Federico Gaio and Lorenzo Giustino will face off in the quarter of the Prague 2 Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. 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 Federico Gaio who should win in 3 sets.
Federico Gaio -> 1.53
Lorenzo Giustino -> 2.37
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Prediction and head to head Federico Gaio vs. Lorenzo Giustino
This will be the 5th time that Federico Gaio and Lorenzo Giustino clash against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Gaio and Giustino (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on clay.
The last time that they played, Gaio won 4-2 ret. in the quarter in the Manerbio Challenger back in 2019.
Federico Gaio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-17 | 2-7 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-30 | 14-12 | 25-15 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-28 | 9-9 | 8-15 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-38 | 6-8 | 14-16 | 13-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-19 | 5-4 | 10-12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 183, the Italian reached the quarter after defeating Daniel Michalski 6-3 6-1 and Jonas Forejtek 7-65 2-6 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Italian defeated Forejtek (7-65 2-6 7-5).During the match, Gaio scored less points (4) than Forejtek. In fact, the world no. 183 won 97 points vs Forejtek’s. That means that Gaio was more focused during the important points. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gaio managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Federico Gaio lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Gaio put 59% of his first serves in, winning 69% (40/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (22/41) on the 2nd serve. Federico broke Forejtek 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Federico has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Gaio has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (357-295). 7-7 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gaio has a compiled 252-179 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Federico’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Aguascalientes Challenger.
Federico has a compiled 7-11 win-loss record in 2022, 7-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 2 Challenger
Federico has never competed in this tournament before.
Lorenzo Giustino
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58-32 | 9-5 | 47-23 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 56-33 | 7-5 | 47-23 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-38 | 14-16 | 10-19 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-37 | 3-5 | 19-26 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-39 | 3-8 | 14-26 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 223, Giustino got to the quarter after beating Marius Copil 3-6 7-62 7-5 and Matteo Donati 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Donati (6-1 6-3). During the match Giustino scored 60 points vs Donati’s 37. Giustino was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Giustino managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Lorenzo Giustino conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Giustino put 60% of his first serves in, winning 84% (26/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Giustino broke Donati 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Giustino has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Giustino has an overall 8-13 win-loss record in 2022, 7-9 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Prague 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019 and 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gaio | Giustino |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 50 |
| Pts | 155-138 | 178-150 |
| Total Points | 293 | 328 |
| Winners | 56 | 77 |
| %Winners | 36% | 43% |
Both Gaio and Giustino played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Federico Gaio conceded 1 set, while Lorenzo Giustino lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Gaio and Giustino have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Gaio played 1 game less than Giustino. Gaio scored 56 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Lorenzo fired 77 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gaio | Giustino |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 83/150 | 101/169 |
| %1st in | 55% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 56/83 | 77/101 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 35/67 | 33/68 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 49% |
Gaio struck 6 aces (3 per match). Giustino managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Gaio won 67% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Giustino won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gaio | Giustino |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 6 |
| Converted | 10/18 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 56% | 60% |
| Conceded | 13 | 14 |
| Saved | 6 | 11 |
| % Saved | 46% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 3 |
Gaio broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Federico dropped his serve 7 times and he saved 46% of the break points that he conceded. Giustino broke his opponents 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Giustino conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gaio | ||||
| R1 Michalski | R2 Forejtek | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 7-65 2-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 33 | 49 | |
| pts | 58-37 | 97-101 | 155-138 | |
| Total points | 95 | 198 | 293 | |
| Winners | 16 | 40 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 41% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 25/51 | 58/99 | 83/150 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 59% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 16/25 | 40/58 | 56/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 69% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 22/41 | 35/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 54% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 3/7 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 43% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 2/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 33% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Giustino | ||||
| R1 Copil | R2 Donati | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-62 7-5 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 16 | 50 | |
| pts | 118-113 | 60-37 | 178-150 | |
| Total points | 231 | 97 | 328 | |
| Winners | 51 | 26 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 70/117 | 31/52 | 101/169 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 51/70 | 26/31 | 77/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 84% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/47 | 10/21 | 33/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 48% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 4/6 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 4 | 14 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 4/4 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 100% | 85% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Tennis Scores in Prague 2 Challenger
- Andrew Paulson/Adam PavlasekPaulson/Adam Pavlasek – Sadio Doumbia/Fabien ReboulDoumbia/Fabien Reboul (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Clement TaburTabur – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-1) – H2H and prediction