Gianluca Mager and Alessandro Giannessi will face off in the semifinal of the Marbella Challenger for the 4^th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:00 pm on ESTADIO MANOLO SANTANA. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gianluca Mager who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Gianluca Mager is the pick to win this match.
Gianluca Mager -> 1.66
Alessandro Giannessi -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Gianluca Mager vs. Alessandro Giannessi

This will be the 4^th time that Gianluca Mager and Alessandro Giannessi fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Giannessi (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Mager won 2-6 6-1 6-2 in the 1^st round in the Marbella Challenger back in 2020.

Gianluca Mager

Ranked no. 102, the Italian got to the semifinal after beating Carlos Sanchez Jover 6-3 6-2, Elias Ymer 6-4 6-3 and Roberto Marcora 4-6 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter against Marcora, Mager recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Mager scored 80 points vs Marcora’s 68. Mager was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Regarding the service games, Mager blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Gianluca Mager was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 89% (39/44) of his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gianluca broke Marcora 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Mager started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Mager has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (293-220). 6-4 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Mager has a 237-152 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

Mager has a 8-7 win-loss record in 2021, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Marbella Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.

Alessandro Giannessi

Ranked no. 169, Giannessi reached the semifinal after defeating Joao Domingues 6-3 6-4, Pedro Sousa 6-4 6-3 and Martin Klizan 6-0 6-3.

In the quarter, Alessandro had a good straight sets win against Klizan (6-0 6-3). During the match Giannessi scored 53 points vs Klizan’s 29. Alessandro was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Giannessi made 4 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alessandro Giannessi was very effective on serve to win 85% (22/26) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Giannessi was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Klizan 4 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Giannessi started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

Alessandro’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Antalya 2 Challenger.

Giannessi has a 12-8 win-loss record in 2021, 12-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Marbella Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Mager	Giannessi
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	6
Tot Games	63	53
Pts	221-174	185-133
Total Points	395	318
Winners	91	90
%Winners	41%	49%

Both Mager and Giannessi played 3 matches. At the moment, Gianluca Mager conceded 1 set while Alessandro Giannessi hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Mager has played 1 set more than Giannessi (7 vs 6). Therefore, Mager played 10 games more than Giannessi. The Italian scored 91 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Alessandro blasted 90 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Mager	Giannessi
Aces	17	7
Avg per match	5.7	2.3
1st in	106/176	111/167
%1st in	60%	66%
1st pts	91/106	90/111
%1st pts	86%	81%
2nd pts	39/70	27/56
%2nd pts	56%	48%

Mager struck 17 aces (5.7 per match). Giannessi struck 7 aces (2.3 per match). Mager won 86% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Giannessi won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Mager	Giannessi
Won	10	10
Converted	10/34	10/15
% Converted	29%	67%
Conceded	4	12
Saved	2	10
% Saved	50%	83%
Times Broken	2	2

Gianluca broke his opponents 10 times with a 29% conversion rate. Gianluca surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 10 times with a 67% conversion rate. Giannessi conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Mager
	R1 Sanchez	R2 Ymer	1/4 Marcora	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-4 6-3	4-6 6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	17	19	27	63
pts	71-50	70-56	80-68	221-174
Total points	121	126	148	395
Winners	28	24	39	91
%Winners	39%	34%	49%	41%
SERVE
Aces	8	2	7	17
Double Faults	1	1	2	4
1st in	31/46	31/52	44/78	106/176
% 1st in	67%	60%	56%	60%
1st pts	28/31	24/31	39/44	91/106
% 1st pts	90%	77%	89%	86%
2nd pts	8/15	13/21	18/34	39/70
% 2nd pts	53%	62%	53%	56%
Breaks
Won	3	4	3	10
Converted	3/19	4/11	3/4	10/34
Converted %	16%	36%	75%	29%
Conceded	0	3	1	4
Saved	0/0	2/3	0/1	2
Saved %	–	67%	0%	22%
Times Broken	0	1	1	2

Giannessi
	R1 Domingues	R2 Sousa	1/4 Klizan	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	6-4 6-3	6-0 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	19	19	15	53
pts	68-50	64-54	53-29	185-133
Total points	118	118	82	318
Winners	35	33	22	90
%Winners	51%	52%	42%	49%
SERVE
Aces	2	1	4	7
Double Faults	0	3	0	3
1st in	45/59	40/63	26/45	111/167
% 1st in	76%	63%	58%	66%
1st pts	35/45	33/40	22/26	90/111
% 1st pts	78%	83%	85%	81%
2nd pts	6/14	9/23	12/19	27/56
% 2nd pts	43%	39%	63%	48%
Breaks
Won	3	3	4	10
Converted	3/5	3/6	4/4	10/15
Converted %	60%	50%	100%	67%
Conceded	5	5	2	12
Saved	4/5	4/5	2/2	10
Saved %	80%	80%	100%	87%
Times Broken	1	1	0	2

Tennis Scores in Marbella Challenger

• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Taro DanielDaniel (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Martin KlizanKlizan (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Gianluca MagerMager – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Taro DanielDaniel (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Gianluca MagerMager (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (2-0) – H2H and prediction