Lorenzo Musetti vs Corentin Moutet Tips, Prediction & Live Stream - Musetti to advance into Barcelona quarters

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Andrew Hendrie 16 Apr 2026

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Lorenzo Musetti vs Corentin Moutet predictions for Thursday's ATP Barcelona R2
Musetti has won 20 of his last 25 matches on clay, including nine straight vs players outside the top 30
Musetti has won the two previous meetings between the pair in straight sets
The match is scheduled to start around 12.00am AEST on Thursday April 17

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Lorenzo Musetti (Photo by Getty Images)

Lorenzo Musetti vs Corentin Moutet Tips, Prediction & Live Stream

Lorenzo Musetti continues his Barcelona Open title pursuit when he comes up against the enigmatic Corentin Moutet for a place in the quarter-finals on Thursday.

Lorenzo Musetti vs Corentin Moutet Tips, Prediction & Live Stream
Musetti vs Moutet Stats & Trends
Musetti vs Moutet Head To Head
Lorenzo Musetti Form Analysis
Corentin Moutet Form Analysis
Musetti vs Moutet Live Stream

With Carlos Alcaraz pulling out of the tournament due to injury, Musetti now has an excellent opportunity to go all the way in Barcelona. It would be a much-needed confidence boost for the Italian, with Musetti struggling over the last few months with injury and winning his first match since the Australian Open in his Barcelona opener against the rising Martin Landaluce.

Meanwhile, Moutet remains one of the tour's most unpredictable characters - you never know what you're going to get from point to point with the crafty Frenchman, but his record against the top 10 does leave a lot to be desired.

Indeed, Moutet has lost 20 of his 22 matches against the world's top 10 - and 14 of those defeats have come in straight sets. Musetti played a good match against Valentin Vacherot in Monte Carlo and finished strongly against Landaluce. He's also beaten Moutet twice before in straight sets. The second seed should be too good here.

Musetti vs Moutet Stats & Trends

Moutet is 2-20 vs top 10 players in his career
Fourteen of those 20 defeats have come in straight sets
Moutet has lost in R2 of his last three tournaments
Musetti is 2-0 vs Moutet, with both wins coming in straight sets
Musetti has won 20 of his last 25 matches on clay
Musetti has won his last nine matches on clay vs players outside the top 30, with seven coming in straight sets

Musetti vs Moutet Head To Head

Musetti leads 2-0, winning both matches easily in 2025 in Vienna and Buenos Aires.

Year	Winner	Event	Round	Surface	Score
2025	Lorenzo Musetti	Vienna	Quarterfinal	Indoor Hard	6–3, 6–4
2025	Lorenzo Musetti	Buenos Aires	Round of 16	Outdoor Clay	6–2, 6–3

Lorenzo Musetti Form Analysis

2026 Record: 8-4
ATP Barcelona Record: 6-4
Current Ranking: No. 9
Career-High Ranking: No. 5 (Jan 2026)

Musetti pushed himself to the limit late last season in his successful bid to qualify for the ATP Finals for the first time, and the toll has carried into 2026.

The Italian arrived in Barcelona still searching for his first win since the Australian Open, where he was forced to retire from his quarter-final clash against Novak Djokovic with a leg injury.

His return came at Indian Wells, but it ended quickly with a straight-sets defeat to Marton Fucsovics. An arm issue then ruled him out of Miami, and despite additional time to recover, his struggles continued with an opening-round loss in Monte Carlo to Valentin Vacherot.

However, Musetti played his best tennis since January in his Barcelona opener against the in-form Martin Landaluce. The 24-year-old recovered from a slow start and 1-4 deficit in the opening set to prevail 7-5 6-2.

Corentin Moutet Form Analysis

2026 Record: 6-7
ATP Barcelona Record: 3-2
Current Ranking: No. 31
Career-High Ranking: No. 31 (Nov 2025)

Moutet comes into this clash at his career-high ranking of No. 31, but he hasn't really been on a deep run at any tournament so far in 2026, so he'll have to pick things up soon if he's to continue his progress.

The Frenchman made the third round of the Australian Open, but then suffered first round exits at Delray Beach, Acapulco and Indian Wells.

Moutet has managed to win at least one match at every event since, but he hasn't been able to convert those into any meaningful tournaments, losing in the second round of Miami, Marrakech and Monte Carlo.

The 26-year-old will be hoping to avoid a fourth consecutive second round exit in Barcelona after he got the better of Ignacio Buse 6-4 6-4 in his opening round.