Lorenzo Giustino and Ivan Gakhov will play each other in the 2nd round of the Las Franquesas del Valles Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on PISTA 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lorenzo Giustino who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lorenzo Giustino is the pick to win this match.
Lorenzo Giustino -> 1.57
Ivan Gakhov -> 2.37
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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Giustino vs. Ivan Gakhov
This will be the 4th time that Lorenzo Giustino and Ivan Gakhov clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Giustino (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Gakhov won 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Murcia Challenger back in 2022.
Lorenzo Giustino
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-31 | 3-4 | 46-22 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-38 | 14-16 | 10-19 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-37 | 3-5 | 19-26 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-39 | 3-8 | 14-26 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-19 | 6-7 | 7-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 219, Lorenzo got to the 2nd round after beating Rudolf Molleker 6-3 5-7 7-64.
In the 1st round, Lorenzo defeated Molleker (6-3 5-7 7-64). During the match, Giustino scored 106 points vs Molleker’s 87. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 54 winners.
Talking about the service games, Giustino bagged 16 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Lorenzo Giustino lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Giustino put 66% of his first serves in, winning 86% (54/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (14/32) on the 2nd serve. Giustino broke Molleker 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Giustino has positive record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (328-297). 9-6 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Giustino has an aggregate 49-55 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Giustino has a compiled 12-8 win-loss record in 2023, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Las Franquesas del Valles Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Ivan Gakhov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-34 | 1-2 | 35-31 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-30 | 2-4 | 26-21 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 56-32 | 1-3 | 53-26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 38-23 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 5-5 | 8-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 241, the Russian reached the 2nd round after beating Jay Clarke 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Gakhov had a good straight sets win against Clarke (6-3 6-2). During the match Gakhov scored 56 points vs Clarke’s 36. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Gakhov scored 14 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ivan Gakhov lost the serve once. Furthermore, Gakhov put 62% of his first serves in, winning 89% (25/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. Ivan broke Clarke 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Gakhov has an aggregate 3-7 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Giustino | Gakhov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 17 |
| Pts | 106-87 | 56-36 |
| Total Points | 193 | 92 |
| Winners | 54 | 25 |
| %Winners | 51% | 45% |
Both Giustino and Gakhov played 1 match. At the moment, Lorenzo Giustino surrendered 1 set while Ivan Gakhov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Giustino has played 1 set more than Gakhov (3 vs 2). Therefore, Giustino played 17 games more than Gakhov. The Italian scored 54 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian fired 25 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Giustino | Gakhov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 16 | 14 |
| 1st in | 63/95 | 28/45 |
| %1st in | 66% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 54/63 | 25/28 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 14/32 | 7/17 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 41% |
Giustino bagged 16 aces . Gakhov managed to score 14 aces . Giustino won 86% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Gakhov won 89% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Giustino | Gakhov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 75% | 80% |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 40% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Giustino broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Italian lost his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Gakhov broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Giustino | |||
| R1 Molleker |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 5-7 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 106-87 | 106-87 | |
| Total points | 193 | 193 | |
| Winners | 54 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 16 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 63/95 | 63/95 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 54/63 | 54/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/32 | 14/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Gakhov | |||
| R1 Clarke |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 56-36 | 56-36 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 28/45 | 28/45 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 25/28 | 25/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 7/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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