Gonzalo Villanueva vs Stefano NapolitanoPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇦🇷Gonzalo Villanueva
#321 · 31 yrs · R
3 meetings · sets 4–4
🇮🇹Stefano Napolitano
#228 · 31 yrs · R
5w3Gonzalo Villanueva and Stefano Napolitano have met 3 times since 2023; Stefano Napolitano leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at Trieste in 2023 on clay. On clay courts Napolitano leads 2–1. Across all meetings Villanueva has taken 4 sets to Napolitano's 4. Their most recent meeting: Gonzalo Villanueva won at Cordenons Challenger (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Villanueva | Napolitano | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Gonzalo Villanueva | Stefano Napolitano | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 75% | 43/57 | 73% | 30/41 |
| Wins a set when losing | 30% | 10/33 | 26% | 5/19 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 27% | 24/90 | 27% | 16/60 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 75% | 27/36 | 62% | 23/37 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 60% | 24/40 | 59% | 10/17 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 58% | 11/19 | 50% | 10/20 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 92% | 46/50 | 95% | 37/39 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 86% | 43/50 | 77% | 30/39 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 1 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Villanueva 1, Napolitano 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Villanueva
⚔️ The Gladiator
Napolitano
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 56% vs ⚔️ The Gladiator across 1,159 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Stefano Napolitano.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the the gladiator's physical intensity.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Jul 17, 2026
Cordenons Challenger
C Clay · Quarterfinals
Jul 24, 2023
Verona
C Clay · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jul 17, 2023
Trieste
C Clay · 2nd Round Qualifying
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Villanueva | Napolitano | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Gonzalo Villanueva | Stefano Napolitano | ||
| 1 or more | 84% | 26/31 | 100% | 5/5 |
| 3 or more | 29% | 9/31 | 60% | 3/5 |
| 5 or more | 10% | 3/31 | 20% | 1/5 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/31 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/31 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/31 | 0% | 0/5 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Villanueva | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 28–9 | 3–3 |
| Avg odds | 1.77 | 2.40 |
| ROI % | +21.2% | +3.8% |
| Units P/L | +7.83u | +0.23u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Villanueva | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 14 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | PAR → ARG | — |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Napolitano has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Villanueva's 50%).
| Opponent | Villanueva | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Barrena | L 46 26 | W 64 36 76 |
| Matias Soto | W 46 63 75 | W 61 76 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Joaquin Aguilar Cardozo
M15 Mar Del Plata · Semifinals
Aug 29
Santiago De La Fuente
M15 Mar Del Plata · Quarterfinals
Aug 28
Vito Antonio Darderi
M15 Mar Del Plata · 2nd Round
Aug 27
Leonel Cesar Castro
M15 Mar Del Plata · 1st Round
Aug 26
Joaquin Aguilar Cardozo
M15 Asuncion · Final
Aug 22
Dakotah Bobo
M15 Asuncion · Semifinals
Aug 21
Bastian Malla
M15 Asuncion · Quarterfinals
Aug 20
Felipe De Dios
M15 Asuncion · 2nd Round
Aug 19
Alexandre Muller
San Marino Challenger · 1st Round
Jul 27
Gonzalo Villanueva
Cordenons Challenger · Quarterfinals
Jul 17
Alex Barrena
Cordenons Challenger · 2nd Round
Jul 15
Felix Balshaw
Cordenons Challenger · 1st Round
Jul 13
Oscar Otte
Bundesliga - men
Jul 12
Vitaliy Sachko
Bundesliga - men
Jul 10
Billy Harris
Wimbledon · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 22
Franco Agamenone
Parma Challenger · 1st Round
Jun 15
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 60–90 matches
| Metric | Villanueva | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 63% | 68% |
| Sets won | 61% | 64% |
| Games won | 55% | 55% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Villanueva | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 1 | 2 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Villanueva | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 2 |
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