Sebastian Ofner and Alessandro Giannessi will fight against each other in the final of the Zadar Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:00 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 Sebastian Ofner who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Ofner is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Ofner -> 1.51
Alessandro Giannessi -> 2.47
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Ofner vs. Alessandro Giannessi
This will be the 4th time that Sebastian Ofner and Alessandro Giannessi fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Ofner (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Ofner won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in the Verona Challenger back in 2022.
Sebastian Ofner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-21 | 6-7 | 7-10 | 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 |
| 2020 | 15-17 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 137, the Austrian got to the final after beating Nerman Fatic 7-61 2-6 6-2, Dragos Nicolae Madaras 1-6 7-63 6-4, Matteo Gigante 6-4 6-1 and Flavio Cobolli 7-5 7-5.
In the semifinal, Ofner had a good straight sets win against Cobolli (7-5 7-5). During the match, Ofner scored 79 points vs Cobolli’s 67. Sebastian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ofner was unable to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 5 double faults. Sebastian Ofner lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Ofner put 52% of his first serves in, winning 59% (22/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. Sebastian broke Cobolli 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Austrian has dropped 2 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Ofner has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (253-189). 8-1 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ofner has an overall113-86 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Austrian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Tenerife 1 Challenger and the Antalya Challenger.
The Austrian has a compiled 16-7 win-loss record in 2023, 8-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
The Austrian has never competed in this tournament before.
Alessandro Giannessi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-21 | 0-5 | 12-16 | 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, Giannessi reached the final after defeating Manuel Guinard 6-4 6-2, Nino Serdarusic 7-64 6-3, Zsombor Piros 7-66 6-2 and Arthur Cazaux 6-3 6-4.
In the semifinal, Giannessi had a good straight sets win against Cazaux (6-3 6-4). During the match Giannessi scored 69 points vs Cazaux’s 62. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Giannessi wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alessandro Giannessi lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Giannessi put 61% of his first serves in, winning 56% (20/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the 2nd serve. Giannessi broke Cazaux 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Giannessi’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Tigre 1 Challenger,the Tigre 2 Challenger and the Zadar Challenger.
The Italian has an aggregate 14-8 win-loss record in 2023, 12-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ofner | Giannessi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 100 | 80 |
| Pts | 336-295 | 288-229 |
| Total Points | 631 | 517 |
| Winners | 123 | 127 |
| %Winners | 37% | 44% |
Both Ofner and Giannessi played 4 matches. At the moment, Sebastian Ofner dropped 2 sets while Alessandro Giannessi hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ofner has played 2 sets more than Giannessi (10 vs 8). Therefore, Ofner played 20 games more than Giannessi. Sebastian scored 123 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Giannessi bagged 127 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ofner | Giannessi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 188/323 | 180/256 |
| %1st in | 58% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 123/188 | 127/180 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 69/135 | 45/76 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 59% |
Ofner bagged 8 aces (2 per match). Giannessi managed to score 13 aces (3.3 per match). Ofner won 65% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Giannessi won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ofner | Giannessi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 20 | 13 |
| Converted | 20/38 | 13/25 |
| % Converted | 53% | 52% |
| Conceded | 39 | 13 |
| Saved | 23 | 9 |
| % Saved | 59% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 16 | 4 |
The Austrian broke his opponents 20 times with a 53% conversion rate. Ofner conceded his serve 16 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded. Alessandro broke his opponents 13 times with a 52% conversion rate. Giannessi conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ofner | ||||||
| R1 Fatic |
R2 Nicolae |
1/4 Gigante |
1/2 Cobolli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 2-6 6-2 | 1-6 7-63 6-4 | 6-4 6-1 | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 30 | 17 | 24 | 100 | |
| pts | 98-86 | 100-100 | 59-42 | 79-67 | 336-295 | |
| Total points | 184 | 200 | 101 | 146 | 631 | |
| Winners | 40 | 41 | 20 | 22 | 123 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | 34% | 28% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 63/97 | 58/104 | 30/51 | 37/71 | 188/323 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 56% | 59% | 52% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 40/63 | 41/58 | 20/30 | 22/37 | 123/188 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 71% | 67% | 59% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 22/46 | 16/21 | 16/34 | 69/135 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 48% | 76% | 47% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 3/8 | 4/11 | 7/10 | 20/38 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 38% | 36% | 70% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 39 | |
| Saved | 5/11 | 10/14 | 2/3 | 6/11 | 23 | |
| Saved % | 45% | 71% | 67% | 55% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | |
| Giannessi | ||||||
| R1 Guinard |
R2 Serdarusic |
1/4 Piros |
1/2 Cazaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 7-64 6-3 | 7-66 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 80 | |
| pts | 61-45 | 81-68 | 77-54 | 69-62 | 288-229 | |
| Total points | 106 | 149 | 131 | 131 | 517 | |
| Winners | 28 | 47 | 32 | 20 | 127 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 58% | 42% | 29% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 42/53 | 66/89 | 36/55 | 36/59 | 180/256 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 74% | 65% | 61% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 28/42 | 47/66 | 32/36 | 20/36 | 127/180 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 71% | 89% | 56% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/11 | 10/23 | 14/19 | 14/23 | 45/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 43% | 74% | 61% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 2/4 | 2/7 | 5/10 | 13/25 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 29% | 50% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 13 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 7/8 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 88% | – | 50% | 35% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
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