Fabio Fognini and Matteo Gigante will square off in the quarter of the San Marino Challenger for the 2^nd 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 2^nd 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 2^nd round in the Perugia Challenger back in June 2024.

Fabio Fognini

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 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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 2^nd 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

Tennis Scores in San Marino Challenger

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