Gauthier Onclin and Marcello Serafini will face off in the 2^nd round of the Rovereto Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gauthier Onclin who should win in 2 sets.

(image) As per the initial odds, Gauthier Onclin is the pick to win this match.
Gauthier Onclin -> 1.038
Marcello Serafini -> 9.1

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Prediction and head to head Gauthier Onclin vs. Marcello Serafini

There is no head to head record between Gauthier Onclin and Marcello Serafini since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Gauthier Onclin

Ranked no. 258 (career-high), the Belgian got to the 2^nd round after beating Lukas Rosol 6-1 7-6⁰.

In the 1^st round, Gauthier had a good straight sets win against Rosol (6-1 7-6⁰). During the match, Onclin scored 67 points vs Rosol’s 50. The Belgian was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Onclin scored 2 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Gauthier Onclin was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (29/39) of his 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Belgian broke Rosol twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Onclin has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 64% of his matches (128-72). 13-2 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Onclin has an overall21-7 record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.

Gauthier’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Bressuire.

Onclin has a compiled 13-2 win-loss record in 2023, 13-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Rovereto Challenger

The Belgian has never competed in this tournament before.

Marcello Serafini

Ranked no. 533, Marcello got to the 2^nd round after defeating Matteo Gigante 6-4 2-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Serafini defeated Gigante (6-4 2-6 6-4).During the match Serafini scored less points (2) than Gigante. In fact, the world no. 258 won 87 points vs Gigante’s. That means that Serafini was more focused during the important points. Serafini was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Serafini scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Marcello Serafini lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Serafini put 49% of his first serves in, winning 76% (31/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (21/42) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Gigante 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

The Italian has an overall 2-5 win-loss record in 2023, 2-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Onclin and Serafini played 1 match. At the moment, Marcello Serafini conceded 1 set while Gauthier Onclin hasn’t dropped a set so far. Onclin has played 1 set(s) less than Serafini (2 vs 3). Therefore, Onclin played 8 games less than Serafini. The Belgian scored 29 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian blasted 31 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Onclin scored 2 aces . Serafini bagged 1 ace . Onclin won 74% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Serafini won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Onclin broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Belgian extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 4 break points. Serafini broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Marcello conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.