Federico Gaio and Luca Giacomini will play each other in the quarter of the Ortisei Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Federico Gaio who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Federico Gaio is the pick to win this match.
Federico Gaio -> 1.3
Luca Giacomini -> 3.36
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Prediction and head to head Federico Gaio vs. Luca Giacomini
There is no head to head record between Federico Gaio and Luca Giacomini since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
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. 213, Federico reached the quarter after beating Maximilian Neuchrist 6-4 6-4 and Francesco Forti 3-6 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Forti, Gaio recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-3). During the match, Gaio scored 85 points vs Forti’s 76. Federico was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gaio made 8 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Federico Gaio was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (31/42) of his 1st serve and 61% (27/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Federico broke Forti 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Federico has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Gaio has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (363-315). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gaio has an aggregate 38-44 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Federico’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Monastir,M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio and the Turin Challenger.
Federico has an overall 42-28 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ortisei Challenger
Luca Giacomini
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-25 | 9-8 | 9-15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-21 | 19-9 | 13-9 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-10 | 6-3 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 19-16 | 18-10 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-9 | 10-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 699, Luca got to the quarter after beating Hady Habib 7-5 6-3, Ryuki Matsuda 7-5 6-3, Louis Wessels 6-3 6-4 and Illya Marchenko 4-6 6-2 7-65.
In the 2nd round against Marchenko, Giacomini recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 7-65). During the match Giacomini scored 96 points vs Marchenko’s 93. Luca was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Giacomini couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Luca Giacomini was very efficient on serve to win 72% (41/57) of his 1st serve and 51% (22/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Luca broke Marchenko 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Luca started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Italian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.
Giacomini has an overall 35-19 win-loss record in 2023, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gaio | Giacomini |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 92 |
| Pts | 146-126 | 153-134 |
| Total Points | 272 | 287 |
| Winners | 64 | 68 |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% |
Gaio played 2 matches while Giacomini competed in 4 matches. Giacomini started his run from the qualifications while Gaio had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Federico Gaio lost 1 set, while Luca Giacomini conceded 1 set. Gaio has played 4 set(s) less than Giacomini (5 vs 9). Therefore, Gaio played 45 games less than Giacomini. Federico scored 64 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Giacomini recorded 68 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gaio | Giacomini |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 83/143 | 87/149 |
| %1st in | 58% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 64/83 | 68/87 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 37/60 | 34/62 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 55% |
Gaio struck 13 aces (6.5 per match). Giacomini blasted 4 aces (1 per match). Gaio won 77% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Giacomini won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gaio | Giacomini |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 7/13 |
| % Converted | 63% | 54% |
| Conceded | 11 | 9 |
| Saved | 10 | 5 |
| % Saved | 91% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
The Italian broke his opponents 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Gaio lost his serve once and he saved 91% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gaio | ||||
| R1 Neuchrist |
R2 Forti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 3-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 27 | 47 | |
| pts | 61-50 | 85-76 | 146-126 | |
| Total points | 111 | 161 | 272 | |
| Winners | 33 | 31 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 36% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 41/57 | 42/86 | 83/143 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 49% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 33/41 | 31/42 | 64/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 74% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 27/44 | 37/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 61% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 3/4 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 75% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 6/7 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 86% | 93% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Giacomini | ||||||
| Q1 Habib |
Q3 Matsuda |
R1 Wessels |
R2 Marchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | 4-6 6-2 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | 19 | 31 | 92 | |
| pts | – | – | 57-41 | 96-93 | 153-134 | |
| Total points | 0 | 0 | 98 | 189 | 287 | |
| Winners | 27 | 41 | 68 | |||
| %Winners | 0% | 0% | 47% | 43% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 1st in | / | / | 30/49 | 57/100 | 87/149 | |
| % 1st in | 0% | 0% | 61% | 57% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | / | / | 27/30 | 41/57 | 68/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 0% | 0% | 90% | 72% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | / | / | 12/19 | 22/43 | 34/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 0% | 0% | 63% | 51% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
| Converted | / | / | 3/7 | 4/6 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 0% | 43% | 67% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||
| Saved | 0/ | 0/ | 2/3 | 3/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 67% | 50% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
Head 2 Head
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