Sebastian Ofner and Matteo Gigante will square off in the quarter of the Zadar Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Ofner who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Ofner is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Ofner -> 1.68
Matteo Gigante -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Ofner vs. Matteo Gigante
This will be the 2nd time that Sebastian Ofner and Matteo Gigante fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ofner (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Ofner won 2-6 6-1 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Genova Challenger back in 2022.
Sebastian Ofner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-19 | 0-5 | 16-10 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 19-25 | 6-8 | 8-13 | 1-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 60-31 | 12-10 | 37-13 | 7-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-18 | 4-4 | 21-12 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-24 | 4-6 | 4-8 | 7-6 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 137, Ofner reached the quarter after defeating Nerman Fatic 7-61 2-6 6-2 and Dragos Nicolae Madaras 1-6 7-63 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Nicolae Madaras, Ofner recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-63 6-4). During the match, Ofner and Nicolae Madaras scored the same amount of points (100). However, the world no. 137 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Ofner was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ofner scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Sebastian Ofner lost the serve 4 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Ofner put 56% of his first serves in, winning 71% (41/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (22/46) on the 2nd serve. Sebastian broke Nicolae Madaras 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ofner has conceded 2 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Ofner has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (251-189). 6-1 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ofner has an overall111-86 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Ofner’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Tenerife 1 Challenger and the Antalya Challenger.
The Austrian has an overall 14-7 win-loss record in 2023, 6-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Ofner has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 199, Matteo got to the quarter after defeating Julian Ocleppo 6-3 2-6 6-4 and Hamad Medjedovic 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Gigante had a good straight sets win against Medjedovic (6-1 6-2). During the match Gigante scored 62 points vs Medjedovic’s 38. Gigante was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Gigante recorded 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Matteo Gigante conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Gigante put 61% of his first serves in, winning 86% (24/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Matteo broke Medjedovic 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gigante has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Tenerife 3 Challenger where he beat Stefano Travaglia in the final 6-3 6-2.
Matteo has a compiled 13-7 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ofner | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 59 | 42 |
| Pts | 198-186 | 142-112 |
| Total Points | 384 | 254 |
| Winners | 81 | 59 |
| %Winners | 41% | 42% |
Both Ofner and Gigante played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Sebastian Ofner surrendered 2 sets, while Matteo Gigante conceded 1 set. Ofner has played 1 set more than Gigante (6 vs 5). Therefore, Ofner played 17 games more than Gigante. Sebastian scored 81 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Gigante fired 59 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ofner | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 121/201 | 71/129 |
| %1st in | 60% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 81/121 | 59/71 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 37/80 | 30/58 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 52% |
Ofner scored 2 aces (1 per match). Gigante scored 9 aces (4.5 per match). Ofner won 67% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Gigante won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ofner | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 7 |
| Converted | 9/17 | 7/13 |
| % Converted | 53% | 54% |
| Conceded | 25 | 6 |
| Saved | 15 | 4 |
| % Saved | 60% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 10 | 2 |
Sebastian broke his opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. Sebastian lost his serve 10 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Matteo broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Matteo conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ofner | ||||
| R1 Fatic |
R2 Nicolae |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 2-6 6-2 | 1-6 7-63 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 30 | 59 | |
| pts | 98-86 | 100-100 | 198-186 | |
| Total points | 184 | 200 | 384 | |
| Winners | 40 | 41 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 63/97 | 58/104 | 121/201 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 56% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 40/63 | 41/58 | 81/121 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 71% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 22/46 | 37/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 48% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 3/8 | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 38% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 14 | 25 | |
| Saved | 5/11 | 10/14 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 45% | 71% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Gigante | ||||
| R1 Ocleppo |
R2 Medjedovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 2-6 6-4 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 15 | 42 | |
| pts | 80-74 | 62-38 | 142-112 | |
| Total points | 154 | 100 | 254 | |
| Winners | 35 | 24 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 39% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 43/83 | 28/46 | 71/129 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 61% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 35/43 | 24/28 | 59/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 86% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/40 | 8/18 | 30/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 44% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 5/8 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 63% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
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