Gian Marco Ortenzi and Riccardo Balzerani will face off in the qualifications of the Francavilla Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on CENTER 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 Riccardo Balzerani who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Riccardo Balzerani is the pick to win this match.
Riccardo Balzerani -> 1.34
Gian Marco Ortenzi -> 3.14
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Prediction and head to head Gian Marco Ortenzi vs. Riccardo Balzerani
There is no head to head record between Gian Marco Ortenzi and Riccardo Balzerani since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Gian Marco Ortenzi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-18 | 4-4 | 25-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-14 | 5-3 | 20-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-21 | 4-4 | 18-15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-17 | 1-3 | 30-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-5 | 2-1 | 4-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Marco Ortenzi reached the qualifications after defeating Artem Podorozhnyi 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Podorozhnyi (6-1 6-1). During the match, Marco Ortenzi scored 58 points vs Podorozhnyi’s 30. Marco Ortenzi was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Marco Ortenzi fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Gian Marco Ortenzi lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Marco Ortenzi put 81% of his first serves in, winning 63% (24/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (6/9) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Podorozhnyi 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Marco Ortenzi has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 59% of his matches (71-49). 7-4 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Marco Ortenzi has an overall54-35 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
Gian has a compiled 10-7 win-loss record in 2022, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Francavilla Challenger
Marco Ortenzi has never competed in this tournament before.
Riccardo Balzerani
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 20-19 | 1-1 | 18-15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-24 | 7-6 | 13-16 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-21 | 4-3 | 16-14 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-9 | 12-4 | 3-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 30-31 | 11-8 | 16-20 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 516, Balzerani will start his run in the Francavilla Challenger after he played his last match in M15 Valldoreix where he lost 6-1 6-4 to Sureshkumar in the 1st round on the 11th of May.
Balzerani has an aggregate 9-10 win-loss record in 2022, 3-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Riccardo’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Monastir.
In terms of his career, Balzerani has an overall 101-87 record. He has a negative 54-56 record on clay.
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