 6-2). During the match Alexandru scored 54 points vs Pennaforti’s 26. Alexandru was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Alexandru fired 3 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Dan Alexandru Tomescu was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 85% (23/27) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dan was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Pennaforti 4 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alexandru started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

Alexandru’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Bucharest,M25 Targu Mures and M15 Buzau.

The Romanian has an overall 22-8 win-loss record in 2025, 22-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Targu Mures 2 Challenger
Alexandru's Record

Tennis Scores in Targu Mures 2 Challenger

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