Joao Menezes and Francesco Forti will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the San Marino Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:00 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 Francesco Forti who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francesco Forti is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Forti -> 1.73
Joao Menezes -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Joao Menezes vs. Francesco Forti
There is no head to head record between Joao Menezes and Francesco Forti since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Joao Menezes
Ranked no. 233, the Brazilian reached the 2nd round after defeating Gastao Elias 5-7 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Elias, Joao recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-4). During the match, Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes scored 103 points vs Elias’s 97. Joao was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Joao Menezes lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes put 62% of his first serves in, winning 66% (40/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (18/38) on the 2nd serve. The Brazilian broke Elias 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (204-148). 15-18 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes has a composed130-94 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes has a compiled 19-25 win-loss record in 2021, 15-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Marino Challenger
Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes has never competed in this tournament before.
Francesco Forti
Ranked no. 352 (career-high), the Italian reached the 2nd round after defeating Elmar Ejupovic 6-1 6-4, Vladyslav Orlov 6-1 6-4 and Gian Marco Moroni 4-6 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round against Marco Moroni, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-5). During the match Forti scored 112 points vs Marco Moroni’s 102. Forti was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Forti made 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Francesco Forti lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Forti put 65% of his first serves in, winning 66% (41/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Marco Moroni 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
The Italian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Kiseljak and M25 Klosters.
Francesco has a compiled 37-17 win-loss record in 2021, 31-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes | Forti |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 65 |
| Pts | 103-97 | 243-191 |
| Total Points | 200 | 434 |
| Winners | 40 | 84 |
| %Winners | 39% | 35% |
Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes played 1 match while Forti competed in 3 matches. Forti started his run from the qualifications while Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Joao Menezes lost 1 set, while Francesco Forti lost 1 set. Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes has played 4 set(s) less than Forti (3 vs 7). Therefore, Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes played 33 games less than Forti. Joao scored 40 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Forti struck 84 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes | Forti |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 61/99 | 119/200 |
| %1st in | 62% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 40/61 | 84/119 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 18/38 | 45/81 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 56% |
Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes bagged 2 aces . Forti struck 13 aces (4.3 per match). Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes won 66% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Forti won 71% 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 | Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes | Forti |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 13 |
| Converted | 6/14 | 13/29 |
| % Converted | 43% | 45% |
| Conceded | 9 | 11 |
| Saved | 4 | 6 |
| % Saved | 44% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Brazilian lost his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. Forti broke his opponents 13 times with a 45% conversion rate. Forti conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes | |||
| R1 Elias |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 103-97 | 103-97 | |
| Total points | 200 | 200 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 61/99 | 61/99 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 40/61 | 40/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/38 | 18/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Forti | |||||
| Q1 Ejupovic |
Q3 Orlov |
R1 Marco Moroni |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-1 6-4 | 4-6 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | 31 | 65 | |
| pts | 66-45 | 65-44 | 112-102 | 243-191 | |
| Total points | 111 | 109 | 214 | 434 | |
| Winners | 20 | 23 | 41 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 35% | 37% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 26/52 | 31/53 | 62/95 | 119/200 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 58% | 65% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 23/31 | 41/62 | 84/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 74% | 66% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 15/22 | 17/33 | 45/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 68% | 52% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 3/8 | 5/15 | 13/29 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 38% | 33% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/0 | 5/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 56% | 106% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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