Matteo Gigante and Francesco Forti will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Verona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on CENTER. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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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 -> 1.31
Francesco Forti -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Matteo Gigante vs. Francesco Forti
There is no head to head record between Matteo Gigante and Francesco Forti since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Matteo Gigante
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-22 | 24-8 | 11-10 | 2-3 | 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. 307 (career-high), Gigante got to the qualifications after beating Giovanni Oradini 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Oradini (6-4 6-3). During the match, Gigante scored 66 points vs Oradini’s 50. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gigante recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Matteo Gigante was quite effective on serve to win 72% (23/32) of his 1st serve and 79% (11/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Oradini 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Gigante has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 60% of his matches (59-40). 17-9 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gigante has a compiled41-24 win-loss record in the last 4 years on clay.
Matteo’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
The Italian has a compiled 28-13 win-loss record in 2022, 17-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Verona Challenger
Gigante has never competed in this tournament before.
Francesco Forti
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-33 | 20-8 | 26-21 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 31-22 | 1-1 | 29-18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-29 | 1-1 | 35-20 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-13 | 8-4 | 4-5 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 409, Forti reached the qualifications after beating Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, Forti had a good straight sets win against Alejandro Dellien Velasco (6-4 7-5). During the match Forti scored 75 points vs Alejandro Dellien Velasco’s 66. Forti was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Forti fired 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Francesco Forti lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Forti put 62% of his first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. The Italian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Alejandro Dellien Velasco 4 times.
Francesco’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Casinalbo.
The Italian has an aggregate 8-11 win-loss record in 2022, 8-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Verona Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gigante | Forti |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 |
| Pts | 66-50 | 75-66 |
| Total Points | 116 | 141 |
| Winners | 23 | 32 |
| %Winners | 35% | 43% |
Both Gigante and Forti played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gigante and Forti have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gigante played 3 games less than Forti. Matteo scored 23 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Forti recorded 32 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gigante | Forti |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5 |
| 1st in | 32/46 | 48/77 |
| %1st in | 70% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 23/32 | 32/48 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 11/14 | 14/29 |
| %2nd pts | 79% | 48% |
Gigante fired 4 aces . Forti bagged 5 aces . Gigante won 72% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 79% of the points. On the other side, Forti won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gigante | Forti |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/4 |
| % Converted | 36% | 100% |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 |
| Saved | 0 | 6 |
| % Saved | 0% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Gigante broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Gigante surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Francesco broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Francesco conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gigante | |||
| Q1 Oradini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 66-50 | 66-50 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 32/46 | 32/46 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 23/32 | 23/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/14 | 11/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 79% | 79% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Forti | |||
| Q1 Alejandro Dellien Velasco |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 75-66 | 75-66 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 48/77 | 48/77 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 32/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 14/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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