Matteo Martineau and Gabriele Piraino will face off in the 1^st round of the Genova Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on CAMPO 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matteo Martineau who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Matteo Martineau is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Martineau -> 1.5
Gabriele Piraino -> 2.45

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Prediction and head to head Matteo Martineau vs. Gabriele Piraino

There is no head to head record between Matteo Martineau and Gabriele Piraino since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Matteo Martineau

Ranked no. 455, Matteo got to the 1^st round after defeating Pol Toledo Bague 6-1 7-5 and Oscar Jose Gutierrez 6-4 3-6 6-2.

In the qualifications, Matteo defeated Jose Gutierrez (6-4 3-6 6-2). During the match, Martineau scored 87 points vs Jose Gutierrez’s 72. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Regarding the service games, Martineau scored 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Matteo Martineau lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Martineau put 59% of his first serves in, winning 73% (32/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Martineau broke Jose Gutierrez 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Martineau started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.

Martineau has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (191-151). 23-19 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Martineau has a compiled89-74 record in the last 7 years on clay.

Martineau’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Muttenz.

The French player has a composed 27-26 win-loss record in 2022, 23-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Genova Challenger

Matteo has never competed in this tournament before.

Gabriele Piraino

Ranked no. 602, Gabriele reached the 1^st

round after beating Filippo Verdese 6-1 6-3 and Alexander Weis 1-6 6-4 6-2.

In the qualifications against Weis, Piraino recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-2). During the match Piraino scored 89 points vs Weis’s 84. Piraino was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Piraino made 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Gabriele Piraino lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Piraino put 65% of his first serves in, winning 65% (39/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the 2nd serve. Gabriele broke Weis 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gabriele started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Gabriele’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Padova.

Piraino has a composed 35-22 win-loss record in 2022, 33-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Martineau	Piraino
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	46	41
Pts	152-116	148-120
Total Points	268	268
Winners	60	56
%Winners	39%	38%

Both Martineau and Piraino played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Matteo Martineau dropped 1 set, while Gabriele Piraino conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Martineau and Piraino have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Martineau played 5 games more than Piraino. Matteo scored 60 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Piraino recorded 56 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Martineau	Piraino
Aces	15	6
Avg per match	7.5	3
1st in	76/126	86/146
%1st in	60%	59%
1st pts	60/76	56/86
%1st pts	79%	65%
2nd pts	24/50	36/60
%2nd pts	48%	60%

Martineau fired 15 aces (7.5 per match). Piraino bagged 6 aces (3 per match). Martineau won 79% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Piraino won 65% 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	Martineau	Piraino
Won	10	8
Converted	10/27	8/12
% Converted	37%	67%
Conceded	9	12
Saved	4	8
% Saved	44%	67%
Times Broken	5	4

Matteo broke his opponents 10 times with a 37% conversion rate. Matteo conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 8 times with a 67% conversion rate. Gabriele conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Martineau
	Q1 Toledo Bague	Q3 Jose Gutierrez	Total
Score	6-1 7-5	6-4 3-6 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	19	27	46
pts	65-44	87-72	152-116
Total points	109	159	268
Winners	28	32	60
%Winners	43%	37%	39%
SERVE
Aces	8	7	15
Double Faults	2	5	7
1st in	32/52	44/74	76/126
% 1st in	62%	59%	60%
1st pts	28/32	32/44	60/76
% 1st pts	88%	73%	79%
2nd pts	10/20	14/30	24/50
% 2nd pts	50%	47%	48%
Breaks
Won	4	6	10
Converted	4/12	6/15	10/27
Converted %	33%	40%	37%
Conceded	2	7	9
Saved	1/2	3/7	4
Saved %	50%	43%	47%
Times Broken	1	4	5

Piraino
	Q1 Verdese	Q3 Weis	Total
Score	6-1 6-3	1-6 6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	16	25	41
pts	59-36	89-84	148-120
Total points	95	173	268
Winners	17	39	56
%Winners	29%	44%	38%
SERVE
Aces	4	2	6
Double Faults	3	4	7
1st in	26/54	60/92	86/146
% 1st in	48%	65%	59%
1st pts	17/26	39/60	56/86
% 1st pts	65%	65%	65%
2nd pts	19/28	17/32	36/60
% 2nd pts	68%	53%	60%
Breaks
Won	5	3	8
Converted	5/6	3/6	8/12
Converted %	83%	50%	67%
Conceded	6	6	12
Saved	5/6	3/6	8
Saved %	83%	50%	67%
Times Broken	1	3	4

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