Francesco Forti and Lautaro Midon will play each other in the 2nd round of the Milan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:30 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 Francesco Forti who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francesco Forti is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Forti -> 1.43
Lautaro Midon -> 2.67
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Forti vs. Lautaro Midon
There is no head to head record between Francesco Forti and Lautaro Midon since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
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. 333, Forti reached the 2nd round after beating Jacopo Gianno 6-0 6-2, Lucio Carnevalle 6-3 6-1 and Riccardo Bonadio 6-3 3-0 ret..
In the 1st round against Bonadio, the Italian had a free pass after Bonadio retired on a 6-3 3-0 . scoreline.
Forti has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (188-137). 16-10 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Forti has a composed127-92 record in the last 7 years on clay.
Francesco’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Monastir.
The Italian has a composed 30-18 win-loss record in 2023, 16-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Milan Challenger
Lautaro Midon
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-22 | 0-0 | 41-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 695, the Argentine reached the 2nd round after beating Raul Brancaccio 6-1 5-7 6-0.
In the 1st round, The Argentine defeated Brancaccio (6-1 5-7 6-0). During the match Midon scored 102 points vs Brancaccio’s 84. Lautaro was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Midon recorded 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Lautaro Midon lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Midon put 71% of his first serves in, winning 65% (42/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (10/26) on the 2nd serve. Lautaro broke Brancaccio 8 times after converting 44% of his break points (8/18).
The Argentine’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Tucuman.
Lautaro has a composed 16-12 win-loss record in 2023, 16-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Forti | Midon |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 25 |
| Pts | 164-99 | 102-84 |
| Total Points | 263 | 186 |
| Winners | 52 | 42 |
| %Winners | 32% | 41% |
Forti played 3 matches while Midon competed in 1 match. Forti started his run from the qualifications while Midon had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Lautaro Midon conceded 1 set while Francesco Forti hasn’t dropped a set so far. Forti has played 4 sets more than Midon (7 vs 3). Therefore, Forti played 17 games more than Midon. Forti scored 52 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Midon scored 42 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Forti | Midon |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2.7 | 3 |
| 1st in | 64/118 | 65/91 |
| %1st in | 54% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 52/64 | 42/65 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 36/54 | 10/26 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 38% |
Forti managed to score 8 aces (2.7 per match). Midon made 3 aces . Forti won 81% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Midon won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Forti | Midon |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 8 |
| Converted | 13/29 | 8/18 |
| % Converted | 45% | 44% |
| Conceded | 1 | 10 |
| Saved | 0 | 7 |
| % Saved | 0% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Forti broke his opponents 13 times with a 45% conversion rate. Forti surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Midon broke his opponent 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. Lautaro conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Forti | |||||
| Q1 Gianno |
Q3 Carnevalle |
R1 Bonadio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 6-3 6-1 | 6-3 3-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 16 | 12 | 42 | |
| pts | 54-28 | 64-42 | 46-29 | 164-99 | |
| Total points | 82 | 106 | 75 | 263 | |
| Winners | 17 | 19 | 16 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 30% | 35% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 19/36 | 23/46 | 22/36 | 64/118 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 50% | 61% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 17/19 | 19/23 | 16/22 | 52/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 83% | 73% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 13/23 | 11/14 | 36/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 57% | 79% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/14 | 3/5 | 13/29 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 36% | 60% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midon | |||||
| R1 Brancaccio |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 5-7 6-0 | ||||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |||
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |||
| pts | 102-84 | 102-84 | |||
| Total points | 186 | 186 | |||
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |||
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |||
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |||
| 1st in | 65/91 | 65/91 | |||
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |||
| 1st pts | 42/65 | 42/65 | |||
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |||
| 2nd pts | 10/26 | 10/26 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |||
| Converted | 8/18 | 8/18 | |||
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |||
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |||
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |||
| Saved % | 70% | 23% | |||
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |||
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