Matteo Gigante and Salvatore Caruso will face off in the quarter of the Tenerife 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matteo Gigante is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Gigante -> 1.363
Salvatore Caruso -> 2.91
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Prediction and head to head Matteo Gigante vs. Salvatore Caruso
There is no head to head record between Matteo Gigante and Salvatore Caruso 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. 183, the Italian reached the quarter after defeating Alessandro Giannessi 6-2 6-3 and Adrian Andreev 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Andreev (6-4 6-3). During the match, Gigante scored 67 points vs Andreev’s 51. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gigante scored 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Matteo Gigante was very efficient on serve to win 76% (22/29) of his 1st serve and 60% (21/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Andreev 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Matteo hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 59% of the points he played.
Gigante has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 58% of his matches (112-80). 11-2 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gigante has an overall33-11 record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he beat Seong Chan Hong in the final 6-4 6-1.
Matteo has a compiled 11-4 win-loss record in 2024, 11-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tenerife 2 Challenger
Salvatore Caruso
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-12 | 8-9 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-36 | 6-6 | 32-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-24 | 10-6 | 10-13 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-25 | 9-9 | 7-11 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-20 | 7-8 | 8-8 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 334, Caruso got to the quarter after defeating Oleksii Krutykh 6-2 3-6 6-4, Mitchell Krueger 6-4 4-6 7-5 and Jesper De Jong 6-4 1-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Salvatore defeated De Jong (6-4 1-6 6-3). During the match Caruso scored 78 points vs De Jong’s 73. Salvatore was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Caruso fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Salvatore Caruso lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Caruso put 51% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (22/35) on the 2nd serve. Salvatore broke De Jong 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Salvatore started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Caruso has a compiled 6-5 win-loss record in 2024, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tenerife 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gigante | Caruso |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 85 |
| Pts | 133-94 | 277-255 |
| Total Points | 227 | 532 |
| Winners | 50 | 98 |
| %Winners | 38% | 35% |
Gigante played 2 matches while Caruso competed in 3 matches. Caruso started his run from the qualifications while Gigante had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Salvatore Caruso lost 3 sets while Matteo Gigante hasn’t lost a set so far. Gigante has played 5 set(s) less than Caruso (4 vs 9). Therefore, Gigante played 49 games less than Caruso. Gigante scored 50 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Caruso scored 98 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gigante | Caruso |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 62/116 | 134/251 |
| %1st in | 53% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 50/62 | 98/134 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 31/54 | 61/117 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 52% |
Gigante recorded 9 aces (4.5 per match). Caruso recorded 13 aces (4.3 per match). Gigante won 81% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Caruso won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gigante | Caruso |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 12 |
| Converted | 7/15 | 12/20 |
| % Converted | 47% | 60% |
| Conceded | 11 | 23 |
| Saved | 10 | 14 |
| % Saved | 91% | 61% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 9 |
The Italian broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 91% of the break points that he conceded. Caruso broke his opponents 12 times with a 60% conversion rate. Caruso conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gigante | ||||
| R1 Giannessi |
R2 Andreev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 36 | |
| pts | 66-43 | 67-51 | 133-94 | |
| Total points | 109 | 118 | 227 | |
| Winners | 28 | 22 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 33% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 29/64 | 62/116 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 45% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 22/29 | 50/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 76% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 21/35 | 31/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 60% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/4 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 75% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 6/7 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 86% | 93% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Caruso | ||||||
| Q1 Krutykh |
Q3 Brancaccio |
R1 Krueger |
R2 De |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | 6-4 4-6 7-5 | 6-4 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 17 | 32 | 26 | 102 | |
| pts | 89-82 | – | 110-100 | 78-73 | 277-255 | |
| Total points | 171 | 0 | 210 | 151 | 532 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | 26 | 98 | ||
| %Winners | 40% | 0% | 33% | 33% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 1st in | 48/85 | / | 49/94 | 37/72 | 134/251 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 0% | 52% | 51% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 36/48 | / | 36/49 | 26/37 | 98/134 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 0% | 73% | 70% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/37 | / | 25/45 | 22/35 | 61/117 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 0% | 56% | 63% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | ||
| Converted | 5/6 | / | 4/8 | 3/6 | 12/20 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 0% | 50% | 50% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 8 | 6 | 23 | ||
| Saved | 6/9 | 0/ | 5/8 | 3/6 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 63% | 50% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||
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