Matteo Martineau and Matteo Gigante will square off in the 2nd round of the Sanremo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on COURT 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matteo Gigante who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Matteo Gigante is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Gigante -> 1.57
Matteo Martineau -> 2.41

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Prediction and head to head Matteo Martineau vs. Matteo Gigante

There is no head to head record between Matteo Martineau and Matteo Gigante since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Matteo Martineau

Matteo Martineau

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
322
High
170
LWLLWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 27-35 2-9 7-12 18-13 0-1 0-0
2024 30-33 2-4 7-13 18-13 3-3 0-0
2023 50-36 0-1 23-17 18-15 0-0 9-3
2022 36-31 2-1 23-20 11-9 0-1 0-0
2021 41-26 4-4 27-15 7-6 0-0 3-1

Ranked no. 362, the French player got to the 2nd round after beating David Pichler 2-6 6-2 6-4, Titouan Droguet 6-75 7-69 7-5 and Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-3 4-0 ret..

In the 1st round, Matteo had a good straight sets win against Blancaneaux (6-3 4-0 ret.). During the match, Martineau scored 56 points vs Blancaneaux’s 40. Matteo was very aggressive to blast 17 winners.

Regarding the service games, Martineau couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Matteo Martineau lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Martineau put 64% of his first serves in, winning 68% (17/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (5/14) on the 2nd serve. Martineau broke Blancaneaux 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Martineau has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (174-134). 8-4 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Martineau has an overall74-59 record in the last 7 years on clay.

The French player has an overall 10-9 win-loss record in 2022, 8-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sanremo Challenger

Martineau has never competed in this tournament before.

Sanremo Challenger
Martineau's Record

Matteo Gigante

Matteo Gigante

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
148
High
125
LWLLWLLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 27-23 9-9 15-8 1-4 2-2 0-0
2024 41-25 27-10 11-10 2-4 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

Ranked no. 541, Gigante reached the 2nd round after defeating Flavio Cobolli 2-6 6-4 6-3.

In the 1st round against Cobolli, Matteo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-3).During the match Gigante scored less points (3) than Cobolli. In fact, the world no. 362 won 86 points vs Cobolli’s. That means that Gigante was more focused during the important points. Gigante was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Gigante bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Matteo Gigante lost the serve 5 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Gigante put 55% of his first serves in, winning 65% (31/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (16/40) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Cobolli 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

The Italian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.

The Italian has an aggregate 12-4 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Sanremo Challenger
Gigante's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Martineau
M.Gigante
!
6h:08
6h:08
Time on court​
1h:59
1h:59
1h:19
1h:19
Last match​
1h:59
1h:59
!
3
3
Match played
1
1
77
77
Games Played​
27
27
9
9
Set played​​
3
3
262
262
Total points​
86
86
87.3
87.3
Avg point​
86
86
103
103
Winners
31
31
34.3
34.3
Avg Winners​
31
31
39%
39%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
4
4
2.7
2.7
Avg Aces
4
4
10
10
Double Faults
2
2
3.3
3.3
Avg Double Faults
2
2
103/149
103/149
1st won total​
31/48
31/48
69%
69%
1st won %
65%
65%
43/81
43/81
2nd won total​
16/40
16/40
53%
53%
2nd won %
40%
40%
-- Break Points --
13/31
13/31
BP won
6/9
6/9
4.3/10.3
4.3/10.3
Avg BP won
6/9
6/9
42%
42%
Won
!
67%
67%
11
11
Conceded
14
14
3.7
3.7
Avg Conceded
14
14
7
7
Broken
5
5
2.3
2.3
Avg Broken
!
5
5
4
4
Saved
9
9

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Martineau Gigante
Match played 3 1
Tot Set 9 3
Tot Games 77 27
Pts 262-235 86-89
Total Points 497 175
Winners 103 31
%Winners 39% 36%

Martineau played 3 matches while Gigante competed in 1 match. Martineau started his run from the qualifications while Gigante had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Matteo Martineau lost 2 sets, while Matteo Gigante lost 1 set. Martineau has played 6 sets more than Gigante (9 vs 3). Therefore, Martineau played 50 games more than Gigante. The French player scored 103 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian bagged 31 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Martineau Gigante
Aces 8 4
Avg per match 2.7 4
1st in 149/230 48/88
%1st in 65% 55%
1st pts 103/149 31/48
%1st pts 69% 65%
2nd pts 43/81 16/40
%2nd pts 53% 40%

Martineau recorded 8 aces (2.7 per match). Gigante struck 4 aces . Martineau won 69% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Gigante won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Martineau Gigante
Won 13 6
Converted 13/31 6/9
% Converted 42% 67%
Conceded 11 14
Saved 4 9
% Saved 36% 64%
Times Broken 7 5

Martineau broke his opponents 13 times with a 42% conversion rate. The French player surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 36% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.

Martineau
Q1
Pichler
Q3
Droguet
R1
Blancaneaux
Total
Score 2-6 6-2 6-4 6-75 7-69 7-5 6-3 4-0 ret.
Tot Set 3 3 2 8
Tot Games 26 38 13 77
pts 81-71 125-124 56-40 262-235
Total points 152 249 96 497
Winners 28 58 17 103
%Winners 35% 46% 30% 39%
SERVE
Aces 8 0 0 8
Double Faults 4 4 2 10
1st in 40/67 84/124 25/39 149/230
% 1st in 60% 68% 64% 65%
1st pts 28/40 58/84 17/25 103/149
% 1st pts 70% 69% 68% 69%
2nd pts 16/27 22/40 5/14 43/81
% 2nd pts 59% 55% 36% 53%
Breaks
Won 4 3 6 13
Converted 4/10 3/10 6/11 13/31
Converted % 40% 30% 55% 42%
Conceded 4 3 4 11
Saved 1/4 1/3 2/4 4
Saved % 25% 33% 50% 36%
Times Broken 3 2 2 7
Gigante
R1
Cobolli
Total
Score 2-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 27 27
pts 86-89 86-89
Total points 175 175
Winners 31 31
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 48/88 48/88
% 1st in 55% 55%
1st pts 31/48 31/48
% 1st pts 65% 65%
2nd pts 16/40 16/40
% 2nd pts 40% 40%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/9 6/9
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 14 14
Saved 9/14 9
Saved % 64% 21%
Times Broken 5 5

Tennis Scores in Sanremo Challenger

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