Benoit Paire and Gianluca Mager will fight against each other in the quarter of the Francavilla Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.88
Benoit Paire -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Benoit Paire vs. Gianluca Mager
There is no head to head record between Benoit Paire and Gianluca Mager since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Benoit Paire
| 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 |
Ranked no. 160, Benoit got to the quarter after defeating Giorgio Tabacco 3-6 6-4 7-613 and Alessandro Giannessi 7-5 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Giannessi (7-5 7-5). During the match, Paire scored 85 points vs Giannessi’s 74. Paire was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Paire struck 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Benoit Paire lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Paire put 44% of his first serves in, winning 79% (30/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (22/48) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Giannessi 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Paire has conceded 1 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.
Paire has won exactly 50% of his matches (272-268) in the last 10 years. 6-5 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Paire has a composed 90-90 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Puerto Vallarta Challenger where he overcame Yuta Shimizu in the final 3-6 6-0 6-2.
Paire has a compiled 18-16 win-loss record in 2023, 6-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Francavilla Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Gianluca Mager
| 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, the Italian reached the quarter after defeating Gabriele Piraino 7-62 5-7 7-66 and Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 2-6 7-69 6-1.
In the 2nd round against Moreno De Alboran, Gianluca recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-69 6-1). During the match Mager scored 95 points vs Moreno De Alboran’s 91. Mager was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Mager managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Gianluca Mager lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Mager put 68% of his first serves in, winning 77% (47/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (11/29) on the 2nd serve. Gianluca broke Moreno De Alboran 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mager has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
The Italian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Antalya Challenger.
Mager has a composed 14-12 win-loss record in 2023, 11-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Paire | Mager |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 66 |
| Pts | 202-189 | 229-220 |
| Total Points | 391 | 449 |
| Winners | 60 | 98 |
| %Winners | 30% | 43% |
Both Paire and Mager played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Benoit Paire surrendered 1 set, while Gianluca Mager dropped 2 sets. Paire has played 1 set(s) less than Mager (5 vs 6). Therefore, Paire played 10 games less than Mager. Benoit scored 60 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Gianluca managed to score 98 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Paire | Mager |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 77/181 | 135/218 |
| %1st in | 43% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 60/77 | 98/135 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 42/104 | 37/83 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 45% |
Paire bagged 7 aces (3.5 per match). Mager managed to score 11 aces (5.5 per match). Paire won 78% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Mager won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Paire | Mager |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 8 |
| Converted | 11/28 | 8/27 |
| % Converted | 39% | 30% |
| Conceded | 16 | 20 |
| Saved | 7 | 11 |
| % Saved | 44% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 9 |
Benoit broke his opponents 11 times with a 39% conversion rate. Paire conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. Gianluca broke his opponents 8 times with a 30% conversion rate. Mager conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| Paire | ||||
| R1 Tabacco |
R2 Giannessi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 7-613 | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 24 | 56 | |
| pts | 117-115 | 85-74 | 202-189 | |
| Total points | 232 | 159 | 391 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 35% | 30% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 39/95 | 38/86 | 77/181 | |
| % 1st in | 41% | 44% | 43% | |
| 1st pts | 30/39 | 30/38 | 60/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 79% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/56 | 22/48 | 42/104 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 46% | 40% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/17 | 5/11 | 11/28 | |
| Converted % | 35% | 45% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| Saved | 2/8 | 5/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 63% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Mager | ||||
| R1 Piraino |
R2 Moreno De Alboran |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 5-7 7-66 | 2-6 7-69 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 38 | 28 | 66 | |
| pts | 134-129 | 95-91 | 229-220 | |
| Total points | 263 | 186 | 449 | |
| Winners | 51 | 47 | 98 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 49% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 74/128 | 61/90 | 135/218 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 68% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 51/74 | 47/61 | 98/135 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 77% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/54 | 11/29 | 37/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 38% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/16 | 3/11 | 8/27 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 27% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 4 | 20 | |
| Saved | 10/16 | 1/4 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 25% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
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