Flavio Cobolli and Francesco Forti will square off in the 2nd round of the Rome Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Flavio Cobolli who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Flavio Cobolli is the pick to win this match.
Flavio Cobolli -> 1.285
Francesco Forti -> 3.38
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Prediction and head to head Flavio Cobolli vs. Francesco Forti
There is no head to head record between Flavio Cobolli and Francesco Forti since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Flavio Cobolli
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-19 | 14-7 | 8-7 | 2-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-36 | 10-6 | 43-23 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-34 | 6-4 | 24-21 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 46-30 | 5-4 | 39-21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-8 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 182, Cobolli reached the 2nd round after beating Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 7-610 4-6 7-61.
In the 1st round, The Italian defeated Moreno De Alboran (7-610 4-6 7-61). During the match, Cobolli scored 116 points vs Moreno De Alboran’s 115. Cobolli was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cobolli struck 4 aces and he was not very steady on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Overall, Flavio Cobolli was quite effective on serve to win 72% (38/53) of his 1st serve and 57% (30/53) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 5 times. The Italian broke Moreno De Alboran 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Cobolli has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 55% of his matches (107-88). 12-7 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cobolli has an overall81-57 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Flavio’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Zadar Challenger.
Cobolli has a composed 16-11 win-loss record in 2023, 12-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Francesco Forti
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-33 | 20-8 | 26-21 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 31-22 | 1-1 | 29-18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-29 | 1-1 | 35-20 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-13 | 8-4 | 4-5 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 357, the Italian got to the 2nd round after defeating Nicolas Barrientos 6-3 6-1, Denis Istomin 6-1 6-3 and Viktor Durasovic 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Francesco had a good straight sets win against Durasovic (6-3 6-3). During the match Forti scored 63 points vs Durasovic’s 46. Francesco was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Forti bagged 4 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Francesco Forti was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (19/26) of his 1st serve and 86% (18/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Francesco broke Durasovic 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Francesco’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Monastir.
Francesco has a composed 20-10 win-loss record in 2023, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cobolli | Forti |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 50 |
| Pts | 116-115 | 184-130 |
| Total Points | 231 | 314 |
| Winners | 38 | 64 |
| %Winners | 33% | 35% |
Cobolli played 1 match while Forti competed in 3 matches. Forti started his run from the qualifications while Cobolli had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Flavio Cobolli conceded 1 set while Francesco Forti hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Cobolli has played 3 set(s) less than Forti (3 vs 6). Therefore, Cobolli played 14 games less than Forti. Cobolli scored 38 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Francesco bagged 64 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cobolli | Forti |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 53/106 | 97/153 |
| %1st in | 50% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 64/97 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 30/53 | 38/56 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 68% |
Cobolli bagged 4 aces . Forti blasted 7 aces (2.3 per match). Cobolli won 72% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Forti won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cobolli | Forti |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 14 |
| Converted | 4/14 | 14/30 |
| % Converted | 29% | 47% |
| Conceded | 6 | 11 |
| Saved | 1 | 8 |
| % Saved | 17% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
Cobolli broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. The Italian lost his serve 5 times and he saved 17% of the break points that he conceded. Forti broke his opponents 14 times with a 47% conversion rate. Francesco conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cobolli | |||
| R1 Moreno De Alboran |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-610 4-6 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 116-115 | 116-115 | |
| Total points | 231 | 231 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 53/106 | 53/106 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 38/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 30/53 | 30/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/6 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 17% | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Forti | |||||
| Q1 Barrientos |
Q3 Istomin |
R1 Durasovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-1 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | 18 | 50 | |
| pts | 59-40 | 62-44 | 63-46 | 184-130 | |
| Total points | 99 | 106 | 109 | 314 | |
| Winners | 19 | 26 | 19 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 42% | 30% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 33/53 | 38/53 | 26/47 | 97/153 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 72% | 55% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 19/33 | 26/38 | 19/26 | 64/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 68% | 73% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 8/15 | 18/21 | 38/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 53% | 86% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 5/12 | 3/11 | 14/30 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 42% | 27% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 4/5 | 1/1 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 80% | 100% | 240% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWW Tennis Scores in Rome Challenger
- Fausto TabaccoTabacco – Adrian AndreevAndreev (3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Miguel DamasDamas (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Jelle SelsSels – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Gianluca MagerMager – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Marek GengelGengel (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Francesco FortiForti – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander WeisWeis – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Max HoukesHoukes – Valentin VacherotVacherot (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (7-63 7-5) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (7-610 4-6 7-61) – See score progression
- Gabriele PirainoPiraino – Nerman FaticFatic (5-0 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Giovanni FonioFonio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gianluca MagerMager – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sumit NagalNagal – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander WeisWeis – Alexander RitschardRitschard (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco FortiForti – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max HoukesHoukes – Jelle SelsSels (0-1) – H2H and prediction
