Kenny de Schepper and Matteo Gigante will play each other in the qualifications of the Forli 6 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matteo Gigante is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Gigante -> 1.42
Kenny de Schepper -> 2.78
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Prediction and head to head Kenny de Schepper vs. Matteo Gigante
There is no head to head record between Kenny de Schepper and Matteo Gigante since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Kenny de Schepper
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-14 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 7-4 | 8-14 | 12-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-35 | 6-7 | 18-16 | 17-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-24 | 22-8 | 5-5 | 11-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-10 | 6-4 | 9-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 400, the French player got to the qualifications after beating Marco De Rossi 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, Kenny had a good straight sets win against De Rossi (6-3 6-1). During the match, de Schepper scored 60 points vs De Rossi’s 29. De Schepper was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, de Schepper scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Kenny de Schepper lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, de Schepper put 80% of his first serves in, winning 84% (27/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (4/8) on the 2nd serve. De Schepper broke De Rossi 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
de Schepper has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (299-263). 11-7 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, de Schepper has an overall 85-98 record in the last years on clay.
Kenny’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Balma.
De Schepper has an overall 22-13 win-loss record in 2022, 11-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 6 Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Matteo Gigante
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-10 | 18-3 | 6-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 4-9 | 1-1 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 504, the Italian got to the qualifications after beating Thiago Seyboth Wild 7-65 3-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Matteo defeated Seyboth Wild (7-65 3-6 6-4). During the match Gigante scored 112 points vs Seyboth Wild’s 109. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Gigante managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Matteo Gigante lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gigante put 71% of his first serves in, winning 59% (43/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Seyboth Wild 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Gigante’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
Gigante has a compiled 20-9 win-loss record in 2022, 9-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | de Schepper | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 32 |
| Pts | 60-29 | 112-109 |
| Total Points | 89 | 221 |
| Winners | 27 | 43 |
| %Winners | 45% | 38% |
Both de Schepper and Gigante played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Matteo Gigante dropped 1 set while Kenny de Schepper hasn’t dropped a set so far. de Schepper has played 1 set(s) less than Gigante (2 vs 3). Therefore, de Schepper played 16 games less than Gigante. Kenny scored 27 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian bagged 43 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | de Schepper | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4 |
| 1st in | 32/40 | 73/103 |
| %1st in | 80% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 43/73 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 4/8 | 17/30 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 57% |
de Schepper made 1 ace . Gigante also blasted 4 aces . de Schepper won 84% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Gigante won 59% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | de Schepper | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/14 |
| % Converted | 71% | 29% |
| Conceded | 2 | 11 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
De Schepper broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Kenny conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. Matteo conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| de Schepper | |||
| Q1 De Rossi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 60-29 | 60-29 | |
| Total points | 89 | 89 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 32/40 | 32/40 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 27/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Gigante | |||
| Q1 Seyboth |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 112-109 | 112-109 | |
| Total points | 221 | 221 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 73/103 | 73/103 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 43/73 | 43/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 17/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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