Francesco Forti and Hady Habib will play each other in the qualifications of the Genova Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on CAMPO 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hady Habib who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Hady Habib is the pick to win this match.
Hady Habib -> 1.86
Francesco Forti -> 1.87

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Prediction and head to head Francesco Forti vs. Hady Habib

There is no head to head record between Francesco Forti and Hady Habib since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Francesco Forti

Francesco Forti

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
678
High
303
LLLLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 3-5 0-0 3-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 53-33 20-8 26-21 5-3 0-0 2-1
2022 31-22 1-1 29-18 1-3 0-0 0-0
2021 42-29 1-1 35-20 6-8 0-0 0-0
2020 20-13 8-4 4-5 8-4 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 390, Forti got to the qualifications after beating Filippo Romano 7-5 6-2.

In the qualifications, Francesco had a good straight sets win against Romano (7-5 6-2). During the match, Forti scored 70 points vs Romano’s 55. Francesco was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Forti managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Francesco Forti was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Romano 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Forti has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (195-145). 23-18 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Forti has an overall134-100 match record in the last 7 years on clay.

Francesco’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Monastir.

Forti has an aggregate 37-26 win-loss record in 2023, 23-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Genova Challenger

Forti has never competed in this tournament before.

Genova Challenger
Forti's Record

Hady Habib

Hady Habib

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
216
High
216
WWWWWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 47-35 21-11 25-21 1-3 0-0 0-0
2023 58-27 38-11 17-10 3-6 0-0 0-0
2022 33-25 21-14 9-7 3-4 0-0 0-0
2021 40-13 31-10 9-3 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 10-4 2-2 8-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 421, Habib got to the qualifications after defeating Guglielmo Verdese 6-4 6-2.

In the qualifications, Hady had a good straight sets win against Verdese (6-4 6-2). During the match Habib scored 69 points vs Verdese’s 53. Habib was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about serving, Habib bagged 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Hady Habib was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (18/24) of his 1st serve and 63% (19/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Habib broke Verdese 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Hady’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.

Habib has a compiled 38-20 win-loss record in 2023, 14-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Genova Challenger
Habib's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

F.Forti
H.Habib
1h:31
1h:31
Time on court​
1h:28
1h:28
1h:31
1h:31
Last match​
1h:28
1h:28
1
1
Match played
1
1
20
20
Games Played​
18
18
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
70
70
Total points​
69
69
70
70
Avg point​
69
69
28
28
Winners
18
18
28
28
Avg Winners​
18
18
40%
40%
Ratio winners
26%
26%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
5
5
3
3
Avg Aces
5
5
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1
1
28/39
28/39
1st won total​
18/24
18/24
!
72%
72%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
12/19
12/19
2nd won total​
19/30
19/30
!
63%
63%
2nd won %
!
63%
63%
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
BP won
4/9
4/9
4/9
4/9
Avg BP won
4/9
4/9
44%
44%
Won
44%
44%
4
4
Conceded
4
4
4
4
Avg Conceded
4
4
1
1
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
3
3
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Forti Habib
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 18
Pts 70-55 69-53
Total Points 125 122
Winners 28 18
%Winners 40% 26%

Both Forti and Habib played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Forti and Habib have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Forti played 2 games more than Habib. Forti scored 28 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Lebanese bagged 18 winners (26%).

Serve Performance

Serve Forti Habib
Aces 3 5
Avg per match 3 5
1st in 39/58 24/54
%1st in 67% 44%
1st pts 28/39 18/24
%1st pts 72% 75%
2nd pts 12/19 19/30
%2nd pts 63% 63%

Forti struck 3 aces . Habib blasted 5 aces . Forti won 72% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Habib won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Forti Habib
Won 4 4
Converted 4/9 4/9
% Converted 44% 44%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3 3
% Saved 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1

Francesco broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Forti surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Hady broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Lebanese conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Forti
Q1
Romano
Total
Score 7-5 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 70-55 70-55
Total points 125 125
Winners 28 28
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 39/58 39/58
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 28/39 28/39
% 1st pts 72% 72%
2nd pts 12/19 12/19
% 2nd pts 63% 63%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/9 4/9
Converted % 44% 44%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3/4 3
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1
Habib
Q1
Verdese
Total
Score 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 69-53 69-53
Total points 122 122
Winners 18 18
%Winners 26% 26%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 24/54 24/54
% 1st in 44% 44%
1st pts 18/24 18/24
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 19/30 19/30
% 2nd pts 63% 63%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/9 4/9
Converted % 44% 44%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3/4 3
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1

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