Facundo Diaz Acosta and Matteo Gigante will face off in the final of the Milan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Diaz Acosta who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Facundo Diaz Acosta is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Diaz Acosta -> 1.51
Matteo Gigante -> 2.47
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Matteo Gigante
There is no head to head record between Facundo Diaz Acosta and Matteo Gigante since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Facundo Diaz Acosta
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-19 | 3-8 | 16-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-25 | 4-4 | 46-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-21 | 0-1 | 31-19 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-30 | 7-4 | 36-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 10-7 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 115, Diaz Acosta reached the final after beating Gianmarco Ferrari 6-0 6-2, Pablo Cuevas 6-3 6-1, Gauthier Onclin 6-4 6-3 and Flavio Cobolli 6-0 4-6 6-3.
In the semifinal, Facundo defeated Cobolli (6-0 4-6 6-3). During the match, Diaz Acosta scored 98 points vs Cobolli’s 81. Diaz Acosta was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Diaz Acosta managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Facundo Diaz Acosta was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (37/52) of his 1st serve and 59% (24/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Argentine broke Cobolli 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Diaz Acosta has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Diaz Acosta has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (173-103). 31-13 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Diaz Acosta has a compiled153-87 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Savannah Challenger where he defeated Tristan Boyer in the final 6-3 6-1 and the Oeiras 4 Challenger where he defeated Aleksandar Vukic in the final 6-4 6-3.
Facundo has an aggregate 34-16 win-loss record in 2023, 31-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Milan Challenger
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Matteo Gigante
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-22 | 24-8 | 11-10 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-29 | 10-5 | 19-18 | 1-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-20 | 9-1 | 27-15 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-15 | 2-2 | 16-7 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-9 | 1-1 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 256, Gigante reached the final after defeating Francesco Passaro 7-5 6-4, Giovanni Oradini 6-1 6-2, Luca Nardi 4-6 7-67 6-4 and Luciano Darderi 6-4 3-6 7-5.
In the semifinal, Gigante defeated Darderi (6-4 3-6 7-5). During the match Gigante scored 112 points vs Darderi’s 105. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Gigante couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Matteo Gigante lost the serve 6 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gigante put 52% of his first serves in, winning 57% (25/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (24/41) on the 2nd serve. Matteo broke Darderi 7 times after converting 44% of his break points (7/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gigante has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Tenerife 3 Challenger where he overcame Stefano Travaglia in the final 6-3 6-2.
Gigante has an aggregate 23-18 win-loss record in 2023, 10-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Milan Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Diaz Acosta | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 74 | 101 |
| Pts | 306-227 | 358-317 |
| Total Points | 533 | 675 |
| Winners | 113 | 122 |
| %Winners | 37% | 34% |
Both Diaz Acosta and Gigante played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Facundo Diaz Acosta lost 1 set, while Matteo Gigante conceded 2 sets. Diaz Acosta has played 1 set(s) less than Gigante (9 vs 10). Therefore, Diaz Acosta played 27 games less than Gigante. Facundo scored 113 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Gigante blasted 122 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Diaz Acosta | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| 1st in | 155/272 | 178/339 |
| %1st in | 57% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 113/155 | 122/178 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 65/117 | 80/161 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 50% |
Diaz Acosta bagged 15 aces (3.8 per match). Gigante managed to score 15 aces (3.8 per match). Diaz Acosta won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Gigante won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Diaz Acosta | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 18 | 22 |
| Converted | 18/42 | 22/43 |
| % Converted | 43% | 51% |
| Conceded | 30 | 39 |
| Saved | 26 | 24 |
| % Saved | 87% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 15 |
Facundo broke his opponents 18 times with a 43% conversion rate. Diaz Acosta dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 87% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 22 times with a 51% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 15 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Diaz Acosta | ||||||
| R1 Ferrari |
R2 Cuevas |
1/4 Onclin |
1/2 Cobolli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-0 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 16 | 19 | 25 | 74 | |
| pts | 68-42 | 63-41 | 77-63 | 98-81 | 306-227 | |
| Total points | 110 | 104 | 140 | 179 | 533 | |
| Winners | 28 | 23 | 25 | 37 | 113 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 37% | 32% | 38% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 36/62 | 28/49 | 39/68 | 52/93 | 155/272 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 57% | 57% | 56% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 23/28 | 25/39 | 37/52 | 113/155 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 82% | 64% | 71% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 13/21 | 16/29 | 24/41 | 65/117 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 62% | 55% | 59% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/7 | 5/14 | 4/14 | 18/42 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 57% | 36% | 29% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 9/10 | 26 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 70% | 90% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Gigante | ||||||
| R1 Passaro |
R2 Oradini |
1/4 Nardi |
1/2 Darderi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 6-1 6-2 | 4-6 7-67 6-4 | 6-4 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 15 | 33 | 31 | 101 | |
| pts | 77-69 | 55-32 | 114-111 | 112-105 | 358-317 | |
| Total points | 146 | 87 | 225 | 217 | 675 | |
| Winners | 27 | 19 | 51 | 25 | 122 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | 45% | 22% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 24 | |
| 1st in | 37/85 | 27/49 | 70/120 | 44/85 | 178/339 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 55% | 58% | 52% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 19/27 | 51/70 | 25/44 | 122/178 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 70% | 73% | 57% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/48 | 13/22 | 22/50 | 24/41 | 80/161 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 59% | 44% | 59% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/8 | 5/12 | 7/16 | 22/43 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 63% | 42% | 44% | 51% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 39 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 1/2 | 11/16 | 4/10 | 24 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 50% | 69% | 40% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |
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