Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Gianluca Mager will face off in the 2nd round of the Francavilla Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gianluca Mager who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Gianluca Mager is the pick to win this match.
Gianluca Mager -> 1.63
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran -> 2.18

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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Moreno De Alboran vs. Gianluca Mager

There is no head to head record between Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Gianluca Mager since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Nicolas Moreno De Alboran

Nicolas Moreno De Alboran

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
677
High
107
LWLWLLWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 4-6 0-0 3-5 0-0 1-1 0-0
2024 51-35 21-12 27-19 2-2 1-2 0-0
2023 39-30 25-16 10-8 4-5 0-1 0-0
2022 38-20 8-2 28-17 0-0 2-1 0-0
2021 44-20 22-11 22-9 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 207, the Spaniard reached the 2nd round after defeating Aziz Dougaz 6-4 6-2.

In the 1st round, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Dougaz (6-4 6-2). During the match, Moreno De Alboran scored 56 points vs Dougaz’s 46. Nicolas was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Moreno De Alboran recorded 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran was extremely efficient on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nicolas broke Dougaz 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Moreno De Alboran has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 66% of his matches (168-88). 5-5 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Moreno De Alboran has an overall73-41 record in the last 7 years on clay.

Nicolas’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Chennai Challenger.

Nicolas has an aggregate 15-12 win-loss record in 2023, 5-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Francavilla Challenger

The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.

Francavilla Challenger
Moreno De Alboran's Record

Gianluca Mager

Gianluca Mager

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
899
High
62
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 5-16 2-2 3-11 0-3 0-0 0-0
2024 41-25 0-0 41-24 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 18-20 3-5 15-15 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 20-28 2-5 17-21 1-2 0-0 0-0
2021 33-28 4-7 22-15 6-5 1-1 0-0

Ranked no. 265, Gianluca reached the 2nd round after defeating Gabriele Piraino 7-62 5-7 7-66.

In the 1st round, Mager defeated Piraino (7-62 5-7 7-66). During the match Mager scored 134 points vs Piraino’s 129. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 51 winners.

About the serving games, Mager managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Gianluca Mager lost the serve 6 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Mager put 58% of his first serves in, winning 69% (51/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (26/54) on the 2nd serve. Mager broke Piraino 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).

Mager’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Antalya Challenger.

Mager has a compiled 13-12 win-loss record in 2023, 10-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Francavilla Challenger
Mager's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

N.Moreno Alboran
G.Mager
1h:14
1h:14
Time on court​
!
3h:17
3h:17
1h:14
1h:14
Last match​
!
3h:17
3h:17
1
1
Match played
1
1
18
18
Games Played​
38
38
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
56
56
Total points​
134
134
56
56
Avg point​
134
134
26
26
Winners
51
51
26
26
Avg Winners​
51
51
46%
46%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
7
7
3
3
Avg Aces
7
7
2
2
Double Faults
6
6
2
2
Avg Double Faults
!
6
6
26/33
26/33
1st won total​
51/74
51/74
!
79%
79%
1st won %
69%
69%
16/26
16/26
2nd won total​
26/54
26/54
!
62%
62%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
BP won
5/16
5/16
3/6
3/6
Avg BP won
5/16
5/16
50%
50%
Won
31%
31%
1
1
Conceded
16
16
1
1
Avg Conceded
16
16
0
0
Broken
6
6
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
6
6
1
1
Saved
10
10

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Moreno De Alboran Mager
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 18 38
Pts 56-46 134-129
Total Points 102 263
Winners 26 51
%Winners 46% 38%

Both Moreno De Alboran and Mager played 1 match. At the moment, Gianluca Mager dropped 1 set while Nicolas Moreno De Alboran hasn’t dropped a set so far. Moreno De Alboran has played 1 set(s) less than Mager (2 vs 3). Therefore, Moreno De Alboran played 20 games less than Mager. The Spaniard scored 26 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Mager bagged 51 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Moreno De Alboran Mager
Aces 3 7
Avg per match 3 7
1st in 33/59 74/128
%1st in 56% 58%
1st pts 26/33 51/74
%1st pts 79% 69%
2nd pts 16/26 26/54
%2nd pts 62% 48%

Moreno De Alboran made 3 aces . Mager managed to score 7 aces . Moreno De Alboran won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Mager won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Moreno De Alboran Mager
Won 3 5
Converted 3/6 5/16
% Converted 50% 31%
Conceded 1 16
Saved 1 10
% Saved 100% 63%
Times Broken 0 6

The Spaniard broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Spaniard quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Gianluca broke his opponent 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Moreno De Alboran
R1
Dougaz
Total
Score 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 56-46 56-46
Total points 102 102
Winners 26 26
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 33/59 33/59
% 1st in 56% 56%
1st pts 26/33 26/33
% 1st pts 79% 79%
2nd pts 16/26 16/26
% 2nd pts 62% 62%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/6 3/6
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Mager
R1
Piraino
Total
Score 7-62 5-7 7-66
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 38 38
pts 134-129 134-129
Total points 263 263
Winners 51 51
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 74/128 74/128
% 1st in 58% 58%
1st pts 51/74 51/74
% 1st pts 69% 69%
2nd pts 26/54 26/54
% 2nd pts 48% 48%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/16 5/16
Converted % 31% 31%
Conceded 16 16
Saved 10/16 10
Saved % 63% 63%
Times Broken 6 6

Tennis Scores in Francavilla Challenger

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