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Marco Cecchinato vs Nick Hardt — Prediction

Challenger Clay Todi challenger · 1. round 17:00

Predicted probability

Marco Cecchinato

Italy

65.20%

Nick Hardt

Dominican Rep.

34.80%

Average Odds

1.39  /  2.81

Market probability

66.90%  /  33.10%

Why This Prediction?

Marco Cecchinato is the favorite because he has a higher Elo rating (1718 vs 1619), a higher Elo rating on clay courts (1727 vs 1644) and a stronger serve (66.6% vs 54.5% of service points won).

Player Comparison

1717.8 Elo 1618.8
1726.5 Elo (surface) 1643.8
307 Wins (Challenger) 85
304 Wins (surface) 63
10 Last 15 form 11
0 Head-to-head wins 0
0.918 Dominance ratio 1.160
170 Rank 273
33.9 Age 25.9
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Performance vs. the Odds

Career record grouped by how big a favorite the market made each player, based on their average odds.

Marco Cecchinato

Heavy favorite (odds below 1.30) 3W–1L · 75.0%
Favorite (odds 1.30-1.80) 14W–3L · 82.4%
Even match (odds 1.80-2.20) 0W–2L · 0.0%
Underdog (odds 2.20-4.00) 3W–4L · 42.9%
Heavy underdog (odds above 4.00) 0W–1L · 0.0%

31 matches with market odds since 2026-05-26.

Nick Hardt

Heavy favorite (odds below 1.30) 4W–1L · 80.0%
Favorite (odds 1.30-1.80) 1W–2L · 33.3%
Even match (odds 1.80-2.20) 0W–1L · 0.0%
Underdog (odds 2.20-4.00) 0W–2L · 0.0%
Heavy underdog (odds above 4.00) 0W–0L · 0.0%

11 matches with market odds since 2026-06-12.

Serve & Return

Serve and return win rates from each player's last 10 matches at the selected level.

Marco Cecchinato Nick Hardt

1st Serve In %

63.4%
66.5%

1st Serve Points Won %

68.7%
59.2%

2nd Serve Points Won %

56.6%
44.2%

Return Points Won vs 1st Serve %

30.6%
35.0%

Return Points Won vs 2nd Serve %

51.4%
52.3%

Aces per Service Game

0.24
0.09

Double Faults per Service Game

0.18
0.37

Based on each player's last 10 ATP/Grand Slam matches.

1st Serve In %

61.3%
60.3%

1st Serve Points Won %

65.8%
66.0%

2nd Serve Points Won %

53.0%
48.0%

Return Points Won vs 1st Serve %

33.8%
33.4%

Return Points Won vs 2nd Serve %

53.0%
50.2%

Aces per Service Game

0.19
0.19

Double Faults per Service Game

0.16
0.46

Based on each player's last 10 Challenger matches.

Break Point Performance

How each player handles the biggest points - break points saved serving, and converted returning - from their last 10 matches at the selected level.

Marco Cecchinato Nick Hardt

Break Points Saved %

65.4%
42.6%

Break Points Converted %

37.1%
35.2%

Based on each player's last 10 ATP/Grand Slam matches.

Break Points Saved %

65.3%
56.5%

Break Points Converted %

48.3%
42.4%

Based on each player's last 10 Challenger matches.

Head-to-Head

Marco Cecchinato 00 Nick Hardt

Clay Porto 2 challenger · 2026-09-01
4-6 6-0 6-3
0 Aces 1
7 Double Faults 5
90 Service Points 75
54 First Serve In 47
30 First Serve Won 37
16 Second Serve Won 13
10 Break Points Saved 4
16 Break Points Faced 6
- Winners -
- Unforced Errors -
1.3 Average Odds 3.2
Clay Todi challenger · 2026-08-10
6-3 7-5
- Aces -
- Double Faults -
- Service Points -
- First Serve In -
- First Serve Won -
- Second Serve Won -
- Break Points Saved -
- Break Points Faced -
- Winners -
- Unforced Errors -
1.4 Average Odds 2.8

Marco Cecchinato — Last 10

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