Dimitar Kuzmanov and Matteo Gigante will face off in the 2nd round of the Zug Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:30 am on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matteo Gigante who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matteo Gigante is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Gigante -> 1.87
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Matteo Gigante
There is no head to head record between Dimitar Kuzmanov and Matteo Gigante since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-20 | 7-5 | 7-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-25 | 9-7 | 22-15 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-26 | 10-7 | 16-13 | 4-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-25 | 8-6 | 22-15 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-13 | 4-1 | 13-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 174, Kuzmanov reached the 2nd round after beating Dylan Dietrich 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, Dimitar had a good straight sets win against Dietrich (6-2 6-1). During the match, Kuzmanov scored 70 points vs Dietrich’s 47. The Bulgarian was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kuzmanov fired 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Dimitar Kuzmanov lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmanov put 59% of his first serves in, winning 63% (26/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the 2nd serve. Kuzmanov broke Dietrich 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Kuzmanov has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (401-208). 16-9 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kuzmanov has a composed 227-121 match record in the last years on clay.
Kuzmanov’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Bratislava 1 Challenger.
Kuzmanov has an aggregate 24-15 win-loss record in 2023, 16-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zug Challenger
Matteo Gigante
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-21 | 24-7 | 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. 209, Gigante reached the 2nd round after defeating Dalibor Svrcina 6-1 6-72 6-3.
In the 1st round, Gigante defeated Svrcina (6-1 6-72 6-3). During the match Gigante scored 103 points vs Svrcina’s 92. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Gigante fired 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Matteo Gigante lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gigante put 61% of his first serves in, winning 72% (38/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (12/34) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Svrcina 8 times after converting 67% of his break points (8/12).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Tenerife 3 Challenger where he overcame Stefano Travaglia in the final 6-3 6-2.
Gigante has a composed 25-21 win-loss record in 2023, 12-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zug Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kuzmanov | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 29 |
| Pts | 70-47 | 103-92 |
| Total Points | 117 | 195 |
| Winners | 26 | 38 |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% |
Both Kuzmanov and Gigante played 1 match. At the moment, Matteo Gigante lost 1 set while Dimitar Kuzmanov hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kuzmanov has played 1 set(s) less than Gigante (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kuzmanov played 14 games less than Gigante. Dimitar scored 26 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Matteo bagged 38 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kuzmanov | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 41/69 | 53/87 |
| %1st in | 59% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 26/41 | 38/53 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 12/34 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 35% |
Kuzmanov bagged 5 aces . Gigante struck 4 aces . Kuzmanov won 63% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Gigante won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 35% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kuzmanov | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 8 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 8/12 |
| % Converted | 56% | 67% |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 83% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Dimitar broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Bulgarian dropped his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 8 times with a 67% conversion rate. Gigante conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kuzmanov | |||
| R1 Dietrich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 70-47 | 70-47 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/69 | 41/69 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 26/41 | 26/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 17/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Gigante | |||
| R1 Svrcina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-72 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 103-92 | 103-92 | |
| Total points | 195 | 195 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 53/87 | 53/87 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 38/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/34 | 12/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 35% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/12 | 8/12 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLLWWWWL Tennis Scores in Zug Challenger
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-1 6-72 6-3) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Jelle SelsSels (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Dylan DietrichDietrich (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Dominic StrickerStricker (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Manuel GuinardGuinard (6-3 5-7 7-66) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Mika BrunoldBrunold (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Kilian FeldbauschFeldbausch (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Gianmarco FerrariFerrari (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras – Remy BertolaBertola (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Tim HandelHandel (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Ergi KirkinKirkin (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Fabio FogniniFognini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Joris De LooreDe Loore (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Harold MayotMayot (1-0) – H2H and prediction
