Miljan Zekic and Matteo Gigante will square off in the 2nd round of the Como Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, 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.
Matteo Gigante -> 1.48
Miljan Zekic -> 2.57
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Prediction and head to head Miljan Zekic vs. Matteo Gigante
There is no head to head record between Miljan Zekic and Matteo Gigante since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Miljan Zekic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 18-8 | 2-0 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-31 | 3-6 | 22-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-32 | 0-2 | 41-29 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-23 | 0-0 | 49-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 244, the Serbian reached the 2nd round after beating Stefano Travaglia 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Zekic had a good straight sets win against Travaglia (6-3 6-4). During the match, Zekic scored 69 points vs Travaglia’s 55. Miljan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zekic bagged 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Miljan Zekic lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Zekic put 60% of his first serves in, winning 81% (26/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Travaglia 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Zekic has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (425-218). 35-18 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zekic has an aggregate 398-185 record in the last years on clay.
The Serbian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Barletta Challenger,M25 Santa Margherita di Pula and the Cali Challenger.
Zekic has an overall 35-20 win-loss record in 2022, 35-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Como Challenger
Matteo Gigante
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-23 | 9-9 | 15-8 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 264 (career-high), the Italian got to the 2nd round after defeating Gian Marco Moroni 6-74 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round against Marco Moroni, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-2 6-1). During the match Gigante scored 101 points vs Marco Moroni’s 82. Matteo was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Gigante made 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Matteo Gigante lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gigante put 45% of his first serves in, winning 82% (36/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (24/54) on the 2nd serve. Matteo broke Marco Moroni 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Gigante’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
The Italian has a compiled 34-17 win-loss record in 2022, 23-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zekic | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 28 |
| Pts | 69-55 | 101-82 |
| Total Points | 124 | 183 |
| Winners | 26 | 36 |
| %Winners | 38% | 36% |
Both Zekic and Gigante played 1 match. At the moment, Matteo Gigante dropped 1 set while Miljan Zekic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Zekic has played 1 set(s) less than Gigante (2 vs 3). Therefore, Zekic played 9 games less than Gigante. The Serbian scored 26 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian managed to score 36 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zekic | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 32/53 | 44/98 |
| %1st in | 60% | 45% |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 36/44 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 24/54 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 44% |
Zekic fired 3 aces . Gigante bagged 3 aces . Zekic won 81% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Gigante won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zekic | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 50% | 60% |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 |
| Saved | 1 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Miljan broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Miljan conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Matteo conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zekic | |||
| R1 Travaglia | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 69-55 | 69-55 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/53 | 32/53 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 26/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 10/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Gigante | |||
| R1 Marco Moroni | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 101-82 | 101-82 | |
| Total points | 183 | 183 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 44/98 | 44/98 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 45% | |
| 1st pts | 36/44 | 36/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/54 | 24/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Como Challenger
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nerman FaticFatic – Lucas MiedlerMiedler (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Giovanni OradiniOradini (2-6 7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lukas KleinKlein – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (7-65 2-6 7-68) – Stats, scores, rankings
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