Raul Brancaccio and Laurent Lokoli will face off in the 2nd round of the Cesenatico Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on GRANDSTAND (7). Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Raul Brancaccio who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Raul Brancaccio is the pick to win this match.
Raul Brancaccio -> 1.77
Laurent Lokoli -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Raul Brancaccio vs. Laurent Lokoli
This will be the 4th time that Raul Brancaccio and Laurent Lokoli clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Lokoli (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Lokoli won 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in the Pau Challenger back in 2023.
Raul Brancaccio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32-31 | 3-5 | 25-24 | 4-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 38-33 | 7-3 | 24-25 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 27-27 | 6-6 | 21-19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-32 | 14-7 | 11-19 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-26 | 7-6 | 31-18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 401, the Italian got to the 2nd round after defeating Calvin Hemery 6-4 7-6(4).
In the 1st round, Raul had a good straight sets win against Hemery (6-4 7-64). During the match, Brancaccio scored 73 points vs Hemery’s 65. Raul was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Brancaccio blasted 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Raul Brancaccio was very efficient on serve to win 79% (38/48) 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. Brancaccio broke Hemery once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Brancaccio has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (317-243). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Brancaccio has an overall 27-31 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Raul has an overall 4-2 win-loss record in 2026, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cesenatico Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Laurent Lokoli
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39-20 | 5-1 | 26-13 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 30-18 | 17-7 | 13-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-22 | 24-14 | 8-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-26 | 12-10 | 5-6 | 6-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 59-22 | 26-10 | 27-7 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 507, the French player got to the 2nd round after beating Carlo Alberto Caniato 7-6(7) 7-6(4).
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Alberto Caniato (7-67 7-64). During the match Lokoli scored 88 points vs Alberto Caniato’s 85. Lokoli was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Lokoli bagged 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Laurent Lokoli lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Lokoli put 63% of his first serves in, winning 75% (43/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Alberto Caniato twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
The French player has an aggregate 3-1 win-loss record in 2026, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Brancaccio | Lokoli |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 26 |
| Pts | 73-65 | 88-85 |
| Total Points | 138 | 173 |
| Winners | 38 | 43 |
| %Winners | 52% | 49% |
Both Brancaccio and Lokoli played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Brancaccio and Lokoli have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Brancaccio played 3 games less than Lokoli. Raul scored 38 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Lokoli made 43 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Brancaccio | Lokoli |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 6 |
| 1st in | 48/64 | 57/90 |
| %1st in | 75% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 38/48 | 43/57 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 16/33 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 48% |
Brancaccio recorded 10 aces . Lokoli struck 6 aces . Brancaccio won 79% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Lokoli won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Brancaccio | Lokoli |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 2 |
| Converted | 1/5 | 2/6 |
| % Converted | 20% | 33% |
| Conceded | 0 | 10 |
| Saved | 0 | 8 |
| % Saved | 0% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Raul broke his opponent once with a 20% conversion rate. Brancaccio had a solid display on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The French player broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Laurent conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Brancaccio | |||
| R1 Hemery |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 73-65 | 73-65 | |
| Total points | 138 | 138 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 48/64 | 48/64 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 38/48 | 38/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 11/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/5 | 1/5 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Lokoli | |||
| R1 Alberto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 88-85 | 88-85 | |
| Total points | 173 | 173 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 57/90 | 57/90 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 43/57 | 43/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/33 | 16/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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