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

Fabio Fognini

25 - 18win/loss

Hard
4-5
I Hard
0-0
Clay
18-11
Grass
3-2
Rank
91
High
9
WWWWWLLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 35-28 7-10 23-12 2-4 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

San Marino Challenger
Fognini's Record

Matteo Gigante

Matteo Gigante

30 - 16win/loss

Hard
18-3
I Hard
0-2
Clay
11-10
Grass
1-1
Rank
141
High
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. 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.

San Marino Challenger
Gigante's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

F.Fognini
M.Gigante
4h:15
4h:15
Time on court​
2h:57
2h:57
!
2h:02
2h:02
Last match​
1h:08
1h:08
2
2
Match played
2
2
54
54
Games Played​
38
38
6
6
Set played​​
4
4
184
184
Total points​
130
130
92
92
Avg point​
65
65
76
76
Winners
61
61
38
38
Avg Winners​
30.5
30.5
41%
41%
Ratio winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
8
8
5
5
Avg Aces
4
4
9
9
Double Faults
6
6
4.5
4.5
Avg Double Faults
3
3
76/101
76/101
1st won total​
61/74
61/74
!
75%
75%
1st won %
!
82%
82%
36/71
36/71
2nd won total​
21/52
21/52
51%
51%
2nd won %
40%
40%
-- Break Points --
10/15
10/15
BP won
8/14
8/14
5/7.5
5/7.5
Avg BP won
4/7
4/7
!
67%
67%
Won
!
57%
57%
11
11
Conceded
8
8
5.5
5.5
Avg Conceded
4
4
5
5
Broken
2
2
2.5
2.5
Avg Broken
1
1
6
6
Saved
6
6

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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