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Andrea Pellegrino #145Italy1Lorenzo Giustino #216Italy2

Sets 4-6 · 6-2 · 1-6Tue 13 Oct 2026, 11:43 Predictions gradedFirst RoundClay

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Player Profiles

Ranking advantageAndrea Pellegrino · 71 places

Andrea Pellegrino

Italy

Italian right-hander with a clay-weighted record; reported career titles were all at Challenger/ITF level on clay. No current injury, withdrawal, or return-from-absence signal was surfaced in the prescribed searches.

Current ranking: #145
Peak ranking: #126
Current age: 29
Preferred surface: Clay
Hand: Right handed
Height: 185 cm

Lorenzo Giustino

Italy

Provided structured data lists Giustino at No. 198, right-handed with a two-handed backhand. No additional reliable current profile fact was established.

Current ranking: #216
Peak ranking: —
Current age: —
Preferred surface: Clay
Hand: Right handed
Height: 180 cm

Quick Take

Pre-match view

Context last updated 12 Oct 2026, 04:27 · Europe/Bucharest

Maia's first round on indoor clay pits Giustino's 9-3 clay run against Pellegrino's higher ranking and better second sets.

Giustino is the sounder tennis call, and at 2.6 he is the one quoted price that holds up; Pellegrino at 1.45 asks for far more than his recent clay form supplies.

Context

Giustino retired mid-match in Bari, the clearest current signal about his physical state going into Maia. A recurrence would matter because much of his recent clay success has come from absorbing long baseline exchanges, including three-set wins over Matej Dodig and Dimitar Kuzmanov in August. The limitation is that he then completed two matches at Palermo on 6 and 8 October, so no restriction is confirmed and the concern is not currently severe.
- Giustino retired in the Bari Challenger round of 16 against Matthew William Donald
- Score at retirement: 6-7(1) 6-3 3-1
- He then completed matches at the Palermo Challenger on 6 and 8 October 2026
ConfirmedSources checked 12 Oct 2026, 04:25 · Europe/Bucharest
Giustino's 9-3 clay record from 4 August to 8 October 2026 rests on long matches: 25.4 games on average, six of 12 with a tiebreak and five of his nine wins in a third set. That volume matters in a first round against a player who has also been extended. Two retirements are excluded from the sample, so the completed workload is a little lighter than it looks.
- Giustino went 9-3 across 12 completed clay matches from 4 August to 8 October 2026; two retirements are excluded from the sample.
- Five of his nine wins went to a deciding set, while only four of the 12 matches finished 2-0.
- His clay matches averaged 25.4 games, and six of the 12 contained a tiebreak, four of them in the second set.
Entering Palermo as the second seed placed Giustino among the leading challenger entrants, and he justified it with a straight-sets opening win over Christian Langmo. The defeat is the more revealing part: he took the first set 6-2 from world No. 335 Carlos Sanchez Jover and then lost the next two, an in-match reversal that recurs in his 2026 results. He therefore arrives in Maia off a loss rather than a deep run.
- Giustino was the No. 2 seed at the Palermo Challenger
- Beat Christian Langmo 6-4 6-1 in the round of 32
- Lost to Carlos Sanchez Jover 2-6 6-2 6-3 in the round of 16
ConfirmedSources checked 12 Oct 2026, 04:25 · Europe/Bucharest
A first-round exit to Dodig, the world No. 174, leaves Pellegrino with one win in his previous four Challenger appearances and no sequence of wins behind him. Remaining in Portugal between Braga and Maia removes long travel and keeps his clay preparation uninterrupted, but it does not add match sharpness. The concrete task in Maia is to convert two consecutive Portuguese clay weeks into a first main-draw win.
- Pellegrino lost 6-3 3-6 6-1 to Matej Dodig in the Braga Challenger first round
- Dodig was ranked No. 174
- Pellegrino enters the following week's event in the same country
ConfirmedSources checked 12 Oct 2026, 04:25 · Europe/Bucharest

BetBugs edges

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BetBugs probabilities

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Result1 of 1 landed

Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Market price 2.60
The read
Giustino has the better clay results and starts sets more strongly, while Pellegrino has lost his last two matches on the surface.
- Giustino won 9 of 12 completed clay matches in this window.
- Giustino took 8 of 12 opening sets on clay; Pellegrino 6 of 11.
- Pellegrino won 5 of 11 clay matches and lost his last two clay starts.
BetBugs · Match WinnerwonLorenzo GiustinoEstimated chance53%

Games2 of 3 landed

Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced
The read
Giustino's second sets are notably long and often reach tiebreaks, lifting the combined expectation.
- Giustino's clay second sets averaged 10.9 games.
- Giustino had 4 second-set tiebreaks in 12 matches.
- Pellegrino's clay second sets averaged 9.3 games.
BetBugs · Set 2 Total GameslostOver 9.5Estimated chance57%
Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced
The read
Giustino's clay matches regularly run long and he often reaches tiebreaks, pulling the combined total toward the higher line.
- Giustino's clay matches averaged 25.4 games.
- Pellegrino's clay matches averaged 22.3 games.
- Giustino played 6 tiebreak matches in 12; Pellegrino 2 in 11.
BetBugs · Total GameswonOver 23.5Estimated chance55%
Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced
The read
Combined first-set length sits just above the line, so either outcome is plausible.
- Pellegrino's clay first sets averaged 9.8 games.
- Giustino's clay first sets averaged 9.3 games.
- Pellegrino played 2 first-set tiebreaks in 11 matches.
BetBugs · Set 1 Total GameswonOver 9.5Estimated chance52%

Sets2 of 3 landed

Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced
The read
Pellegrino's straight-set habits and Giustino's quick wins make a two-set match slightly more likely.
- Pellegrino's clay matches averaged 2.36 sets.
- Pellegrino's five clay wins were all straight sets.
- Giustino won 4 of 12 clay matches in straight sets.
BetBugs · Total SetslostUnder 2.5Estimated chance54%
Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced
The read
Giustino has the better first-set record on clay in this window.
- Giustino won 8 of 12 opening sets on clay.
- Pellegrino won 6 of 11 opening sets on clay.
- Giustino's first sets averaged 9.3 games.
BetBugs · Set 1 WinnerwonLorenzo GiustinoEstimated chance53%
Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced
The read
Pellegrino's second-set record on clay is clearly the stronger of the two.
- Pellegrino won 8 of 11 second sets on clay.
- Giustino won only 6 of 12 second sets on clay.
- Giustino's second sets averaged 10.9 games with 4 tiebreaks.
BetBugs · Set 2 WinnerwonAndrea PellegrinoEstimated chance52%

Match stats0 of 1 landed

Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Lean · Not priced
The read
Giustino's clay matches reach tiebreaks often, and his long second sets make at least one likely.
- Giustino played 6 tiebreak matches in 12 on clay.
- Pellegrino played 2 tiebreak matches in 11 on clay.
- Giustino's second sets averaged 10.9 games.
BetBugs · Tiebreak in MatchlostYesEstimated chance60%

Andrea Pellegrino

6W 9L

6-3 3-6 6-1#174Matej Dodig

6-3 6-2#347Valerio Aboian

7-6(8) 6-4#437Mika Petkovic

4-6 6-3 6-4#212Colton Smith

6-3 6-2#39Zizou Bergs

3-6 6-3 6-4#139Nishesh Basavareddy

6-3 6-2#235Thiago Moura Monteiro

6-4 6-0#318Carlo Alberto Caniato

6-3 5-7 6-4#183Gonzalo Bueno

6-3 6-2—Joao Silva

7-6(3) 6-7(7) 6-3#23Andrey Rublev

6-3 6-2#152Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

3-6 6-4 6-3#231Raul Brancaccio

6-3 6-4#138Max Alcala Gurri

6-2 6-1#209Tristan Boyer

Lorenzo Giustino

9W 6L

2-6 6-2 6-3#335Carlos Sanchez Jover

6-4 6-1#534Christian Langmo

6-7(1) 6-3 3-1 ret.#418Matthew William Donald

7-5 6-7(6) 6-4#667John Sperle

6-3 7-5#449Gerard Campana Lee

6-4 7-6(4)—Matias Ponce De Leon Gomila

6-0 6-4—Enrique Carrascosa Diaz

6-0 6-3#127Grigor Dimitrov

3-6 3-2 ret.#500Benjamin Hassan

6-3 5-7 6-1#367Dimitar Kuzmanov

6-4 3-6 7-6(3)#371Henry Bernet

6-4 6-3#622Thiago Cigarran

6-3 7-6(4)#249Jerome Kym

4-6 7-5 7-6(4)#174Matej Dodig

3-6 7-6(3) 6-4#172Vitaliy Sachko

Stat Battle

Last 15 match performance, compared side by side.

APAndrea PellegrinoPellegrino

Last 15

5–3

9 core stats · 1 even

Lorenzo GiustinoGiustinoLG

Andrea Pellegrino carries the stronger recent form — Lorenzo Giustino's route runs through serve.

Serve · 3–1 · 1 even

1st Serve In57.5%+0.9pp56.6%

1st Serve Won67.1%+5.9pp73.0%

2nd Serve Won51.4%+4.4pp47.0%

Aces / Match3.5—3.7

Double Faults / Match3.10.6 fewer3.7

Return · 0–1

Return Pts Won35.2%+2.6pp37.8%

Pressure · 2–0

Break Pts Converted44.9%+5.3pp39.6%

Break Pts Saved68.1%+11.6pp56.5%

Points · 0–1

Total Pts Won48.7%+1.3pp50.0%

Serve · 3–1 · 1 even

57.5%1st Serve In+0.9pp56.6%

67.1%1st Serve Won+5.9pp73.0%

51.4%2nd Serve Won+4.4pp47.0%

3.5Aces / Match—3.7

3.1Double Faults / Match0.6 fewer3.7

Return · 0–1

35.2%Return Pts Won+2.6pp37.8%

Pressure · 2–0

44.9%Break Pts Converted+5.3pp39.6%

68.1%Break Pts Saved+11.6pp56.5%

Points · 0–1

48.7%Total Pts Won+1.3pp50.0%