Gastao Elias and Francesco Forti will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Verona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CAMPO 5. 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 Gastao Elias who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gastao Elias is the pick to win this match.
Gastao Elias -> 1.78
Francesco Forti -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Gastao Elias vs. Francesco Forti
There is no head to head record between Gastao Elias and Francesco Forti since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Gastao Elias
Ranked no. 240, Gastao got to the 2nd round after defeating Andrea Arnaboldi 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Arnaboldi (6-2 6-4). During the match, Elias scored 61 points vs Arnaboldi’s 47. Elias was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Elias managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Gastao Elias was quite effective on serve to win 74% (25/34) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Elias was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Arnaboldi 3 times.
Elias has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (316-248). 20-10 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Elias has a compiled 244-170 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Elias’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Villena,M25 Vale do Lobo,the Oeiras 1 Challenger and the Oeiras 4 Challenger.
Elias has an aggregate 31-14 win-loss record in 2021, 20-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Verona Challenger
Elias has never competed in this tournament before.
Francesco Forti
Ranked no. 346 (career-high), the Italian got to the 2nd round after defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-65 6-4, Franco Agamenone 6-3 6-4 and Fletcher Scott 6-1 7-5.
In the 1st round, Francesco had a good straight sets win against Scott (6-1 7-5). During the match Forti scored 68 points vs Scott’s 44. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Forti made 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Francesco Forti was extremely efficient on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Francesco broke Scott 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
The Italian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Kiseljak and M25 Klosters.
Francesco has an aggregate 40-18 win-loss record in 2021, 34-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Elias | Forti |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 61 |
| Pts | 61-47 | 207-161 |
| Total Points | 108 | 368 |
| Winners | 25 | 89 |
| %Winners | 41% | 43% |
Elias played 1 match while Forti competed in 3 matches. Forti started his run from the qualifications while Elias had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Elias has played 4 set(s) less than Forti (2 vs 6). Therefore, Elias played 43 games less than Forti. Elias scored 25 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Forti scored 89 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Elias | Forti |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 34/56 | 114/184 |
| %1st in | 61% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 89/114 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 42/70 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 60% |
Elias struck 4 aces . Forti bagged 9 aces (3 per match). Elias won 74% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Forti won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Elias | Forti |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 10 |
| Converted | 3/3 | 10/15 |
| % Converted | 100% | 67% |
| Conceded | 4 | 18 |
| Saved | 4 | 15 |
| % Saved | 100% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Portuguese broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Elias extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 4 break points. The Italian broke his opponents 10 times with a 67% conversion rate. Forti conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Elias | |||
| R1 Arnaboldi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 61-47 | 61-47 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/56 | 34/56 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 25/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 14/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Forti | |||||
| Q1 Kovacevic |
Q3 Agamenone |
R1 Scott |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 19 | 19 | 61 | |
| pts | 68-61 | 71-56 | 68-44 | 207-161 | |
| Total points | 129 | 127 | 112 | 368 | |
| Winners | 28 | 32 | 29 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 45% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 35/63 | 43/69 | 36/52 | 114/184 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 62% | 69% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 32/43 | 29/36 | 89/114 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 74% | 81% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 14/26 | 9/16 | 42/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 54% | 56% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 3/4 | 5/8 | 10/15 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 75% | 63% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 11 | 5 | 18 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 10/11 | 4/5 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 91% | 80% | 221% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWW Tennis Scores in Verona Challenger
- Francesco FortiForti – Fletcher ScottScott (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Orlando LuzLuz (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Matija PecoticPecotic (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Nerman FaticFatic – Matteo ViolaViola (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Marco BortolottiBortolotti (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Teimuraz GabashviliGabashvili – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (6-73 6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-3 7-60) – See score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Gastao EliasElias – Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Gabriel Roveri Sidney/Marcelo ZormannRoveri Sidney/Marcelo Zormann – Nicolo Pozzani/Alessio ZanottiPozzani/Alessio Zanotti (7-61 6-1) – See score progression
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Manuel GuinardGuinard (6-4 6-74 7-66) – See score progression
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Paolo LorenziLorenzi – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-2 0-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Filippo BaldiBaldi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (1-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-3 7-6(0)) – See score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Matija PecoticPecotic (6-2 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Nerman FaticFatic – Matteo ViolaViola (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Gastao EliasElias – Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Orlando LuzLuz (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Teimuraz GabashviliGabashvili – Maxime JanvierJanvier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gastao EliasElias – Francesco FortiForti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nerman FaticFatic – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Pavel KotovKotov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida (0-0) – H2H and prediction
