Carlos Sanchez Jover and Francesco Forti will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Palermo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on Court 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francesco Forti who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francesco Forti is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Forti -> 1.72
Carlos Sanchez Jover -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Sanchez Jover vs. Francesco Forti
There is no head to head record between Carlos Sanchez Jover and Francesco Forti since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Carlos Sanchez Jover
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35-24 | 0-0 | 35-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 49-26 | 0-0 | 49-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 49-27 | 1-1 | 48-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-31 | 7-4 | 44-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-29 | 4-9 | 30-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 335, Carlos will start his run in the Palermo Challenger after he played his last match in the Plovdiv 4 Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Alcala Gurri in the 2nd round on the 23rd of September.
Carlos has an overall 35-24 win-loss record in 2026, 35-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Carlos’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Santander.
Talking about his overall career, The Spaniard has an overall 351-215 record. He has a positive 327-188 record on clay.
Previously in the Palermo Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Francesco Forti
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 45-22 | 0-0 | 38-19 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 30-19 | 0-3 | 30-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-33 | 20-8 | 26-21 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 31-22 | 1-1 | 29-18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 336, Francesco will start his run in the Palermo Challenger after he played his last match in the Genoa 2 Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-4 to Alberto Caniato in the semifinal on the 26th of September.
Francesco has an overall 45-22 win-loss record in 2026, 38-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Italian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
In terms of his career, Forti has an overall 289-198 record. He has a positive 208-142 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Palermo Challenger
- Filippo MoroniMoroni – Ignacio PariscaParisca (7-65 5-7 7-65) – See score progression
- Yanaki MilevMilev – Daniel SiniakovSiniakov (5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro Vives MarcosVives Marcos – Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee (w/o) – See score progression
- Kalin IvanovskiIvanovski – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Dimitris SakellaridisSakellaridis – Matyas CernyCerny (3-6 6-1 7-65) – See score progression
- Christian LangmoLangmo – Oleksandr OvcharenkoOvcharenko (6-74 7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Kalin IvanovskiIvanovski – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-4 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Filippo MoroniMoroni – Ignacio PariscaParisca (7-6(5) 5-7 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Yanaki MilevMilev – Daniel SiniakovSiniakov (5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro Vives MarcosVives Marcos – Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee (w/o) – See score progression
- Dimitris SakellaridisSakellaridis – Matyas CernyCerny (3-6 6-1 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Christian LangmoLangmo – Oleksandr OvcharenkoOvcharenko (6-7(4) 7-6(3) 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Francesco PassaroPassaro (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jay ClarkeClarke – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Louis WesselsWessels – Andrej MartinMartin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover – Francesco FortiForti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Luca PotenzaPotenza – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Sandro KoppKopp (0-0) – H2H and prediction
