Richard Gasquet and Flavio Cobolli will face off in the quarter of the San Benedetto Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 9:30 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Richard Gasquet who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Richard Gasquet is the pick to win this match.
Richard Gasquet -> 1.74
Flavio Cobolli -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Richard Gasquet vs. Flavio Cobolli
There is no head to head record between Richard Gasquet and Flavio Cobolli since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Richard Gasquet
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-32 | 15-8 | 11-12 | 3-8 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-31 | 9-9 | 8-10 | 7-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-25 | 8-6 | 13-10 | 11-8 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-20 | 6-5 | 9-7 | 8-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-10 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 51, Richard got to the quarter after beating Marcello Serafini 7-5 6-2 and Luca Nardi 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Richard had a good straight sets win against Nardi (6-3 6-4). During the match, Gasquet scored 57 points vs Nardi’s 51. Richard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gasquet scored just 1 ace and he committed only 3 double faults. Richard Gasquet lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gasquet put 56% of his first serves in, winning 76% (26/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (10/27) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Nardi 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Gasquet has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (282-186). 6-8 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gasquet has an overall 78-51 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in Auckland where he overcame Cameron Norrie in the final 4-6 6-4 6-4.
Richard has an aggregate 17-19 win-loss record in 2023, 6-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Benedetto Challenger
Richard has never competed in this tournament before.
Flavio Cobolli
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-29 | 26-13 | 10-9 | 4-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-36 | 10-6 | 43-23 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-34 | 6-4 | 24-21 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 46-30 | 5-4 | 39-21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-8 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 150, the Italian reached the quarter after defeating Gianmarco Ferrari 6-3 6-1 and Hernan Casanova 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Casanova (6-3 6-4). During the match Cobolli scored 61 points vs Casanova’s 43. Cobolli was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Cobolli couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Flavio Cobolli lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cobolli put 65% of his first serves in, winning 76% (26/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Cobolli broke Casanova 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
Cobolli’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Zadar Challenger,the Rome Challenger and the Milan Challenger.
The Italian has a compiled 30-19 win-loss record in 2023, 26-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gasquet | Cobolli |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 35 |
| Pts | 126-106 | 120-82 |
| Total Points | 232 | 202 |
| Winners | 52 | 47 |
| %Winners | 41% | 39% |
Both Gasquet and Cobolli played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gasquet and Cobolli have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Gasquet played 4 games more than Cobolli. Gasquet scored 52 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Flavio made 47 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gasquet | Cobolli |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 69/122 | 60/103 |
| %1st in | 57% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 52/69 | 47/60 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 23/53 | 24/43 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 56% |
Gasquet scored 8 aces (4 per match). Cobolli blasted 3 aces (1.5 per match). Gasquet won 75% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Cobolli won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gasquet | Cobolli |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 9 |
| Converted | 10/14 | 9/12 |
| % Converted | 71% | 75% |
| Conceded | 13 | 8 |
| Saved | 8 | 6 |
| % Saved | 62% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
Richard broke his opponents 10 times with a 71% conversion rate. Gasquet conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. Cobolli broke his opponents 9 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gasquet | ||||
| R1 Serafini |
R2 Nardi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 19 | 39 | |
| pts | 69-55 | 57-51 | 126-106 | |
| Total points | 124 | 108 | 232 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 46% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 35/61 | 34/61 | 69/122 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 56% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 26/34 | 52/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 76% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 10/27 | 23/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 37% | 43% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | 10/14 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 6/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Cobolli | ||||
| R1 Ferrari |
R2 Casanova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 35 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 61-43 | 120-82 | |
| Total points | 98 | 104 | 202 | |
| Winners | 21 | 26 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 43% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 26/51 | 34/52 | 60/103 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 65% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 26/34 | 47/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 76% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 9/18 | 24/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 50% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 5/8 | 9/12 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 63% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 4/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
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