Salvatore Caruso vs Stefano NapolitanoPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Salvatore Caruso and Stefano Napolitano have met 5 times since 2018; Stefano Napolitano leads 4–1. Their first meeting came at Wimbledon in 2018 on grass. On clay courts Napolitano leads 3–0. Napolitano has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Caruso has taken 5 sets to Napolitano's 9. Their most recent meeting: Stefano Napolitano won at Verona Challenger (2023).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Caruso | Napolitano | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Salvatore Caruso | Stefano Napolitano | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | 69% | 25/36 | |
| Wins a set when losing | — | 33% | 7/21 | |
| Goes to a deciding set | — | 32% | 18/57 | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 58% | 18/31 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | 60% | 12/20 | |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 48% | 10/21 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | 91% | 32/35 | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | 71% | 25/35 | |
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. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 1 of 5 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Caruso 0, Napolitano 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Caruso
⚔️ The Gladiator
Napolitano
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 55% vs ⚔️ The Gladiator across 1,349 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
5 career meetings, newest first
Jul 26, 2023
Verona Challenger
C Clay · 1st Round
May 31, 2022
Forli 6 Challenger
C Clay · 1st Round
Oct 15, 2019
Hamburg
H Hard · Round of 16
Sep 12, 2019
Florence
C Clay · Round of 32
Jul 2, 2018
Wimbledon
G Grass · 2nd Round Qualifying
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Caruso | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 2–6 |
| Avg odds | - | 2.29 |
| ROI % | - | -60.8% |
| Units P/L | - | -4.86u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Caruso | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 1 |
| Events | — | 1 |
| Matches | — | 2 |
| Distance | — | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | — | ITA |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. 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.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Raul Brancaccio
Tenerife 3 · 2nd Round Qualifying
Feb 26
Timofey Skatov
Tenerife 3 · 1st Round Qualifying
Feb 25
Matteo Gigante
Tenerife 2 Challenger · Quarterfinals
Feb 23
Jesper de Jong
Tenerife 2 Challenger · 2nd Round
Feb 21
Mitchell Krueger
Tenerife 2 Challenger · 1st Round
Feb 20
Raul Brancaccio
Tenerife 2 · 2nd Round Qualifying
Feb 19
Oleksii Krutykh
Tenerife 2 · 1st Round Qualifying
Feb 18
Yanaki Milev
Manama · 1st Round Qualifying
Feb 12
Oriol Roca Batalla
Biella Challenger · 2nd Round
Sep 16
Alex Marti Pujolras
Biella Challenger · 1st Round
Sep 15
Stefano Travaglia
Genoa Challenger · 1st Round
Sep 8
Henry Bernet
Como Challenger · 1st Round
Sep 1
Mackenzie McDonald
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 25
Ugo Blanchet
Quebec City Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 17
Alexandre Muller
San Marino Challenger · 1st Round
Jul 27
Zsombor Piros
Zug Challenger · 1st Round
Jul 20
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 57–57 matches
| Metric | Caruso | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | - | 63% |
| Sets won | - | 60% |
| Games won | - | 54% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Caruso | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| ATP Challenger Tour | 1 | 3 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Caruso | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
| Clay | 0 | 3 |
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
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