Fabio Fognini and Matteo Gigante will face off in the 2nd round of the Perugia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 8:30 pm on CENTER COURT . Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Fabio Fognini who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Fabio Fognini is the pick to win this match.
Fabio Fognini -> 1.58
Matteo Gigante -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Fabio Fognini vs. Matteo Gigante
There is no head to head record between Fabio Fognini and Matteo Gigante since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Fabio Fognini
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-15 | 4-5 | 12-9 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-23 | 0-8 | 23-12 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-26 | 10-9 | 12-12 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-24 | 12-12 | 7-8 | 0-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-10 | 4-5 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 102, Fabio got to the 2nd round after defeating Enrico Dalla Valle 6-1 1-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, Fabio defeated Dalla Valle (6-1 1-6 6-1). During the match, Fognini scored 83 points vs Dalla Valle’s 68. Fabio was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Fognini recorded 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Fabio Fognini lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Fognini put 54% of his first serves in, winning 67% (26/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Dalla Valle 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Fognini has winning record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (264-213). 10-7 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Fognini has an overall 137-95 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Fognini has an overall 14-12 win-loss record in 2024, 10-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Perugia Challenger
Fognini has never competed in this tournament before.
Matteo Gigante
27 - 12win/loss
135
132
LWLWLWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-13 | 18-3 | 9-7 | 0-2 | 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. 132 (career-high), Matteo got to the 2nd round after defeating Samuel Vincent Ruggeri 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, Gigante had a good straight sets win against Vincent Ruggeri (7-5 6-3). During the match Gigante scored 65 points vs Vincent Ruggeri’s 51. Matteo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Gigante bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Matteo Gigante lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Gigante put 71% of his first serves in, winning 64% (29/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the 2nd serve. Matteo was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Vincent Ruggeri 4 times.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he overcame Seong Chan Hong in the final 6-4 6-1 and the Tenerife 2 Challenger where he defeated Stefano Travaglia in the final 6-2 6-4.
Matteo has an overall 27-11 win-loss record in 2024, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Perugia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fognini | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 |
| Pts | 83-68 | 65-51 |
| Total Points | 151 | 116 |
| Winners | 26 | 29 |
| %Winners | 31% | 45% |
Both Fognini and Gigante played 1 match. At the moment, Fabio Fognini dropped 1 set while Matteo Gigante hasn’t lost a set so far. Fognini has played 1 set more than Gigante (3 vs 2). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (21). Fabio scored 26 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Matteo struck 29 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fognini | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 39/72 | 45/63 |
| %1st in | 54% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 26/39 | 29/45 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 13/18 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 72% |
Fognini made 2 aces . Gigante struck 2 aces . Fognini won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Gigante won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 72% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fognini | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 4/4 |
| % Converted | 42% | 100% |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Fognini broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Italian surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Matteo conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fognini | |||
| R1 Dalla Valle |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 1-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 83-68 | 83-68 | |
| Total points | 151 | 151 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 39/72 | 39/72 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 26/39 | 26/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 17/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Gigante | |||
| R1 Vincent |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 65-51 | 65-51 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 45/63 | 45/63 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 29/45 | 29/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 13/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 72% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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