Matteo Gigante and Lucas Gerch will square off in the quarter of the Prague 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 10:00 am on COURT 5. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 -> 1.63
Lucas Gerch -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Matteo Gigante vs. Lucas Gerch
There is no head to head record between Matteo Gigante and Lucas Gerch 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 | 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. 269, the Italian reached the quarter after beating Roman Andres Burruchaga 7-65 2-6 6-2 and Michael Vrbensky 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Matteo had a good straight sets win against Vrbensky (6-2 6-3). During the match, Gigante scored 67 points vs Vrbensky’s 54. Gigante was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gigante made 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Matteo Gigante lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Gigante put 56% of his first serves in, winning 76% (25/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Vrbensky 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Matteo has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.
Gigante has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 60% of his matches (64-43). 22-12 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gigante has a compiled46-27 match record in the last 4 years on clay.
The Italian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
Gigante has a compiled 33-16 win-loss record in 2022, 22-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 3 Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Lucas Gerch
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-21 | 0-2 | 35-16 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-20 | 2-2 | 26-14 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 57-29 | 11-3 | 36-20 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-27 | 8-8 | 20-18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-18 | 14-9 | 7-7 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 383, Lucas reached the quarter after defeating Cem Ilkel 6-4 6-2 and Adrian Andreev 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Lucas had a good straight sets win against Andreev (6-4 6-4). During the match Gerch scored 67 points vs Andreev’s 57. The German was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Gerch scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Lucas Gerch was very efficient on serve to win 80% (28/35) of his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The German broke Andreev twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gerch hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
The German’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Cancun and M15 Ueberlingen.
Gerch has an aggregate 40-18 win-loss record in 2022, 27-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gigante | Gerch |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 38 |
| Pts | 159-146 | 129-96 |
| Total Points | 305 | 225 |
| Winners | 46 | 52 |
| %Winners | 29% | 40% |
Both Gigante and Gerch played 2 matches. At the moment, Matteo Gigante conceded 1 set while Lucas Gerch hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gigante has played 1 set more than Gerch (5 vs 4). Therefore, Gigante played 8 games more than Gerch. Gigante scored 46 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Lucas bagged 52 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gigante | Gerch |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 72/145 | 63/111 |
| %1st in | 50% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 46/72 | 52/63 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 30/73 | 31/48 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 65% |
Gigante recorded 4 aces (2 per match). Gerch blasted 3 aces (1.5 per match). Gigante won 64% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Gerch won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gigante | Gerch |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 5 |
| Converted | 13/27 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 48% | 38% |
| Conceded | 12 | 4 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 25% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 0 |
Matteo broke his opponents 13 times with a 48% conversion rate. Matteo surrendered his serve 9 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponents 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The German was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Gigante | ||||
| R1 Andres |
R2 Vrbensky |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 2-6 6-2 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 17 | 46 | |
| pts | 92-92 | 67-54 | 159-146 | |
| Total points | 184 | 121 | 305 | |
| Winners | 21 | 25 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 23% | 37% | 29% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 39/86 | 33/59 | 72/145 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 56% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 21/39 | 25/33 | 46/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 54% | 76% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/47 | 11/26 | 30/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 42% | 41% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 8/15 | 5/12 | 13/27 | |
| Converted % | 53% | 42% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 2 | 12 | |
| Saved | 2/10 | 1/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 50% | 35% | |
| Times Broken | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| Gerch | ||||
| R1 Ilkel |
R2 Andreev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 20 | 38 | |
| pts | 62-39 | 67-57 | 129-96 | |
| Total points | 101 | 124 | 225 | |
| Winners | 24 | 28 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 28/50 | 35/61 | 63/111 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 28/35 | 52/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 80% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 17/26 | 31/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 2/8 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 25% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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