Matteo Gigante and Samuel Vincent Ruggeri will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Naples Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on CAMPO FABRIZIO GASPARINI. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matteo Gigante who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matteo Gigante is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Gigante -> 1.52
Samuel Vincent Ruggeri -> 2.42
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Prediction and head to head Matteo Gigante vs. Samuel Vincent Ruggeri
This will be the 2nd time that Matteo Gigante and Samuel Vincent Ruggeri play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gigante (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Gigante won 6-2 6-2 in the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh back in 2022.
Matteo Gigante
20 - 6win/loss
141
132
LLLWWWLLWW | 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. 149, Gigante got to the 2nd round after beating Benjamin Bonzi 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round, Matteo had a good straight sets win against Bonzi (6-3 6-0). During the match, Gigante scored 66 points vs Bonzi’s 42. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gigante managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Matteo Gigante conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Gigante put 66% of his first serves in, winning 63% (25/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 76% (16/21) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Bonzi 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Gigante has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 60% of his matches (120-81). 1-0 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gigante has an aggregate71-48 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he beat Seong Chan Hong in the final 6-4 6-1 and the Tenerife 2 Challenger where he beat Stefano Travaglia in the final 6-2 6-4.
Gigante has a compiled 19-5 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Naples Challenger
Gigante has never competed in this tournament before.
Samuel Vincent Ruggeri
25 - 11win/loss
266
252
LLLWWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47-33 | 12-6 | 26-21 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-29 | 25-11 | 22-14 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 55-28 | 29-10 | 26-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-24 | 18-13 | 15-9 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 290 (career-high), the Italian reached the 2nd round after defeating Jacopo Berrettini 6-3 7-64, Edoardo Lavagno 4-1 ret. and Enrico Dalla Valle 7-65 6-3.
In the 1st round, Vincent had a good straight sets win against Dalla Valle (7-65 6-3). During the match Vincent scored 74 points vs Dalla Valle’s 64. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Vincent couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Samuel Vincent Ruggeri lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Vincent put 69% of his first serves in, winning 63% (30/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (9/22) on the 2nd serve. Vincent broke Dalla Valle 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Vincent has a composed 25-10 win-loss record in 2024, 9-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gigante | Vincent |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 49 |
| Pts | 66-42 | 177-155 |
| Total Points | 108 | 332 |
| Winners | 25 | 68 |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% |
Gigante played 1 match while Vincent competed in 3 matches. Vincent started his run from the qualifications while Gigante had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Gigante has played 4 set(s) less than Vincent (2 vs 6). Therefore, Gigante played 34 games less than Vincent. The Italian scored 25 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Vincent bagged 68 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gigante | Vincent |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 40/61 | 103/171 |
| %1st in | 66% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 25/40 | 68/103 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 16/21 | 32/68 |
| %2nd pts | 76% | 47% |
Gigante made 3 aces . Vincent made 7 aces (2.3 per match). Gigante won 63% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 76% of the points. On the other side, Vincent won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gigante | Vincent |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 11 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 11/24 |
| % Converted | 80% | 46% |
| Conceded | 6 | 14 |
| Saved | 6 | 8 |
| % Saved | 100% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 |
Gigante broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Gigante pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 6 break points. Samuel broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. Vincent conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gigante | |||
| R1 Bonzi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 66-42 | 66-42 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/61 | 40/61 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 25/40 | 25/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/21 | 16/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 76% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Vincent | |||||
| Q1 Berrettini |
Q3 Lavagno |
R1 Dalla Valle |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | 4-1 ret. | 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 5 | 22 | 49 | |
| pts | 83-77 | 20-14 | 74-64 | 177-155 | |
| Total points | 160 | 34 | 138 | 332 | |
| Winners | 33 | 5 | 30 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 25% | 41% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 47/89 | 8/12 | 48/70 | 103/171 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 67% | 69% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 33/47 | 5/8 | 30/48 | 68/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 63% | 63% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/42 | 3/4 | 9/22 | 32/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 75% | 41% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 2/4 | 6/11 | 11/24 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 50% | 55% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 0/0 | 3/7 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 71% | – | 43% | 114% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
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