Maxime Cressy and Matteo Gigante will play each other in the 2nd round of the Forli 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CAMPO CITTÀ DI FORLÌ. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maxime Cressy who should win in 2 sets.
Maxime Cressy -> 1.166
Matteo Gigante -> 5.1
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Prediction and head to head Maxime Cressy vs. Matteo Gigante
There is no head to head record between Maxime Cressy and Matteo Gigante since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Maxime Cressy
Ranked no. 112 (career-high), Cressy reached the 2nd round after beating Jelle Sels 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Maxime had a good straight sets win against Sels (6-3 6-2). During the match, Cressy scored 60 points vs Sels’s 35. Cressy was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cressy made 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Maxime Cressy was pretty efficient on serve to win 95% (21/22) of his 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Maxime broke Sels 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Cressy has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 62% of his matches (161-99). 15-7 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Cressy has an overall53-22 record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Cressy’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Eckental Challenger,the Ortisei Challenger and the Forli 2 Challenger.
The American has a composed 42-31 win-loss record in 2021, 15-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 3 Challenger
Matteo Gigante
Ranked no. 882, Gigante reached the 2nd round after defeating Marek Gengel 6-2 3-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Gigante defeated Gengel (6-2 3-6 6-2). During the match Gigante scored 90 points vs Gengel’s 73. Gigante was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Gigante bagged 2 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Matteo Gigante was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (36/51) of his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gigante broke Gengel 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Matteo’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Antalya.
Gigante has a composed 21-14 win-loss record in 2021, 3-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cressy | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 25 |
| Pts | 60-35 | 90-73 |
| Total Points | 95 | 163 |
| Winners | 21 | 36 |
| %Winners | 35% | 40% |
Both Cressy and Gigante played 1 match. At the moment, Matteo Gigante lost 1 set while Maxime Cressy hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Cressy has played 1 set(s) less than Gigante (2 vs 3). Therefore, Cressy played 8 games less than Gigante. Maxime scored 21 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Gigante struck 36 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cressy | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 2 |
| 1st in | 22/37 | 51/79 |
| %1st in | 59% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 21/22 | 36/51 |
| %1st pts | 95% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 18/28 |
| %2nd pts | 73% | 64% |
Cressy managed to score 9 aces . Gigante blasted 2 aces . Cressy won 95% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Gigante won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cressy | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 44% | 44% |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Maxime pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Gigante conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cressy | |||
| R1 Sels | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 60-35 | 60-35 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 22/37 | 22/37 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 21/22 | 21/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 95% | 95% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 11/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Gigante | |||
| R1 Gengel | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 90-73 | 90-73 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 51/79 | 51/79 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 36/51 | 36/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/28 | 18/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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