Thomas Fabbiano and Matteo Gigante will play each other in the 2nd round of the Forli 6 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matteo Gigante who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matteo Gigante is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Gigante -> 1.84
Thomas Fabbiano -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Thomas Fabbiano vs. Matteo Gigante
There is no head to head record between Thomas Fabbiano and Matteo Gigante since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Thomas Fabbiano
19 - 17win/loss
317
70
LLWLLWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 22-22 | 7-6 | 8-9 | 5-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-33 | 8-12 | 5-9 | 4-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 21-31 | 7-10 | 4-10 | 2-6 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2018 | 34-27 | 20-15 | 6-6 | 1-2 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 182, Thomas got to the 2nd round after beating Kimmer Coppejans 4-6 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round against Coppejans, Thomas recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-2). During the match, Fabbiano scored 96 points vs Coppejans’s 82. Thomas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Fabbiano scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Thomas Fabbiano lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Fabbiano put 76% of his first serves in, winning 66% (43/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Coppejans 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
Fabbiano has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (301-264). 7-6 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Fabbiano has an overall 81-91 record in the last years on clay.
Thomas’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Cleveland Challenger.
Thomas has a compiled 19-16 win-loss record in 2022, 7-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 6 Challenger
Matteo Gigante
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 4-9 | 1-1 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 504, the Italian reached the 2nd round after defeating Thiago Seyboth Wild 7-65 3-6 6-4, Kenny de Schepper 6-4 6-2 and Gianluca Mager 6-3 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Italian defeated Mager (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match Gigante scored 94 points vs Mager’s 79. Gigante was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Gigante scored 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Matteo Gigante was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 82% (32/39) of his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Italian broke Mager 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
The Italian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
The Italian has a composed 22-9 win-loss record in 2022, 11-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fabbiano | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 77 |
| Pts | 96-82 | 267-234 |
| Total Points | 178 | 501 |
| Winners | 43 | 99 |
| %Winners | 45% | 37% |
Fabbiano played 1 match while Gigante competed in 3 matches. Gigante started his run from the qualifications while Fabbiano had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Thomas Fabbiano dropped 1 set, while Matteo Gigante conceded 2 sets. Fabbiano has played 5 set(s) less than Gigante (3 vs 8). Therefore, Fabbiano played 51 games less than Gigante. The Italian scored 43 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Matteo fired 99 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fabbiano | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 65/86 | 147/231 |
| %1st in | 76% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 43/65 | 99/147 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 50/84 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 60% |
Fabbiano made 1 ace . Gigante also made 9 aces (3 per match). Fabbiano won 66% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Gigante won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fabbiano | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 11 |
| Converted | 5/15 | 11/28 |
| % Converted | 33% | 39% |
| Conceded | 7 | 18 |
| Saved | 5 | 10 |
| % Saved | 71% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 8 |
Thomas broke his opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Fabbiano surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Matteo broke his opponents 11 times with a 39% conversion rate. Gigante conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fabbiano | |||
| R1 Coppejans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 96-82 | 96-82 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 65/86 | 65/86 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 43/65 | 43/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 11/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Gigante | |||||
| Q1 Seyboth |
Q3 de Schepper |
R1 Mager |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 3-6 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 18 | 27 | 77 | |
| pts | 112-109 | 61-46 | 94-79 | 267-234 | |
| Total points | 221 | 107 | 173 | 501 | |
| Winners | 43 | 24 | 32 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% | 34% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 73/103 | 35/56 | 39/72 | 147/231 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 63% | 54% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 43/73 | 24/35 | 32/39 | 99/147 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 69% | 82% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 16/21 | 17/33 | 50/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 76% | 52% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 3/3 | 4/11 | 11/28 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 100% | 36% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 2 | 5 | 18 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 2/2 | 2/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 100% | 40% | 195% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
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