Corentin Denolly and Gabriele Pennaforti will square off in the 2nd round of the Kigali 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:30 am on CENTER. 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 Corentin Denolly who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Corentin Denolly is the pick to win this match.
Corentin Denolly -> 1.38
Gabriele Pennaforti -> 2.89
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Prediction and head to head Corentin Denolly vs. Gabriele Pennaforti
There is no head to head record between Corentin Denolly and Gabriele Pennaforti since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Corentin Denolly
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 55-23 | 0-0 | 55-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-18 | 0-0 | 32-15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-20 | 0-0 | 39-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-24 | 2-4 | 23-16 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 8-8 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 442, the French player got to the 2nd round after defeating Hernan Casanova 7-62 7-5.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Casanova (7-62 7-5). During the match, Denolly scored 89 points vs Casanova’s 73. Corentin was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Denolly fired 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Corentin Denolly lost the serve 6 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Denolly put 62% of his first serves in, winning 63% (30/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Casanova 7 times after converting 50% of his break points (7/14).
Denolly has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (342-203). 10-4 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Denolly has a composed 240-123 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Corentin’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Hammamet.
Corentin has an aggregate 10-4 win-loss record in 2024, 10-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kigali 1 Challenger
Denolly has never competed in this tournament before.
Gabriele Pennaforti
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 46-27 | 0-0 | 46-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-28 | 2-3 | 47-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-26 | 12-11 | 26-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-8 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 547, will start his run in the Kigali 1 Challenger after he played his last match in the Kigali 1 Challenger where he overcame 5-7 6-3 7-6(3) to Gakhov in the 1st round on the 26th of February.
Pennaforti has an aggregate 0-1 win-loss record in 2024, 0-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, The Italian has an overall 97-63 record. He has a positive 73-41 record on clay.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Denolly | Pennaforti |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 34 |
| Pts | 89-73 | 112-100 |
| Total Points | 162 | 212 |
| Winners | 30 | 51 |
| %Winners | 34% | 46% |
Both Denolly and Pennaforti played 1 match. At the moment, Gabriele Pennaforti surrendered 1 set while Corentin Denolly hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Denolly has played 1 set(s) less than Pennaforti (2 vs 3). Therefore, Denolly played 9 games less than Pennaforti. Denolly scored 30 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Gabriele fired 51 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Denolly | Pennaforti |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5 |
| 1st in | 48/78 | 70/114 |
| %1st in | 62% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 30/48 | 51/70 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 22/44 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 50% |
Denolly scored 2 aces . Pennaforti struck 5 aces . Denolly won 63% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Pennaforti won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Denolly | Pennaforti |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 4 |
| Converted | 7/14 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 50% | 40% |
| Conceded | 11 | 9 |
| Saved | 5 | 5 |
| % Saved | 45% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 |
The French player broke his opponent 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Corentin conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded. Pennaforti broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Denolly | |||
| R1 Casanova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 89-73 | 89-73 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 48/78 | 48/78 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 30/48 | 30/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 13/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/14 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 5/11 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 45% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| Pennaforti | |||
| 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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WWWWLWWWLW Tennis Scores in Kigali 1 Challenger
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Clement TaburTabur (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (7-69 6-1) – See score progression
- Guy Orly IradukundaOrly Iradukunda – Jacob BrummBrumm (3-6 6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Lucas BouquetBouquet – Benjamin LockLock (4-6 7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Corentin DenollyDenolly – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Joshua SheehySheehy (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Damien WengerWenger – Luca FantiniFantini (6-0 7-60) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Bogdan BobrovBobrov (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Noah SchachterSchachter (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Preston BrownBrown – S D Prajwal DevD Prajwal Dev (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Emilien VoisinVoisin – Aziz OuakaaOuakaa (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Yshai OlielOliel – Ivan DenisovDenisov (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Calvin HemeryHemery – David PichlerPichler (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Gabriele PennafortiPennaforti – Ivan GakhovGakhov (5-7 6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Daniel CukiermanCukierman – Ernest HabiyambereHabiyambere (6-1 7-67) – See score progression
- Corentin DenollyDenolly – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (7-6(2) 7-5) – See score progression
- Preston BrownBrown – S D Prajwal DevD Prajwal Dev (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Max HoukesHoukes – Alafia AyeniAyeni (6-1 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Calvin HemeryHemery – David PichlerPichler (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Damien WengerWenger – Luca FantiniFantini (6-0 7-6(0)) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Bogdan BobrovBobrov (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (7-6(9) 6-1) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Joshua SheehySheehy (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Emilien VoisinVoisin – Aziz OuakaaOuakaa (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Noah SchachterSchachter (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Lucas BouquetBouquet – Benjamin LockLock (4-6 7-6(2) 6-3) – See score progression
- Yshai OlielOliel – Ivan DenisovDenisov (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Clement TaburTabur (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Damien WengerWenger (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel CukiermanCukierman – Stefan KozlovKozlov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas BouquetBouquet – Yshai OlielOliel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Preston BrownBrown – Max HoukesHoukes (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emilien VoisinVoisin – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Guy Orly IradukundaOrly Iradukunda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
