Benoit Paire and Alessandro Giannessi will play each other in the 2nd round of the Francavilla Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Benoit Paire who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Benoit Paire is the pick to win this match.
Benoit Paire -> 1.61
Alessandro Giannessi -> 2.21

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Prediction and head to head Benoit Paire vs. Alessandro Giannessi

This will be the 3rd time that Benoit Paire and Alessandro Giannessi clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Paire (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Paire won 5-7 6-4 7-6(7) in the quarter in the Marbella Challenger back in 2019.

Benoit Paire

Benoit Paire

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Rank
782
High
18
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 7-16 3-6 3-5 1-5 0-0 0-0
2024 11-30 6-12 0-9 4-7 1-2 0-0
2023 45-38 13-12 27-17 5-8 0-1 0-0
2022 16-31 7-13 6-14 3-2 0-2 0-0
2021 14-32 6-12 7-13 1-5 0-2 0-0
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Ranked no. 160, Benoit got to the 2nd round after defeating Giorgio Tabacco 3-6 6-4 7-613.

In the 1st round against Tabacco, Benoit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 7-613). During the match, Paire scored 117 points vs Tabacco’s 115. Paire was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Regarding the service games, Paire made 4 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Benoit Paire lost the serve 6 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Paire put 41% of his first serves in, winning 77% (30/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (20/56) on the 2nd serve. Paire broke Tabacco 6 times after converting 35% of his break points (6/17).

Paire has won exactly 50% of his matches (271-268) in the last 10 years. 5-5 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Paire has a composed 89-90 match record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Puerto Vallarta Challenger where he defeated Yuta Shimizu in the final 3-6 6-0 6-2.

Paire has an aggregate 17-16 win-loss record in 2023, 5-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Francavilla Challenger

The French player has never competed in this tournament before.

Francavilla Challenger
Paire's Record

Alessandro Giannessi

Alessandro Giannessi

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Rank
645
High
84
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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
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Ranked no. 230, the Italian got to the 2nd round after beating Marco Trungelliti 3-6 6-3 6-4.

In the 1st round against Trungelliti, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4).During the match Giannessi scored less points (2) than Trungelliti. In fact, the world no. 160 won 86 points vs Trungelliti’s. That means that Giannessi was more focused during the important points. Alessandro was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Giannessi managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Alessandro Giannessi lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Giannessi put 56% of his first serves in, winning 72% (36/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (17/39) on the 2nd serve. Giannessi broke Trungelliti 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Zadar Challenger where he beat Sebastian Ofner in the final 6-4 5-7 7-6(6).

Giannessi has an overall 22-13 win-loss record in 2023, 20-10 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Francavilla Challenger
Giannessi's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

B.Paire
A.Giannessi
2h:41
2h:41
Time on court​
2h:11
2h:11
!
2h:41
2h:41
Last match​
!
2h:11
2h:11
1
1
Match played
1
1
32
32
Games Played​
28
28
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
117
117
Total points​
86
86
117
117
Avg point​
86
86
30
30
Winners
36
36
30
30
Avg Winners​
36
36
26%
26%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
4
4
4
4
Avg Aces
4
4
7
7
Double Faults
5
5
!
7
7
Avg Double Faults
5
5
30/39
30/39
1st won total​
36/50
36/50
!
77%
77%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
20/56
20/56
2nd won total​
17/39
17/39
!
36%
36%
2nd won %
44%
44%
-- Break Points --
6/17
6/17
BP won
4/9
4/9
6/17
6/17
Avg BP won
4/9
4/9
35%
35%
Won
44%
44%
8
8
Conceded
7
7
8
8
Avg Conceded
7
7
6
6
Broken
3
3
!
6
6
Avg Broken
3
3
2
2
Saved
4
4
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Paire Giannessi
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 28
Pts 117-115 86-88
Total Points 232 174
Winners 30 36
%Winners 26% 42%

Both Paire and Giannessi played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Benoit Paire conceded 1 set, while Alessandro Giannessi surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Paire and Giannessi have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Paire played 4 games more than Giannessi. Benoit scored 30 winners (26% of the total points). On the other side, Alessandro fired 36 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Paire Giannessi
Aces 4 4
Avg per match 4 4
1st in 39/95 50/89
%1st in 41% 56%
1st pts 30/39 36/50
%1st pts 77% 72%
2nd pts 20/56 17/39
%2nd pts 36% 44%

Paire managed to score 4 aces . Giannessi scored 4 aces . Paire won 77% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 36% of the points. On the other side, Giannessi won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Paire Giannessi
Won 6 4
Converted 6/17 4/9
% Converted 35% 44%
Conceded 8 7
Saved 2 4
% Saved 25% 57%
Times Broken 6 3

The French player broke his opponent 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Alessandro broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Paire
R1
Tabacco		 Total
Score 3-6 6-4 7-613
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 32
pts 117-115 117-115
Total points 232 232
Winners 30 30
%Winners 26% 26%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 7 7
1st in 39/95 39/95
% 1st in 41% 41%
1st pts 30/39 30/39
% 1st pts 77% 77%
2nd pts 20/56 20/56
% 2nd pts 36% 36%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/17 6/17
Converted % 35% 35%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 2/8 2
Saved % 25% 25%
Times Broken 6 6
Giannessi
R1
Trungelliti		 Total
Score 3-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 28
pts 86-88 86-88
Total points 174 174
Winners 36 36
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 50/89 50/89
% 1st in 56% 56%
1st pts 36/50 36/50
% 1st pts 72% 72%
2nd pts 17/39 17/39
% 2nd pts 44% 44%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/9 4/9
Converted % 44% 44%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 4/7 4
Saved % 57% 57%
Times Broken 3 3

Tennis Scores in Francavilla Challenger

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