Matteo Gigante and Cristian Rodriguez will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Perugia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 -> 1.29
Cristian Rodriguez -> 3.46
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Prediction and head to head Matteo Gigante vs. Cristian Rodriguez
There is no head to head record between Matteo Gigante and Cristian Rodriguez since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
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. 333 (career-high), Gigante will start his run in the Perugia Challenger after he played his last match in the Forli 6 Challenger where he lost 3-6 6-1 6-1 to Musetti in the semifinal on the 4th of June.
Gigante has a composed 24-10 win-loss record in 2022, 13-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Italian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
Talking about his overall career, Gigante has an overall 55-37 record. He has a positive 37-21 record on clay.
Previously in the Perugia Challenger
Matteo has never competed in this tournament before.
Cristian Rodriguez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-18 | 0-0 | 10-17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 0-0 | 21-22 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-10 | 2-3 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 40-18 | 20-4 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 440, the Colombian reached the 1st round after defeating Simone Roncalli 6-1 6-2 and Raul Brancaccio 6-73 6-3 3-0 ret..
In the qualifications against Brancaccio, Cristian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-3 3-0 ret.). During the match Rodriguez scored 89 points vs Brancaccio’s 76. Cristian was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Rodriguez made 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Cristian Rodriguez was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (38/50) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cristian broke Brancaccio 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
The Colombian has an aggregate 9-13 win-loss record in 2022, 9-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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