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.
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
| 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.
Matteo Gigante
| 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)
.H2H Performance in the tournament
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
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Khumoun SultanovSultanov (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Matteo MartineauMartineau – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-3 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Flavio Cobolli/Matteo GiganteCobolli/Matteo Gigante – Karol Drzewiecki/Piotr MatuszewskiDrzewiecki/Piotr Matuszewski (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Mate ValkuszValkusz – Matteo DonatiDonati (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Lucas MiedlerMiedler (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Edoardo LavagnoLavagno (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexey VatutinVatutin – Robin HaaseHaase (7-5 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Borna GojoGojo (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Thomas FabbianoFabbiano – Jelle SelsSels (7-5 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Valentin VacherotVacherot (6-1 6-75 7-62) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Flavio CobolliCobolli (2-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Nerman FaticFatic – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Evgenii TiurnevTiurnev (6-3 7-612) – See score progression
- Gianluca MagerMager – Francesco FortiForti (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Valentin VacherotVacherot (6-1 6-7(5) 7-6(2)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Thomas FabbianoFabbiano – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Alexey VatutinVatutin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Gianluca MagerMager (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo MartineauMartineau – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mate ValkuszValkusz – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Nerman FaticFatic (0-0) – H2H and prediction