Fabio Fognini and Matteo Gigante will square off in the quarter of the San Marino Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 8:30 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 Fabio Fognini who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Fabio Fognini is the pick to win this match.
Fabio Fognini -> 1.54
Matteo Gigante -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Fabio Fognini vs. Matteo Gigante
This will be the 2nd time that Fabio Fognini and Matteo Gigante clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fognini (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Fognini won 6-4 7-5 in the 2nd round in the Perugia Challenger back in June 2024.
Fabio Fognini
25 - 18win/loss
74
9
LWWLLLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-27 | 7-10 | 18-12 | 2-3 | 3-2 | 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. 74, the Italian got to the quarter after beating Pedro Sakamoto 6-7(5) 6-1 6-2 and Samuel Vincent Ruggeri 1-6 7-6(5) 6-0.
In the 2nd round against Vincent Ruggeri, Fabio recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-65 6-0). During the match, Fognini scored 80 points vs Vincent Ruggeri’s 77. Fognini was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Fognini blasted 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Fabio Fognini lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Fognini put 49% of his first serves in, winning 76% (28/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. Fognini broke Vincent Ruggeri 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian has lost 2 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Fognini has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (274-219). 17-11 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Fognini has an aggregate 144-99 match record in the last years on clay.
The Italian has an overall 24-18 win-loss record in 2024, 17-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Marino Challenger
Matteo Gigante
30 - 16win/loss
139
132
LWWWLLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-23 | 27-9 | 11-10 | 2-3 | 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. 158, Matteo reached the quarter after defeating Andrea Picchione 6-1 7-6(5) and Kyrian Jacquet 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Matteo had a good straight sets win against Jacquet (6-3 6-3). During the match Gigante scored 56 points vs Jacquet’s 44. Gigante was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Gigante recorded 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Matteo Gigante was extremely efficient on serve to win 89% (25/28) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Jacquet 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season 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 beat Stefano Travaglia in the final 6-2 6-4.
Gigante has an aggregate 30-15 win-loss record in 2024, 11-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Marino Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fognini | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 54 | 38 |
| Pts | 184-158 | 130-104 |
| Total Points | 342 | 234 |
| Winners | 76 | 61 |
| %Winners | 41% | 47% |
Both Fognini and Gigante played 2 matches. At the moment, Fabio Fognini surrendered 2 sets while Matteo Gigante hasn’t conceded a set so far. Fognini has played 2 sets more than Gigante (6 vs 4). Therefore, Fognini played 16 games more than Gigante. Fabio scored 76 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Gigante blasted 61 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fognini | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 101/172 | 74/126 |
| %1st in | 59% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 76/101 | 61/74 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 36/71 | 21/52 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 40% |
Fognini made 10 aces (5 per match). Gigante struck 8 aces (4 per match). Fognini won 75% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Gigante won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fognini | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 8 |
| Converted | 10/15 | 8/14 |
| % Converted | 67% | 57% |
| Conceded | 11 | 8 |
| Saved | 6 | 6 |
| % Saved | 55% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
Fognini broke his opponents 10 times with a 67% conversion rate. Fabio dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Matteo conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fognini | ||||
| R1 Sakamoto |
R2 Vincent |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-1 6-2 | 1-6 7-65 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 26 | 54 | |
| pts | 104-81 | 80-77 | 184-158 | |
| Total points | 185 | 157 | 342 | |
| Winners | 48 | 28 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 35% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 64/96 | 37/76 | 101/172 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 49% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 48/64 | 28/37 | 76/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 76% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 19/39 | 36/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 49% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 4/6 | 10/15 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 2/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 40% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Gigante | ||||
| R1 Picchione |
R2 Jacquet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-65 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 38 | |
| pts | 74-60 | 56-44 | 130-104 | |
| Total points | 134 | 100 | 234 | |
| Winners | 36 | 25 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 45% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 46/76 | 28/50 | 74/126 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 56% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 36/46 | 25/28 | 61/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 89% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/30 | 12/22 | 21/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 30% | 55% | 40% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/6 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 50% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 1/1 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 100% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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