Luca Potenza and Omar Giacalone will face off in the quarter of the Monastir (M15) for the 1st time in their career. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Omar Giacalone who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Omar Giacalone is the pick to win this match.
Omar Giacalone -> 1.65
Luca Potenza -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Luca Potenza vs. Omar Giacalone
There is no head to head record between Luca Potenza and Omar Giacalone since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Luca Potenza
Ranked no. 766 (career high), the Italian reached the quarter after defeating Aziz Ouakaa 6-2 6-2 and Lucas Poullain 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Potenza had a good straight sets win against Poullain (6-4 6-4). During the match Potenza scored 78 points vs Poullain’s 69. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Potenza was unable to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Luca Potenza lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Potenza put 70% of his first serves in, winning 66% (33/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the 2nd serve. Potenza broke Poullain 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Luca hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Potenza has a fantastic match record in the last 3 years having won 70% of his matches (52-22). 23-5 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Potenza has a 45-14 win-loss record in the last 3 years on hard.
Luca’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.
Luca has a 26-6 win-loss record in 2020, 23-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Monastir (M15)
Potenza didn’t compete in Monastir (M15) in 2019.
Omar Giacalone
Ranked no. 894, Giacalone reached the quarter after defeating Dan Added 6-1 6-2 and Jean Thirouin 6-75 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Thirouin, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-4 6-3). During the match Giacalone scored 122 points vs Thirouin’s 106. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Giacalone struck 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Omar Giacalone lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Giacalone put 58% of his first serves in, winning 70% (45/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (24/47) on the 2nd serve. Omar broke Thirouin 6 times after converting 33% of his break points (6/18).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Omar has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Giacalone’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Heraklion.
Giacalone has a 26-7 win-loss record in 2020, 26-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Potenza | Giacalone |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 47 |
| Pts | 142-114 | 182-143 |
| Total Points | 256 | 325 |
| Winners | 53 | 65 |
| %Winners | 37% | 36% |
Both Potenza and Giacalone played 2 matches. At the moment, Omar Giacalone surrendered 1 set while Luca Potenza hasn’t conceded a set so far. Potenza has played 1 set(s) less than Giacalone (4 vs 5). Therefore, Potenza played 11 games less than Giacalone. Potenza scored 53 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian fired 65 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Potenza | Giacalone |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 5 |
| 1st in | 77/116 | 91/168 |
| %1st in | 66% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 53/77 | 65/91 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 25/39 | 41/77 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 53% |
Potenza didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Giacalone fired 10 aces (5 per match). Potenza won 69% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Giacalone won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Potenza | Giacalone |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 11 |
| Converted | 7/19 | 11/28 |
| % Converted | 37% | 39% |
| Conceded | 4 | 15 |
| Saved | 3 | 10 |
| % Saved | 75% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
Potenza broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Potenza conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Giacalone broke his opponents 11 times with a 39% conversion rate. Omar conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Potenza | ||||
| R1 Ouakaa |
R2 Poullain |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 36 | |
| pts | 64-45 | 78-69 | 142-114 | |
| Total points | 109 | 147 | 256 | |
| Winners | 20 | 33 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 42% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 27/45 | 50/71 | 77/116 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 70% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 33/50 | 53/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 66% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 12/21 | 25/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 57% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 3/6 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 50% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Giacalone | ||||
| R1 Added |
R2 Thirouin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-75 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 32 | 47 | |
| pts | 60-37 | 122-106 | 182-143 | |
| Total points | 97 | 228 | 325 | |
| Winners | 20 | 45 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 37% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 27/57 | 64/111 | 91/168 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 58% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 45/64 | 65/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 70% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 24/47 | 41/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 51% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 6/18 | 11/28 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5/9 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 56% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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