Arthur Cazaux and Alessandro Giannessi will face off in the semifinal of the Zadar Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Cazaux who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Arthur Cazaux is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Cazaux -> 1.38
Alessandro Giannessi -> 2.92

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Prediction and head to head Arthur Cazaux vs. Alessandro Giannessi

There is no head to head record between Arthur Cazaux and Alessandro Giannessi since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Arthur Cazaux

Ranked no. 218, Arthur got to the semifinal after beating Giovanni Fonio 4-6 6-4 6-2, Duje Ajdukovic 6-3 6-4 and Dino Prizmic 6-1 6-1.

In the quarter, Arthur had a good straight sets win against Prizmic (6-1 6-1). During the match, Cazaux scored 53 points vs Prizmic’s 29. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cazaux struck 9 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Arthur Cazaux was exceptionally effective on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cazaux broke Prizmic 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Arthur has lost 1 set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.

Cazaux has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 67% of his matches (105-52). 3-0 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cazaux has a composed32-27 record in the last 6 years on clay.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger where he defeated Lloyd Harris in the final 7-6(5) 6-2.

The French player has a composed 19-3 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zadar Challenger

Arthur has never competed in this tournament before.

Alessandro Giannessi

Ranked no. 261, Alessandro got to the semifinal after beating Manuel Guinard 6-4 6-2

, Nino Serdarusic 7-6⁴ 6-3 and Zsombor Piros 7-6⁶ 6-2.

In the quarter, Alessandro had a good straight sets win against Piros (7-6⁶ 6-2). During the match Giannessi scored 77 points vs Piros’s 54. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Giannessi managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alessandro Giannessi was extremely efficient on serve to win 89% (32/36) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Piros twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Giannessi hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Alessandro’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Tigre 1 Challenger and the Tigre 2 Challenger.

Alessandro has an aggregate 13-8 win-loss record in 2023, 11-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cazaux	Giannessi
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	6
Tot Games	61	61
Pts	226-173	219-167
Total Points	399	386
Winners	84	107
%Winners	37%	49%

Both Cazaux and Giannessi played 3 matches. At the moment, Arthur Cazaux dropped 1 set while Alessandro Giannessi hasn’t lost a set so far. Cazaux has played 1 set more than Giannessi (7 vs 6). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (61). Arthur scored 84 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian managed to score 107 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cazaux	Giannessi
Aces	19	13
Avg per match	6.3	4.3
1st in	120/209	144/197
%1st in	57%	73%
1st pts	84/120	107/144
%1st pts	70%	74%
2nd pts	51/89	31/53
%2nd pts	57%	58%

Cazaux bagged 19 aces (6.3 per match). Giannessi recorded 13 aces (4.3 per match). Cazaux won 70% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Giannessi won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cazaux	Giannessi
Won	14	8
Converted	14/21	8/15
% Converted	67%	53%
Conceded	23	9
Saved	18	7
% Saved	78%	78%
Times Broken	5	2

Arthur broke his opponents 14 times with a 67% conversion rate. Cazaux lost his serve 5 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Giannessi broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Cazaux
	R1 Fonio	R2 Ajdukovic	1/4 Prizmic	Total
Score	4-6 6-4 6-2	6-3 6-4	6-1 6-1
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	28	19	14	61
pts	106-86	67-58	53-29	226-173
Total points	192	125	82	399
Winners	43	18	23	84
%Winners	41%	27%	43%	37%
SERVE
Aces	8	2	9	19
Double Faults	2	0	0	2
1st in	55/95	35/72	30/42	120/209
% 1st in	58%	49%	71%	57%
1st pts	43/55	18/35	23/30	84/120
% 1st pts	78%	51%	77%	70%
2nd pts	22/40	22/37	7/12	51/89
% 2nd pts	55%	59%	58%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	5	5	14
Converted	4/7	5/8	5/6	14/21
Converted %	57%	63%	83%	67%
Conceded	10	11	2	23
Saved	8/10	8/11	2/2	18
Saved %	80%	73%	100%	84%
Times Broken	2	3	0	5

Giannessi
	R1 Guinard	R2 Serdarusic	1/4 Piros	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	7-64 6-3	7-66 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	18	22	21	61
pts	61-45	81-68	77-54	219-167
Total points	106	149	131	386
Winners	28	47	32	107
%Winners	46%	58%	42%	49%
SERVE
Aces	0	9	4	13
Double Faults	0	4	2	6
1st in	42/53	66/89	36/55	144/197
% 1st in	79%	74%	65%	73%
1st pts	28/42	47/66	32/36	107/144
% 1st pts	67%	71%	89%	74%
2nd pts	7/11	10/23	14/19	31/53
% 2nd pts	64%	43%	74%	58%
Breaks
Won	4	2	2	8
Converted	4/4	2/4	2/7	8/15
Converted %	100%	50%	29%	53%
Conceded	1	8	0	9
Saved	0/1	7/8	0/0	7
Saved %	0%	88%	–	29%
Times Broken	1	1	0	2

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