Matteo Gigante and Pablo Llamas Ruiz will fight against each other in the quarter of the Tenerife 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matteo Gigante is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Gigante -> 1.66
Pablo Llamas Ruiz -> 2.16
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Prediction and head to head Matteo Gigante vs. Pablo Llamas Ruiz
There is no head to head record between Matteo Gigante and Pablo Llamas Ruiz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. 232, the Italian got to the quarter after defeating Mark Whitehouse 6-1 6-3, Daniel Rincon 6-4 6-2 and Francesco Passaro 5-7 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Passaro, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-2 6-2). During the match, Gigante scored 102 points vs Passaro’s 85. Gigante was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gigante blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Matteo Gigante lost the serve 5 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Gigante put 60% of his first serves in, winning 55% (31/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (21/37) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Passaro 8 times after converting 57% of his break points (8/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Matteo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Gigante has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 60% of his matches (77-52). 7-3 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Gigante has a compiled19-7 record in the last 5 years on hard.
Gigante has an overall 8-5 win-loss record in 2023, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tenerife 3 Challenger
Pablo Llamas Ruiz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-21 | 5-5 | 23-13 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 16-16 | 2-5 | 10-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-21 | 12-6 | 33-12 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-23 | 2-4 | 35-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-16 | 2-2 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 352, Llamas got to the quarter after defeating Carlos Taberner 3-0 ret. and Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 6-2 3-1 ret..
In the 2nd round against Rodriguez Taverna, the Spaniard had a free pass after Rodriguez Taverna retired on a 6-2 3-1 . scoreline.
Pablo has a compiled 2-0 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gigante | Llamas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 62 | 15 |
| Pts | 237-184 | 67-45 |
| Total Points | 421 | 112 |
| Winners | 76 | 27 |
| %Winners | 32% | 40% |
Gigante played 3 matches while Llamas competed in 2 matches. Gigante started his run from the qualifications while Llamas had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Matteo Gigante lost 1 set while Pablo Llamas Ruiz hasn’t conceded a set so far. Gigante has played 2 sets more than Llamas (7 vs 5). Therefore, Gigante played 47 games more than Llamas. Gigante scored 76 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Llamas struck 27 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gigante | Llamas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 126/207 | 41/59 |
| %1st in | 61% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 76/126 | 27/41 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 47/81 | 7/18 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 39% |
Gigante managed to score 6 aces (2 per match). Llamas made 1 ace (0.5 per match). Gigante won 60% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Llamas won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gigante | Llamas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 18 | 6 |
| Converted | 18/34 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 53% | 55% |
| Conceded | 20 | 4 |
| Saved | 12 | 2 |
| % Saved | 60% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 2 |
Gigante broke his opponents 18 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Llamas broke his opponents 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Llamas conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gigante | ||||||
| Q1 Whitehouse |
Q3 Fonio |
R1 Rincon |
R2 Passaro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | 5-7 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 18 | 28 | 82 | |
| pts | 62-43 | – | 73-56 | 102-85 | 237-184 | |
| Total points | 105 | 0 | 129 | 187 | 421 | |
| Winners | 26 | 19 | 31 | 76 | ||
| %Winners | 42% | 0% | 26% | 30% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1st in | 38/56 | / | 32/58 | 56/93 | 126/207 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 0% | 55% | 60% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 26/38 | / | 19/32 | 31/56 | 76/126 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 0% | 59% | 55% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | / | 17/26 | 21/37 | 47/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 0% | 65% | 57% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | ||
| Converted | 5/8 | / | 5/12 | 8/14 | 18/34 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 0% | 42% | 57% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 12 | 20 | ||
| Saved | 3/4 | 0/ | 2/4 | 7/12 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 50% | 58% | 46% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Llamas | ||||||
| R1 Taberner |
R2 Rodriguez Taverna |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-0 ret. | 6-2 3-1 ret. | ||||
| Tot Set | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Tot Games | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||
| pts | 18-12 | 49-33 | 67-45 | |||
| Total points | 30 | 82 | 112 | |||
| Winners | 10 | 17 | 27 | |||
| %Winners | 56% | 35% | 40% | |||
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1st in | 14/24 | 27/35 | 41/59 | |||
| % 1st in | 58% | 77% | 69% | |||
| 1st pts | 10/14 | 17/27 | 27/41 | |||
| % 1st pts | 71% | 63% | 66% | |||
| 2nd pts | 4/10 | 3/8 | 7/18 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 38% | 39% | |||
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||
| Converted | 1/1 | 5/10 | 6/11 | |||
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 55% | |||
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/2 | 2 | |||
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 25% | |||
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
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