Lorenzo Giustino and Carlos Sanchez Jover will square off in the 2nd round of the Palermo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:30 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lorenzo Giustino who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lorenzo Giustino is the pick to win this match.
Lorenzo Giustino -> 1.84
Carlos Sanchez Jover -> 1.84
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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Giustino vs. Carlos Sanchez Jover
There is no head to head record between Lorenzo Giustino and Carlos Sanchez Jover since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Lorenzo Giustino
29 - 27win/loss
216
127
WLWLWWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29-27 | 9-8 | 20-18 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 58-32 | 9-5 | 47-23 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 56-33 | 7-5 | 47-23 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-38 | 14-16 | 10-19 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-37 | 3-5 | 19-26 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 216, Lorenzo reached the 2nd round after beating Christian Langmo 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, Lorenzo had a good straight sets win against Langmo (6-4 6-1). During the match, Giustino scored 60 points vs Langmo’s 49. Lorenzo was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Giustino scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Lorenzo Giustino lost the serve once. Furthermore, Giustino put 64% of his first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Langmo 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Giustino has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (348-323). 20-18 on clay in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Giustino has an aggregate 265-215 record in the last years on clay.
Lorenzo’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Liege Challenger.
Lorenzo has an overall 29-27 win-loss record in 2026, 20-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Palermo Challenger
Lorenzo has never competed in this tournament before.
Carlos Sanchez Jover
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36-24 | 0-0 | 36-23 | 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, Sanchez got to the 2nd round after defeating Francesco Forti 6-4 3-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Sanchez defeated Forti (6-4 3-6 6-4).During the match Sanchez scored less points (3) than Forti. In fact, the world no. 216 won 97 points vs Forti’s. That means that Sanchez was more focused during the important points. Sanchez was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Sanchez scored 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Carlos Sanchez Jover lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez put 63% of his first serves in, winning 67% (43/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (18/38) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Forti 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Carlos’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Santander.
Carlos has a compiled 36-24 win-loss record in 2026, 36-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Giustino | Sanchez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 29 |
| Pts | 60-49 | 97-100 |
| Total Points | 109 | 197 |
| Winners | 24 | 43 |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% |
Both Giustino and Sanchez played 1 match. At the moment, Carlos Sanchez Jover dropped 1 set while Lorenzo Giustino hasn’t lost a set so far. Giustino has played 1 set(s) less than Sanchez (2 vs 3). Therefore, Giustino played 12 games less than Sanchez. The Italian scored 24 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Sanchez struck 43 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Giustino | Sanchez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5 |
| 1st in | 35/55 | 64/102 |
| %1st in | 64% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 43/64 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 18/38 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 47% |
Giustino scored 1 ace . Sanchez also struck 5 aces . Giustino won 69% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Giustino | Sanchez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 40% | 36% |
| Conceded | 1 | 11 |
| Saved | 0 | 8 |
| % Saved | 0% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Lorenzo lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Carlos broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Sanchez conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Giustino | |||
| R1 Langmo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 60-49 | 60-49 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/55 | 35/55 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 24/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Sanchez | |||
| R1 Forti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 97-100 | 97-100 | |
| Total points | 197 | 197 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 64/102 | 64/102 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 43/64 | 43/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/38 | 18/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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