Evan Furness and Luca Nardi will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Forli 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on CITTÀ DI FORLÌ. 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 Luca Nardi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Nardi is the pick to win this match.
Luca Nardi -> 1.85
Evan Furness -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Evan Furness vs. Luca Nardi
There is no head to head record between Evan Furness and Luca Nardi since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Evan Furness
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 15-21 | 3-3 | 9-14 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-15 | 0-3 | 5-5 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-31 | 2-3 | 16-12 | 19-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 46-27 | 14-1 | 26-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 290, Evan reached the 2nd round after beating Nerman Fatic 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Furness had a good straight sets win against Fatic (6-2 6-3). During the match, Furness scored 63 points vs Fatic’s 46. Evan was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Furness managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Evan Furness lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Furness put 68% of his first serves in, winning 67% (26/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the 2nd serve. Evan broke Fatic 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Furness has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (146-97). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Furness has a composed28-36 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Furness has a composed 1-0 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 1 Challenger
Furness has never competed in this tournament before.
Luca Nardi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-30 | 14-13 | 8-9 | 8-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-27 | 14-14 | 8-5 | 9-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-36 | 20-10 | 8-13 | 12-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-20 | 5-2 | 11-10 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 3-3 | 26-13 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 364, Luca reached the 2nd round after defeating Lucas Catarina 3-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Catarina, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Nardi scored 90 points vs Catarina’s 77. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Nardi recorded 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Luca Nardi was quite effective on serve to win 73% (27/37) of his 1st serve and 58% (23/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Nardi broke Catarina 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Nardi has a compiled 1-0 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Furness | Nardi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 26 |
| Pts | 63-46 | 90-77 |
| Total Points | 109 | 167 |
| Winners | 26 | 27 |
| %Winners | 41% | 30% |
Both Furness and Nardi played 1 match. At the moment, Luca Nardi conceded 1 set while Evan Furness hasn’t conceded a set so far. Furness has played 1 set(s) less than Nardi (2 vs 3). Therefore, Furness played 9 games less than Nardi. The French player scored 26 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian blasted 27 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Furness | Nardi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 39/57 | 37/77 |
| %1st in | 68% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 26/39 | 27/37 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 23/40 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 58% |
Furness scored 5 aces . Nardi scored 2 aces . Furness won 67% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Nardi won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Furness | Nardi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/12 |
| % Converted | 67% | 33% |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 75% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Furness broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Furness lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Nardi conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Furness | |||
| R1 Fatic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 63-46 | 63-46 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 39/57 | 39/57 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 26/39 | 26/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 12/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Nardi | |||
| R1 Catarina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 90-77 | 90-77 | |
| Total points | 167 | 167 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 37/77 | 37/77 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 27/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/40 | 23/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLLLWLLL Tennis Scores in Forli 1 Challenger
- Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Matteo ViolaViola (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Aidan MchughMchugh – Lorenzo AngeliniAngelini (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Luca PotenzaPotenza – Alexander RitschardRitschard (5-7 6-4 7-68) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (7-63 3-6 7-64) – See score progression
- Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Aldin SetkicSetkic (2-6 7-5 7-63) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Louis WesselsWessels (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Evan FurnessFurness – Nerman FaticFatic (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Jeremy JahnJahn (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Lucas CatarinaCatarina (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Julian LenzLenz – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexey VatutinVatutin – Nick ChappellChappell (6-75 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
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