Gastao Elias and Alessandro Giannessi will play each other in the final of the Oeiras 2 Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:30 pm on CENTRAL COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gastao Elias who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Gastao Elias is the pick to win this match.
Gastao Elias -> 1.57
Alessandro Giannessi -> 2.4

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Prediction and head to head Gastao Elias vs. Alessandro Giannessi

This will be the 3^rd time that Gastao Elias and Alessandro Giannessi play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Elias and Giannessi (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Elias won 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in the Oeiras 1 Challenger back in April 2022.

Gastao Elias

Ranked no. 173, Elias got to the final after beating Sebastian Fanselow 6-1 6-2, Nuno Borges 2-6 7-5 6-3, Zsombor Piros 6-4 5-7 6-3 and Zdenek Kolar 2-6 6-2 6-1.

In the semifinal against Kolar, The Portuguese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-1). During the match, Elias scored 79 points vs Kolar’s 61. The Portuguese was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Elias fired 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Gastao Elias lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Elias put 60% of his first serves in, winning 62% (29/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the 2nd serve. Gastao broke Kolar 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Elias has conceded 3 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Elias has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (304-231). 11-2 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Elias has an aggregate 232-152 match record in the last years on clay.

Gastao’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Oeiras 1 Challenger.

Gastao has an overall 15-6 win-loss record in 2022, 11-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Oeiras 2 Challenger

Alessandro Giannessi

Ranked no. 178, Giannessi reached the final after defeating Luciano Darderi 4-6 7-6⁵ 6-1, Fabian Marozsan 5-7 7-6⁴ 6-4, Christopher O Connell 6-4 6-4 and Jozef Kovalik 2-6 6-4 7-5.

In the semifinal against Kovalik, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 7-5).During the match Giannessi scored less points (1) than Kovalik. In fact, the world no. 173 won 99 points vs Kovalik’s. That means that Giannessi was more focused during the important points. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Giannessi scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Alessandro Giannessi lost the serve 5 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Giannessi put 56% of his first serves in, winning 67% (39/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (19/45) on the 2nd serve. Giannessi broke Kovalik 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alessandro has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

Giannessi’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 2 Challenger,the Oeiras 1 Challenger and the Oeiras 2 Challenger.

Alessandro has a composed 13-8 win-loss record in 2022, 11-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Oeiras 2 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Elias	Giannessi
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	11	11
Tot Games	98	115
Pts	339-279	397-377
Total Points	618	774
Winners	125	176
%Winners	37%	44%

Both Elias and Giannessi played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Gastao Elias lost 3 sets, while Alessandro Giannessi lost 3 sets. Talking about their workload, Elias and Giannessi have played the same amount of sets 11. However, Elias played 17 games less than Giannessi. Gastao scored 125 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Giannessi recorded 176 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Elias	Giannessi
Aces	14	6
Avg per match	3.5	1.5
1st in	184/315	263/384
%1st in	58%	68%
1st pts	125/184	176/263
%1st pts	68%	67%
2nd pts	70/131	47/121
%2nd pts	53%	39%

Elias managed to score 14 aces (3.5 per match). Giannessi recorded 6 aces (1.5 per match). Elias won 68% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Giannessi won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Elias	Giannessi
Won	20	20
Converted	20/32	20/54
% Converted	63%	37%
Conceded	29	42
Saved	17	25
% Saved	59%	60%
Times Broken	12	17

The Portuguese broke his opponents 20 times with a 63% conversion rate. Elias lost his serve 12 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 20 times with a 37% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 17 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Elias
	R1 Fanselow	R2 Borges	1/4 Piros	1/2 Kolar	Total
Score	6-1 6-2	2-6 7-5 6-3	6-4 5-7 6-3	2-6 6-2 6-1
Tot Set	2	3	3	3	11
Tot Games	15	29	31	23	98
pts	56-30	103-100	101-88	79-61	339-279
Total points	86	203	189	140	618
Winners	16	43	37	29	125
%Winners	29%	42%	37%	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	1	4	2	7	14
Double Faults	1	0	1	1	3
1st in	20/43	61/104	56/90	47/78	184/315
% 1st in	47%	59%	62%	60%	58%
1st pts	16/20	43/61	37/56	29/47	125/184
% 1st pts	80%	70%	66%	62%	68%
2nd pts	12/23	23/43	18/34	17/31	70/131
% 2nd pts	52%	53%	53%	55%	53%
Breaks
Won	6	2	6	6	20
Converted	6/7	2/7	6/11	6/7	20/32
Converted %	86%	29%	55%	86%	63%
Conceded	1	13	6	9	29
Saved	0/1	11/13	1/6	5/9	17
Saved %	0%	85%	17%	56%	40%
Times Broken	1	2	5	4	12

Giannessi
	R1 Darderi	R2 Marozsan	1/4 O	1/2 Kovalik	Total
Score	4-6 7-65 6-1	5-7 7-64 6-4	6-4 6-4	2-6 6-4 7-5
Tot Set	3	3	2	3	11
Tot Games	30	35	20	30	115
pts	103-95	129-125	66-57	99-100	397-377
Total points	198	254	123	199	774
Winners	51	55	31	39	176
%Winners	50%	43%	47%	39%	44%
SERVE
Aces	1	3	1	1	6
Double Faults	2	6	3	6	17
1st in	81/101	81/119	43/61	58/103	263/384
% 1st in	80%	68%	70%	56%	68%
1st pts	51/81	55/81	31/43	39/58	176/263
% 1st pts	63%	68%	72%	67%	67%
2nd pts	9/20	12/38	7/18	19/45	47/121
% 2nd pts	45%	32%	39%	42%	39%
Breaks
Won	5	6	4	5	20
Converted	5/9	6/21	4/11	5/13	20/54
Converted %	56%	29%	36%	38%	37%
Conceded	7	18	5	12	42
Saved	3/7	12/18	3/5	7/12	25
Saved %	43%	67%	60%	58%	57%
Times Broken	4	6	2	5	17

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