Matteo Gigante and Tristan Schoolkate will face off in the qualifications of the Cary Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:30 pm on STADIUM. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tristan Schoolkate who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tristan Schoolkate is the pick to win this match.
Tristan Schoolkate -> 1.87
Matteo Gigante -> 1.87

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Prediction and head to head Matteo Gigante vs. Tristan Schoolkate

There is no head to head record between Matteo Gigante and Tristan Schoolkate since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Matteo Gigante

Matteo Gigante

32 - 16win/loss

Hard
20-3
I Hard
0-2
Clay
11-10
Grass
1-1
Rank
139
High
132
LLWWWLLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 41-24 27-10 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. 152, Matteo reached the qualifications after beating Logan Zapp 6-1 0-6 6-2.

In the qualifications, Matteo defeated Zapp (6-1 0-6 6-2). During the match, Gigante scored 64 points vs Zapp’s 60. Matteo was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gigante scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Matteo Gigante lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Gigante put 59% of his first serves in, winning 61% (22/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the 2nd serve. Matteo broke Zapp 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Gigante has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 59% of his matches (132-92). 19-3 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Gigante has an overall41-12 match record in the last 6 years on hard.

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.

The Italian has a composed 31-16 win-loss record in 2024, 19-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cary Challenger

Gigante has never competed in this tournament before.

Cary Challenger
Gigante's Record

Tristan Schoolkate

Tristan Schoolkate

31 - 23win/loss

Hard
25-16
I Hard
0-0
Clay
0-2
Grass
6-5
Rank
169
High
167
LLWWWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 44-32 38-24 0-2 0-1 6-5 0-0
2023 44-30 30-23 4-4 2-2 8-1 0-0
2022 48-29 24-15 17-11 0-0 7-3 0-0
2021 24-20 8-9 3-5 11-5 0-0 2-1
2020 1-4 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 202, the Australian reached the qualifications after defeating Patrick Kypson 6-7(2) 7-6(4) 6-4.

In the qualifications against Kypson, Schoolkate recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 7-64 6-4). During the match Schoolkate scored 113 points vs Kypson’s 109. Schoolkate was pretty aggressive to blast 53 winners.

About the serving games, Schoolkate overpowered his opponent with 20 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tristan Schoolkate lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Schoolkate put 64% of his first serves in, winning 80% (53/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (18/37) on the 2nd serve. Tristan broke Kypson 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Guangzhou Challenger where he defeated Adam Walton in the final 6-3 3-6 6-3.

Schoolkate has an aggregate 31-22 win-loss record in 2024, 25-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Cary Challenger
Schoolkate's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Gigante
T.Schoolkate
1h:31
1h:31
Time on court​
!
3h:00
3h:00
1h:31
1h:31
Last match​
!
3h:00
3h:00
1
1
Match played
1
1
21
21
Games Played​
36
36
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
64
64
Total points​
113
113
64
64
Avg point​
113
113
22
22
Winners
53
53
22
22
Avg Winners​
53
53
34%
34%
Ratio winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
20
20
4
4
Avg Aces
!
20
20
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
1
1
Avg Double Faults
3
3
22/36
22/36
1st won total​
53/66
53/66
61%
61%
1st won %
!
80%
80%
14/25
14/25
2nd won total​
18/37
18/37
56%
56%
2nd won %
49%
49%
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
BP won
3/7
3/7
4/9
4/9
Avg BP won
3/7
3/7
44%
44%
Won
43%
43%
3
3
Conceded
8
8
3
3
Avg Conceded
8
8
3
3
Broken
2
2
3
3
Avg Broken
2
2
0
0
Saved
6
6

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Gigante Schoolkate
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 21 36
Pts 64-60 113-109
Total Points 124 222
Winners 22 53
%Winners 34% 47%

Both Gigante and Schoolkate played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Matteo Gigante lost 1 set, while Tristan Schoolkate lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Gigante and Schoolkate have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Gigante played 15 games less than Schoolkate. Matteo scored 22 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Schoolkate made 53 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve Gigante Schoolkate
Aces 4 20
Avg per match 4 20
1st in 36/61 66/103
%1st in 59% 64%
1st pts 22/36 53/66
%1st pts 61% 80%
2nd pts 14/25 18/37
%2nd pts 56% 49%

Gigante made 4 aces . Schoolkate fired 20 aces . Gigante won 61% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Schoolkate won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Gigante Schoolkate
Won 4 3
Converted 4/9 3/7
% Converted 44% 43%
Conceded 3 8
Saved 0 6
% Saved 0% 75%
Times Broken 3 2

Matteo broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Matteo conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Schoolkate broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Gigante
Q1
Zapp
Total
Score 6-1 0-6 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 21 21
pts 64-60 64-60
Total points 124 124
Winners 22 22
%Winners 34% 34%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 36/61 36/61
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 22/36 22/36
% 1st pts 61% 61%
2nd pts 14/25 14/25
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/9 4/9
Converted % 44% 44%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 0/3 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 3 3
Schoolkate
Q1
Kypson
Total
Score 6-72 7-64 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 36 36
pts 113-109 113-109
Total points 222 222
Winners 53 53
%Winners 47% 47%
SERVE
Aces 20 20
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 66/103 66/103
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 53/66 53/66
% 1st pts 80% 80%
2nd pts 18/37 18/37
% 2nd pts 49% 49%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/7
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 6/8 6
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 2 2

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