Gianluca Mager and Gerald Melzer will square off in the 1st round of the Antalya Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gianluca Mager who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gianluca Mager is the pick to win this match.
Gianluca Mager -> 1.666
Gerald Melzer -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Gianluca Mager vs. Gerald Melzer
There is no head to head record between Gianluca Mager and Gerald Melzer since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Gianluca Mager
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-11 | 0-0 | 21-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-20 | 3-5 | 15-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-28 | 2-5 | 17-21 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-28 | 4-7 | 22-15 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-15 | 1-4 | 10-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 323, the Italian will start his run in the Antalya Challenger after he played his last match in the Tenerife 3 Challenger where he lost 6-7(9) 6-3 6-4 to Maestrelli in the 2nd round on the 8th of February.
The Italian has an aggregate 3-5 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
Talking about his overall career, Mager has an overall 341-274 record. He has a positive 270-184 record on clay.
Previously in the Antalya Challenger
Mager has never competed in this tournament before.
Gerald Melzer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-13 | 0-0 | 20-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-18 | 0-1 | 13-16 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-14 | 0-0 | 24-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 381, Gerald reached the 1st round after beating Bogdan Bobrov 6-3 6-1 and Rudolf Molleker 6-1 4-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Gerald defeated Molleker (6-1 4-6 6-4). During the match Melzer scored 93 points vs Molleker’s 84. Melzer was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Melzer struck 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Gerald Melzer lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Melzer put 65% of his first serves in, winning 66% (38/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Melzer broke Molleker 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Melzer 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.
Gerald has a composed 2-0 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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