Flavio Cobolli and Federico Gaio will face off in the 2nd round of the Olbia Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on CENTRALE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Flavio Cobolli who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Flavio Cobolli is the pick to win this match.
Flavio Cobolli -> 1.4
Federico Gaio -> 2.78
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Prediction and head to head Flavio Cobolli vs. Federico Gaio
This will be the 4th time that Flavio Cobolli and Federico Gaio fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Cobolli (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Cobolli won 6-3 6-0 in the 2nd round in the Milan Challenger back in July 2023.
Flavio Cobolli
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-26 | 23-11 | 10-9 | 3-2 | 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. 106 (career-high), Cobolli reached the 2nd round after beating Emilio Nava 6-2 6-77 6-3.
In the 1st round, Cobolli defeated Nava (6-2 6-77 6-3). During the match, Cobolli scored 100 points vs Nava’s 84. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cobolli struck 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Flavio Cobolli was quite effective on serve to win 78% (46/59) of his 1st serve and 53% (20/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Cobolli broke Nava 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Cobolli has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 57% of his matches (141-107). 7-5 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cobolli has a compiled22-16 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Lisbon Challenger where he defeated Benjamin Hassan in the final 7-5 7-5.
Flavio has a compiled 50-30 win-loss record in 2023, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Olbia Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Federico Gaio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-17 | 2-7 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-30 | 14-12 | 25-15 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-28 | 9-9 | 8-15 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-38 | 6-8 | 14-16 | 13-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-19 | 5-4 | 10-12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 217, will start his run in the Olbia Challenger after he played his last match in the Olbia Challenger where he defeated 6-2 6-0 to Mayot in the 1st round on the 17th of October.
Federico has a composed 39-27 win-loss record in 2023, 13-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Italian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Monastir,M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio and the Turin Challenger.
In terms of his career, Gaio has an overall 511-419 record. He has a positive 134-103 record on hard.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cobolli | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 14 |
| Pts | 100-84 | 56-28 |
| Total Points | 184 | 84 |
| Winners | 46 | 20 |
| %Winners | 46% | 36% |
Both Cobolli and Gaio played 1 match. At the moment, Flavio Cobolli lost 1 set while Federico Gaio hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cobolli has played 1 set more than Gaio (3 vs 2). Therefore, Cobolli played 16 games more than Gaio. Flavio scored 46 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian managed to score 20 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cobolli | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 59/97 | 27/43 |
| %1st in | 61% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 46/59 | 20/27 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 20/38 | 11/16 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 69% |
Cobolli recorded 3 aces . Gaio scored 4 aces . Cobolli won 78% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Gaio won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cobolli | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 67% | 63% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Italian dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Gaio broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Gaio was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Cobolli | |||
| R1 Nava |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-77 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 100-84 | 100-84 | |
| Total points | 184 | 184 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 59/97 | 59/97 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 46/59 | 46/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/38 | 20/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Gaio | |||
| Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | |||
| Tot Set | 0 | ||
| Tot Games | 0 | ||
| pts | 0-0 | ||
| Total points | 0 | ||
| Winners | 0 | ||
| %Winners | 0% | ||
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | ||
| Double Faults | 0 | ||
| 1st in | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st in | 0% | ||
| 1st pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st pts | 0% | ||
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 0% | ||
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | ||
| Converted | 0/0 | ||
| Converted % | 0% | ||
| Conceded | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0 | ||
| Saved % | 0% | ||
| Times Broken | 0 | ||
Head 2 Head
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- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Lorenzo CarboniCarboni (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (7-65 ret.) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Matteo GiganteGigante (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Federico GaioGaio – Harold MayotMayot (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Emilio NavaNava (6-2 6-77 6-3) – See score progression
- Francesco FortiForti – Ryan PenistonPeniston (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Marius CopilCopil – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Benoit PairePaire (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Remy BertolaBertola (7-5 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Daniel RinconRincon (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Lorenzo CarboniCarboni (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Francesco FortiForti – Ryan PenistonPeniston (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Benoit PairePaire (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Remy BertolaBertola (7-5 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Marius CopilCopil – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (7-6(5) ret.) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Emilio NavaNava (6-2 6-7(7) 6-3) – See score progression
- Federico GaioGaio – Harold MayotMayot (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Matteo GiganteGigante (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Daniel RinconRincon (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marius CopilCopil – Alex MolcanMolcan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mathias BourgueBourgue – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Fabio FogniniFognini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vladyslav OrlovOrlov – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Zdenek KolarKolar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Joris De LooreDe Loore (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Federico GaioGaio (2-1) – H2H and prediction
