

What Time Will Marco Trungelliti Play Against Holger Rune?
Trungelliti and Rune are on the Day 4 Schedule at Hamburg Open 2024 on Thursday 18 July 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
[Q] Marco Trungelliti from Argentina and [2] Holger Rune from Denmark are set to face each other in their first tour-level meeting. They have previously met twice in other tournaments, with Rune winning both matches. The first meeting took place in the 20 M15 Valldoriex tournament in Spain, where Rune defeated Trungelliti in a three-set match. The second encounter happened in the Biella 7 CH tournament in Italy, with Rune again emerging victorious in a closely contested three-set match.
Trungelliti, who is 34 years old, is currently ranked at No. 151 in the world and has a career-high ranking of No. 112. In 2024, he has had a 3-1 record, reaching the third round of Barcelona and the second round of Hamburg. Some notable highlights of his career include breaking into the top 200 in 2012 and achieving his career-high ranking after reaching the quarterfinals of the 2019 Sao Paulo tournament. He has also qualified for the main draw of Grand Slam events eight times, including a memorable victory over No. 10 Cilic in the first round of the 2016 Roland Garros. Trungelliti’s determination is evident through his 10-hour drive from Barcelona to Paris with his grandmother after receiving a lucky loser spot at the 2018 Roland Garros, where he defeated Tomic in the first round. He has a Challenger record of 224-190, with wins over former or future top-10 players such as Alcaraz, Massu, Medvedev, Pouille, Robredo, and Schwartzman. Trungelliti has also won titles at the 2018 Barletta, 2019 Florence, and 2024 Kigali-2 tournaments. This match against Rune will be his third against a top-20 opponent, with previous victories against No. 10 Cilic and a loss to No. 7 Nishikori.
On the other hand, Holger Rune is 21 years old and currently ranked No. 17 in the world, with a
career-high ranking of No. 4. He had a successful 2024 season, with a 26-14 win-loss record and reaching the final of the Brisbane tournament. Rune had an impressive junior career, reaching the top 1 ranking before breaking into the top 100 in January 2022. He continued his ascent in the rankings, entering the top 50 in May 2022 and reaching a career-high ranking of No. 4 in August 2023, becoming the highest-ranked Danish player in ATP Rankings history. Rune made history at the 2022 ATP Masters 1000 Paris by becoming the first player since the start of the ATP Tour in 1990 to earn five top-10 wins at a single event other than the Nitto ATP Finals, capturing the title at the age of 19. He also had strong performances in ATP Masters 1000 events, compiling an 18-5 record from 2022 Paris to 2023 Rome, finishing as the runner-up in Monte Carlo and Rome. Rune had an impressive seven-match winning streak against top-5 opponents, ultimately ending with a loss to No. 3 Medvedev in the 2023 ATP Masters 1000 Rome final. He closed the 2022 season with a 19-2 run and has a perfect 17-0 record on clay against players ranked outside the top 50 since the start of the 2023 season. Rune’s notable achievement includes reaching the quarterfinals of the 2022 Roland Garros, becoming the first Danish man to do so in the tournament’s history and the first Danish man to reach any Grand Slam quarterfinal in the Open Era.
This match against Trungelliti will be Rune’s first ATP Tour quarterfinal since reaching the semifinals in Munich in April. He has been particularly successful on German clay, boasting a 12-2 record and winning titles in Munich in 2022 and 2023. Rune has been dominant on clay, winning all his matches against players ranked outside the top 50 since the beginning of the 2023 season.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Trungelliti will win.
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