Zsombor Piros and Alessandro Giannessi will play each other in the quarter of the Zadar Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zsombor Piros who should win in 3 sets.
Zsombor Piros -> 1.727
Alessandro Giannessi -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Zsombor Piros vs. Alessandro Giannessi
This will be the 3rd time that Zsombor Piros and Alessandro Giannessi square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Giannessi (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Giannessi won 6-2 7-5
in the quarter in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 2 Challenger back in 2022.Zsombor Piros
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-16 | 6-4 | 26-8 | 7-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-29 | 1-6 | 17-17 | 13-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-29 | 3-2 | 35-18 | 5-7 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-23 | 7-6 | 19-9 | 10-7 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-16 | 3-2 | 31-9 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 185, Piros got to the quarter after beating Ryan Peniston 6-4 6-4 and Salvatore Caruso 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Piros had a good straight sets win against Caruso (6-2 6-3). During the match, Piros scored 59 points vs Caruso’s 47. Zsombor was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Piros bagged 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Zsombor Piros was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (22/31) of his 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zsombor broke Caruso 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Piros hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Piros has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (193-112). 4-1 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Piros has an aggregate121-56 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Hungarian has an aggregate 9-7 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Alessandro Giannessi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-25 | 0-5 | 13-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-33 | 3-5 | 33-27 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-30 | 2-1 | 18-28 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-27 | 0-2 | 31-20 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-14 | 0-1 | 10-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 261, the Italian reached the quarter after beating Manuel Guinard 6-4 6-2 and Nino Serdarusic 7-64 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Serdarusic (7-64 6-3). During the match Giannessi scored 81 points vs Serdarusic’s 68. Giannessi was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
About the serving games, Giannessi scored 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alessandro Giannessi lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Giannessi put 74% of his first serves in, winning 71% (47/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Giannessi broke Serdarusic twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Alessandro’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Tigre 1 Challenger and the Tigre 2 Challenger.
The Italian has an overall 12-8 win-loss record in 2023, 10-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Piros | Giannessi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 40 |
| Pts | 134-110 | 142-113 |
| Total Points | 244 | 255 |
| Winners | 42 | 75 |
| %Winners | 31% | 53% |
Both Piros and Giannessi played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Piros and Giannessi have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Piros played 3 games less than Giannessi. Piros scored 42 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Giannessi made 75 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Piros | Giannessi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 60/112 | 108/142 |
| %1st in | 54% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 42/60 | 75/108 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 33/52 | 17/34 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 50% |
Piros bagged 6 aces (3 per match). Giannessi scored 9 aces (4.5 per match). Piros won 70% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Giannessi won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Piros | Giannessi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 6 |
| Converted | 7/20 | 6/8 |
| % Converted | 35% | 75% |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 67% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Piros broke his opponents 7 times with a 35% conversion rate. The Hungarian lost his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Alessandro broke his opponents 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Alessandro conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Piros | ||||
| R1 Peniston | R2 Caruso | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 | 37 | |
| pts | 75-63 | 59-47 | 134-110 | |
| Total points | 138 | 106 | 244 | |
| Winners | 20 | 22 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 37% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 29/60 | 31/52 | 60/112 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 60% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 20/29 | 22/31 | 42/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 71% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 15/21 | 33/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 71% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 3/7 | 7/20 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 43% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 0/0 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Giannessi | ||||
| R1 Guinard | R2 Serdarusic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 22 | 40 | |
| pts | 61-45 | 81-68 | 142-113 | |
| Total points | 106 | 149 | 255 | |
| Winners | 28 | 47 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 58% | 53% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 42/53 | 66/89 | 108/142 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 74% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 28/42 | 47/66 | 75/108 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 71% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/11 | 10/23 | 17/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 43% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 2/4 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 88% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Sebastian OfnerOfner – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Flavio CobolliCobolli (2-1) – H2H and prediction