Federico Gaio and Dominic Stephan Stricker will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Ortisei Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominic Stephan Stricker who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dominic Stephan Stricker is the pick to win this match.
Dominic Stephan Stricker -> 1.66
Federico Gaio -> 2.10
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Prediction and head to head Federico Gaio vs. Dominic Stephan Stricker
There is no head to head record between Federico Gaio and Dominic Stephan Stricker since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Federico Gaio
Ranked no. 151, the Italian reached the 2nd round after defeating Nicola Kuhn 6-3 7-65.
In the 1st round, Federico had a good straight sets win against Kuhn (6-3 7-65). During the match, Gaio scored 69 points vs Kuhn’s 58. Gaio was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gaio bagged 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Federico Gaio was extremely efficient on serve to win 84% (27/32) of his 1st serve and 82% (18/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gaio broke Kuhn twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Gaio has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (381-302). 12-8 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gaio has an aggregate 38-42 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Federico’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Todi Challenger.
Federico has a composed 35-34 win-loss record in 2021, 12-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ortisei Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2016, 2019 and 2020. See his history.
Dominic Stephan Stricker
Ranked no. 243 (career-high), Stephan reached the 2nd round after defeating Matteo Viola 6-4 3-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, Dominic defeated Viola (6-4 3-6 7-5). During the match Stephan scored 92 points vs Viola’s 82. Dominic was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Stephan bagged 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Dominic Stephan Stricker was very effective on serve to win 75% (41/55) of his 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Swiss broke Viola 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in the Lugano Challenger where he defeated Vitaliy Sachko in the final 6-4 6-2.
Stephan has an overall 25-16 win-loss record in 2021, 13-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ortisei Challenger
Stephan has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gaio | Stephan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 31 |
| Pts | 69-58 | 92-82 |
| Total Points | 127 | 174 |
| Winners | 27 | 41 |
| %Winners | 39% | 45% |
Both Gaio and Stephan played 1 match. At the moment, Dominic Stephan Stricker dropped 1 set while Federico Gaio hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Gaio has played 1 set(s) less than Stephan (2 vs 3). Therefore, Gaio played 9 games less than Stephan. The Italian scored 27 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss bagged 41 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gaio | Stephan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 13 |
| 1st in | 32/54 | 55/84 |
| %1st in | 59% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 41/55 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 18/22 | 19/29 |
| %2nd pts | 82% | 66% |
Gaio fired 11 aces . Stephan bagged 13 aces . Gaio won 84% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 82% of the points. On the other side, Stephan won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gaio | Stephan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 29% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Gaio broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Federico pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Swiss broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Dominic conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gaio | |||
| R1 Kuhn |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 69-58 | 69-58 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/54 | 32/54 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 27/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/22 | 18/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 82% | 82% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Stephan | |||
| R1 Viola |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 92-82 | 92-82 | |
| Total points | 174 | 174 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 55/84 | 55/84 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 41/55 | 41/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/29 | 19/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Ortisei Challenger
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Alexander CozbinovCozbinov (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Marius CopilCopil – Alexander WeisWeis (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Nerman FaticFatic – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (6-76 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Matthias BachingerBachinger – Tobias SimonSimon (6-3 6-79 7-66) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (6-4 7-61) – See score progression
- Lucas MiedlerMiedler – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (7-69 6-0) – See score progression
- Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker – Matteo ViolaViola (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Federico GaioGaio – Nicola KuhnKuhn (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Oscar OtteOtte – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (7-61 7-64) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Emilio GomezGomez (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Luca NardiNardi (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Mirza BasicBasic – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (6-4 7-6(1)) – See score progression
- Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker – Matteo ViolaViola (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Marius CopilCopil – Alexander WeisWeis (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mirza BasicBasic – Quentin HalysHalys (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oscar OtteOtte – Matthias BachingerBachinger (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Nerman FaticFatic – Marius CopilCopil (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven – Maxime CressyCressy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Daniel MasurMasur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Lucas MiedlerMiedler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
