Matteo Gigante and Blaz Rola will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Cordenons Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on SERENA MANIVA CENTRE. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.48
Blaz Rola -> 2.52
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Prediction and head to head Matteo Gigante vs. Blaz Rola
There is no head to head record between Matteo Gigante and Blaz Rola since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Matteo Gigante
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-25 | 27-10 | 11-10 | 2-4 | 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. 202, the Italian got to the 2nd round after defeating Vladyslav Orlov 6-75 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Orlov, Gigante recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-4 6-4). During the match, Gigante scored 118 points vs Orlov’s 106. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gigante scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he was not very solid on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Matteo Gigante lost the serve 6 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gigante put 52% of his first serves in, winning 68% (38/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (23/52) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Orlov 8 times after converting 50% of his break points (8/16).
Gigante has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 58% of his matches (96-69). 14-14 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gigante has a composed65-44 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Tenerife 3 Challenger where he defeated Stefano Travaglia in the final 6-3 6-2.
Matteo has an overall 27-22 win-loss record in 2023, 14-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cordenons Challenger
Gigante has never competed in this tournament before.
Blaz Rola
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-11 | 0-0 | 13-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-11 | 9-1 | 16-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-27 | 5-5 | 15-13 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-12 | 4-5 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 482, the Slovenian reached the 2nd round after beating Carlos Taberner 2-6 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round against Taberner, Rola recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Rola scored 85 points vs Taberner’s 76. Rola was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Rola blasted 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Blaz Rola lost the serve 4 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Rola put 68% of his first serves in, winning 72% (44/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 31% (9/29) on the 2nd serve. Rola broke Taberner 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Rola’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.
Blaz has an aggregate 21-8 win-loss record in 2023, 12-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gigante | Rola |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 25 |
| Pts | 118-106 | 85-76 |
| Total Points | 224 | 161 |
| Winners | 38 | 44 |
| %Winners | 32% | 52% |
Both Gigante and Rola played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Matteo Gigante lost 1 set, while Blaz Rola lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Gigante and Rola have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Gigante played 8 games more than Rola. The Italian scored 38 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Blaz made 44 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gigante | Rola |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 7 |
| 1st in | 56/108 | 61/90 |
| %1st in | 52% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 38/56 | 44/61 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 23/52 | 9/29 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 31% |
Gigante fired 1 ace . Rola also blasted 7 aces . Gigante won 68% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Rola won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 31% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gigante | Rola |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 5 |
| Converted | 8/16 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 50% | 63% |
| Conceded | 12 | 14 |
| Saved | 6 | 10 |
| % Saved | 50% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 |
Matteo broke his opponent 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Matteo lost his serve 6 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovenian broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Blaz conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gigante | |||
| R1 Orlov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 118-106 | 118-106 | |
| Total points | 224 | 224 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 56/108 | 56/108 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 38/56 | 38/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/52 | 23/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/16 | 8/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 6/12 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| Rola | |||
| R1 Taberner |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 85-76 | 85-76 | |
| Total points | 161 | 161 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 61/90 | 61/90 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 44/61 | 44/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/29 | 9/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 31% | 31% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 10/14 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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