Marek Gengel and Salvatore Caruso will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Manama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Salvatore Caruso who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Salvatore Caruso is the pick to win this match.
Salvatore Caruso -> 1.86
Marek Gengel -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Marek Gengel vs. Salvatore Caruso
There is no head to head record between Marek Gengel and Salvatore Caruso since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Marek Gengel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-13 | 33-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-27 | 14-15 | 0-7 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-29 | 28-16 | 4-8 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 52-28 | 47-14 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-17 | 16-12 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 264, Marek got to the 2nd round after beating Filip Cristian Jianu 7-63 6-72 7-63.
In the 1st round, Gengel defeated Cristian Jianu (7-63 6-72 7-63).During the match, Gengel scored less points (1) than Cristian Jianu. In fact, the world no. 264 won 127 points vs Cristian Jianu’s. That means that Gengel was more focused during the important points. Gengel was quite aggressive to blast 69 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gengel managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Marek Gengel was very efficient on serve to win 71% (69/97) of his 1st serve and 57% (26/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Marek broke Cristian Jianu once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Gengel has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (224-172). 5-3 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Gengel has an aggregate162-84 record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Czech has an overall 5-3 win-loss record in 2023, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Manama Challenger
Salvatore Caruso
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-10 | 8-9 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-36 | 6-6 | 32-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-24 | 10-6 | 10-13 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-25 | 9-9 | 7-11 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-20 | 7-8 | 8-8 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 380, the Italian reached the 2nd round after beating Dan Alexandru Tomescu 6-4 6-2 and Matteo Arnaldi 3-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Arnaldi, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Caruso scored 91 points vs Arnaldi’s 84. Salvatore was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Caruso fired 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Salvatore Caruso lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Caruso put 61% of his first serves in, winning 65% (37/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (14/36) on the 2nd serve. Caruso broke Arnaldi 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
The Italian has an aggregate 3-3 win-loss record in 2023, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gengel | Caruso |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 44 |
| Pts | 127-128 | 154-126 |
| Total Points | 255 | 280 |
| Winners | 69 | 62 |
| %Winners | 54% | 40% |
Gengel played 1 match while Caruso competed in 2 matches. Caruso started his run from the qualifications while Gengel had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Marek Gengel conceded 1 set, while Salvatore Caruso surrendered 1 set. Gengel has played 2 set(s) less than Caruso (3 vs 5). Therefore, Gengel played 5 games less than Caruso. Marek scored 69 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian blasted 62 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gengel | Caruso |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 97/143 | 89/140 |
| %1st in | 68% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 69/97 | 62/89 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 26/46 | 27/51 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 53% |
Gengel bagged 6 aces . Caruso bagged 5 aces (2.5 per match). Gengel won 71% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Caruso won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gengel | Caruso |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 9 |
| Converted | 1/2 | 9/19 |
| % Converted | 50% | 47% |
| Conceded | 9 | 16 |
| Saved | 8 | 12 |
| % Saved | 89% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
The Czech broke his opponent once with a 50% conversion rate. Marek conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Caruso conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gengel | |||
| R1 Cristian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-72 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 39 | 39 | |
| pts | 127-128 | 127-128 | |
| Total points | 255 | 255 | |
| Winners | 69 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 97/143 | 97/143 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 69/97 | 69/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/46 | 26/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 1/2 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Caruso | |||||
| Q1 Alexandru |
Q3 Durasovic |
R1 Arnaldi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 3-6 6-1 | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 25 | 26 | 69 | |
| pts | 63-42 | – | 91-84 | 154-126 | |
| Total points | 105 | 0 | 175 | 280 | |
| Winners | 25 | 37 | 62 | ||
| %Winners | 40% | 0% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1st in | 32/47 | / | 57/93 | 89/140 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 0% | 61% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 25/32 | / | 37/57 | 62/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 0% | 65% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/15 | / | 14/36 | 27/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 87% | 0% | 39% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Converted | 3/7 | / | 6/12 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 0% | 50% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 12 | 16 | ||
| Saved | 4/4 | 0/ | 8/12 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 67% | 167% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
Head 2 Head
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WWLWLWLLWL Tennis Scores in Manama Challenger
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Bekkhan AtlangerievAtlangeriev (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Andrey ChepelevChepelev (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel MichalskiMichalski – Yusuf QaedQaed (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (6-2 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Yanki ErelErel (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Marek GengelGengel – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (7-63 6-72 7-63) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Pavel KotovKotov (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Daniel MichalskiMichalski – Yusuf QaedQaed (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Bekkhan AtlangerievAtlangeriev (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (6-2 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Colin SinclairSinclair – Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi (7-6(3) 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Andrey ChepelevChepelev (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Yanki ErelErel (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Aleksandr BrayninBraynin (6-7(6) 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Alexandre MullerMuller (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marek GengelGengel – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas MachacMachac – Colin SinclairSinclair (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (1-0) – H2H and prediction
