Vasek Pospisil and Matteo Gigante will face off in the 2nd round of the Forli 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 pm on CITTA’ DI FORLI’. 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 Vasek Pospisil who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Vasek Pospisil is the pick to win this match.
Vasek Pospisil -> 1.27
Matteo Gigante -> 3.76
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Prediction and head to head Vasek Pospisil vs. Matteo Gigante
There is no head to head record between Vasek Pospisil and Matteo Gigante since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Vasek Pospisil
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-11 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-14 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 7-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-22 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 35-10 | 1-2 | 3-1 |
| 2021 | 8-19 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-12 | 6-3 | 0-1 | 15-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 134, Pospisil got to the 2nd round after beating Gijs Brouwer 5-7 7-65 6-4.
In the 1st round against Brouwer, The Canadian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-65 6-4). During the match, Pospisil scored 112 points vs Brouwer’s 102. The Canadian was pretty aggressive to blast 56 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pospisil made 17 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Vasek Pospisil lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Pospisil put 65% of his first serves in, winning 85% (56/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. Vasek broke Brouwer twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Pospisil has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (250-200). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Pospisil has an aggregate 77-49 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Vasek has a compiled 1-0 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 2 Challenger
Vasek has never competed in this tournament before.
Matteo Gigante
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-20 | 24-7 | 11-10 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-29 | 10-5 | 19-18 | 1-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-20 | 9-1 | 27-15 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-15 | 2-2 | 16-7 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-9 | 1-1 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 784, Matteo reached the 2nd round after defeating Alexey Vatutin 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Vatutin (6-2 6-4). During the match Gigante scored 69 points vs Vatutin’s 53. Gigante was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Gigante scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Matteo Gigante was very effective on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Vatutin 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
The Italian has a composed 2-1 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pospisil | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 18 |
| Pts | 112-102 | 69-53 |
| Total Points | 214 | 122 |
| Winners | 56 | 23 |
| %Winners | 50% | 33% |
Both Pospisil and Gigante played 1 match. At the moment, Vasek Pospisil conceded 1 set while Matteo Gigante hasn’t conceded a set so far. Pospisil has played 1 set more than Gigante (3 vs 2). Therefore, Pospisil played 17 games more than Gigante. The Canadian scored 56 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Matteo struck 23 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pospisil | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 17 | 1 |
| 1st in | 66/102 | 29/52 |
| %1st in | 65% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 56/66 | 23/29 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 17/36 | 13/23 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 57% |
Pospisil fired 17 aces . Gigante managed to score 1 ace . Pospisil won 85% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Gigante won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pospisil | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 29% | 44% |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 |
| Saved | 5 | 0 |
| % Saved | 71% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Canadian broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Vasek conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Matteo broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Gigante conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pospisil | |||
| R1 Brouwer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 112-102 | 112-102 | |
| Total points | 214 | 214 | |
| Winners | 56 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 17 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 66/102 | 66/102 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 56/66 | 56/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/36 | 17/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Gigante | |||
| R1 Vatutin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 69-53 | 69-53 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/52 | 29/52 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 23/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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