Gianluca Ballotta and Matias Franco Descotte will face off in the qualifications of the Lima Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on CANCHA 9. 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 Matias Franco Descotte who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matias Franco Descotte is the pick to win this match.
Matias Franco Descotte -> 1.17
Gianluca Ballotta -> 4.6
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Prediction and head to head Gianluca Ballotta vs. Matias Franco Descotte
There is no head to head record between Gianluca Ballotta and Matias Franco Descotte since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Gianluca Ballotta
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Gianluca got to the qualifications after beating Johan Alexander Rodriguez 6-4 3-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, Gianluca defeated Alexander Rodriguez (6-4 3-6 6-2). During the match, Ballotta and Alexander Rodriguez scored the same amount of points (94). However, the world no. was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Ballotta was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ballotta couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Gianluca Ballotta lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Ballotta put 64% of his first serves in, winning 62% (37/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Gianluca broke Alexander Rodriguez 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Ballotta has a unfavourable match record in the last 4 years having won 22% of his matches (4-14). 2-2 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ballotta has an aggregate4-13 win-loss record in the last 4 years on clay.
Ballotta has an overall 2-2 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lima Challenger
Matias Franco Descotte
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 14-12 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-30 | 7-7 | 33-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-25 | 3-6 | 38-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-20 | 24-14 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 34-20 | 26-17 | 7-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 432, the Argentine reached the qualifications after beating Jose Velasco 6-2 6-0.
In the qualifications, Matias had a good straight sets win against Velasco (6-2 6-0). During the match Franco Descotte scored 54 points vs Velasco’s 26. Matias was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.
About the serving games, Franco Descotte scored 2 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Matias Franco Descotte was quite effective on serve to win 77% (17/22) of his 1st serve and 100% (11/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Matias broke Velasco 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Matias’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Naples.
Franco Descotte has a compiled 22-18 win-loss record in 2023, 15-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lima Challenger
Franco Descotte has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ballotta | Franco Descotte |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 14 |
| Pts | 94-94 | 54-26 |
| Total Points | 188 | 80 |
| Winners | 37 | 17 |
| %Winners | 39% | 31% |
Both Ballotta and Franco Descotte played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Gianluca Ballotta conceded 1 set while Matias Franco Descotte hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ballotta has played 1 set more than Franco Descotte (3 vs 2). Therefore, Ballotta played 13 games more than Franco Descotte. Gianluca scored 37 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine made 17 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ballotta | Franco Descotte |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2 |
| 1st in | 60/94 | 22/33 |
| %1st in | 64% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 37/60 | 17/22 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 11/11 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 100% |
Ballotta didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Franco Descotte recorded 2 aces . Ballotta won 62% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Franco Descotte won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 100% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ballotta | Franco Descotte |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 42% | 45% |
| Conceded | 11 | 0 |
| Saved | 8 | 0 |
| % Saved | 73% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Ballotta broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Peruvian lost his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Franco Descotte broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Matias was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Ballotta | |||
| Q1 Alexander |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 94-94 | 94-94 | |
| Total points | 188 | 188 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 60/94 | 60/94 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 37/60 | 37/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 17/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Franco Descotte | |||
| Q1 Velasco |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 54-26 | 54-26 | |
| Total points | 80 | 80 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 22/33 | 22/33 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 17/22 | 17/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/11 | 11/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 100% | 100% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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