Francesco Forti and Luca Potenza will face off in the qualifications of the Biel Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:00 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 Francesco Forti who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francesco Forti is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Forti -> 1.5
Luca Potenza -> 2.46
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Forti vs. Luca Potenza
This will be the 2nd time that Francesco Forti and Luca Potenza fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Potenza (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Potenza won 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in M25 Monastir back in February 2023.
Francesco Forti
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 53-33 | 20-8 | 26-21 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 31-22 | 1-1 | 29-18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-29 | 1-1 | 35-20 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-13 | 8-4 | 4-5 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 29-26 | 5-8 | 22-17 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 402, Francesco got to the qualifications after defeating Johannes Haerteis 4-6 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications against Haerteis, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 7-5). During the match, Forti scored 100 points vs Haerteis’s 90. Francesco was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Forti scored 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Francesco Forti lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Forti put 65% of his first serves in, winning 70% (43/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Haerteis 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Forti has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (168-125). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Forti has a composed19-17 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Forti’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Monastir.
The Italian has a compiled 10-6 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
Forti has never competed in this tournament before.
Luca Potenza
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-11 | 10-6 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-28 | 6-9 | 13-18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-26 | 10-9 | 13-11 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-25 | 27-13 | 6-7 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 26-7 | 23-6 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 528, Luca got to the qualifications after defeating Andrin Casanova 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Luca had a good straight sets win against Casanova (6-2 6-2). During the match Potenza scored 54 points vs Casanova’s 33. Luca was exceptionally aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about serving, Potenza scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Luca Potenza was very effective on serve to win 74% (17/23) of his 1st serve and 88% (15/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Casanova 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Potenza has a compiled 4-6 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Forti | Potenza |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 16 |
| Pts | 100-90 | 54-33 |
| Total Points | 190 | 87 |
| Winners | 43 | 17 |
| %Winners | 43% | 31% |
Both Forti and Potenza played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Francesco Forti dropped 1 set while Luca Potenza hasn’t conceded a set so far. Forti has played 1 set more than Potenza (3 vs 2). Therefore, Forti played 16 games more than Potenza. Forti scored 43 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian recorded 17 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Forti | Potenza |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 1 |
| 1st in | 61/94 | 23/40 |
| %1st in | 65% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 43/61 | 17/23 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 20/33 | 15/17 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 88% |
Forti bagged 12 aces . Potenza struck 1 ace . Forti won 70% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Potenza won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 88% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Forti | Potenza |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 38% | 44% |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 60% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Forti broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Francesco conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Luca broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Italian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Forti | |||
| Q1 Haerteis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 100-90 | 100-90 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 61/94 | 61/94 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 43/61 | 43/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/33 | 20/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Potenza | |||
| Q1 Casanova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 54-33 | 54-33 | |
| Total points | 87 | 87 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 23/40 | 23/40 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 17/23 | 17/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/17 | 15/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 88% | 88% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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