Salvatore Caruso and Francesco Forti will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Perugia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Salvatore Caruso who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Salvatore Caruso is the pick to win this match.
Salvatore Caruso -> 1.66
Francesco Forti -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Salvatore Caruso vs. Francesco Forti
There is no head to head record between Salvatore Caruso and Francesco Forti since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Salvatore Caruso
Ranked no. 96, Salvatore got to the 2nd round after defeating Luca Vanni 7-65 6-4.
In the 1st round, Caruso had a good straight sets win against Vanni (7-65 6-4). During the match, Caruso scored 73 points vs Vanni’s 59. Salvatore was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Caruso bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Salvatore Caruso was quite effective on serve to win 89% (34/38) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Caruso broke Vanni once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Caruso has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (317-252). 4-8 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Caruso has an aggregate192-136 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Italian has an overall 7-15 win-loss record in 2021, 4-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Perugia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2018. See his history.
Francesco Forti
Ranked no. 380 (career-high), Forti reached the 2nd round after defeating Andrea Collarini 4-6 7-5 6-1.
In the 1st round against Collarini, Forti recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-1). During the match Forti scored 99 points vs Collarini’s 87. Forti was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Forti bagged 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Francesco Forti was quite effective on serve to win 74% (42/57) of his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Italian broke Collarini 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
The Italian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Kiseljak and M25 Klosters.
The Italian has a composed 30-13 win-loss record in 2021, 24-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Caruso | Forti |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 29 |
| Pts | 73-59 | 99-87 |
| Total Points | 132 | 186 |
| Winners | 34 | 42 |
| %Winners | 47% | 42% |
Both Caruso and Forti played 1 match. At the moment, Francesco Forti surrendered 1 set while Salvatore Caruso hasn’t lost a set so far. Caruso has played 1 set(s) less than Forti (2 vs 3). Therefore, Caruso played 6 games less than Forti. Caruso scored 34 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Francesco bagged 42 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Caruso | Forti |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 8 |
| 1st in | 38/58 | 57/91 |
| %1st in | 66% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 34/38 | 42/57 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 19/34 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 56% |
Caruso scored 6 aces . Forti struck 8 aces . Caruso won 89% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Forti won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Caruso | Forti |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 4 |
| Converted | 1/4 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 25% | 44% |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 |
| Saved | 0 | 7 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Salvatore broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. Salvatore pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Forti broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Francesco conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Caruso | |||
| R1 Vanni |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 73-59 | 73-59 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/58 | 38/58 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 34/38 | 34/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 14/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 1/4 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Forti | |||
| R1 Collarini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 99-87 | 99-87 | |
| Total points | 186 | 186 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 57/91 | 57/91 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 42/57 | 42/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 19/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWLWW Tennis Scores in Perugia Challenger
- Lukas KleinKlein – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (6-75 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni – Evan FurnessFurness (2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Dmitry PopkoPopko (2-6 7-5 7-63) – See score progression
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (1-6 7-65 6-0) – See score progression
- Nerman FaticFatic – Pedro CachinCachin (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Andrej MartinMartin (6-3 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Francesco PassaroPassaro (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Thomas FabbianoFabbiano (6-1 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Filippo BaldiBaldi – Nuno BorgesBorges (3-6 3-5 ret.) – See score progression
- Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker – Yannick MadenMaden (7-63 6-1) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Federico GaioGaio (2-6 6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi (7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Francesco FortiForti – Andrea CollariniCollarini (4-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Luca VanniVanni (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Francesco PassaroPassaro (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Timofey SkatovSkatov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Francesco FortiForti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Nerman FaticFatic (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filippo BaldiBaldi – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Lukas KleinKlein (0-0) – H2H and prediction
