Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Lorenzo Giustino will face off in the quarter of the Todi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lorenzo Giustino who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lorenzo Giustino is the pick to win this match.
Lorenzo Giustino -> 1.87
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Santiago Rodriguez Taverna vs. Lorenzo Giustino
There is no head to head record between Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Lorenzo Giustino since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna
20 - 22win/loss
233
157
LWLLWWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-33 | 4-4 | 28-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-35 | 7-7 | 34-27 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-27 | 0-2 | 35-24 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 67-26 | 40-16 | 26-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 280, Santiago reached the quarter after defeating Filip Cristian Jianu 6-4 0-6 6-3 and Luca Castagnola 7-6(7) 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Castagnola (7-67 6-3). During the match, Rodriguez Taverna scored 72 points vs Castagnola’s 58. Santiago was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rodriguez Taverna fired 6 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna was pretty efficient on serve to win 79% (34/43) of his 1st serve and 74% (17/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Santiago broke Castagnola once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rodriguez Taverna has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Rodriguez Taverna has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (276-194). 16-19 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rodriguez Taverna has a composed205-147 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Santiago’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Santos Challenger.
The Argentine has an overall 19-22 win-loss record in 2024, 16-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Todi Challenger
Lorenzo Giustino
39 - 24win/loss
272
127
WLWWLLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-31 | 3-4 | 46-22 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-38 | 14-16 | 10-19 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-37 | 3-5 | 19-26 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-39 | 3-8 | 14-26 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-19 | 6-7 | 7-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 286, Giustino got to the quarter after beating Gianluca Cadenasso 6-3 6-3 and Matej Dodig 4-6 7-6(4) 6-1.
In the 2nd round against Dodig, Giustino recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-64 6-1). During the match Giustino scored 105 points vs Dodig’s 87. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 46 winners.
About the serving games, Giustino recorded 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Lorenzo Giustino lost the serve 3 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Giustino put 61% of his first serves in, winning 73% (46/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (19/40) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Dodig 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lorenzo has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Giustino’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Badalona,M25 Mataro and Bresse.
The Italian has a composed 39-23 win-loss record in 2024, 35-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Todi Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rodriguez Taverna | Giustino |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 48 |
| Pts | 149-135 | 171-136 |
| Total Points | 284 | 307 |
| Winners | 64 | 76 |
| %Winners | 43% | 44% |
Both Rodriguez Taverna and Giustino played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna dropped 1 set, while Lorenzo Giustino dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Rodriguez Taverna and Giustino have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Rodriguez Taverna played 1 game less than Giustino. Santiago scored 64 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Lorenzo made 76 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rodriguez Taverna | Giustino |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 82/139 | 104/162 |
| %1st in | 59% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 64/82 | 76/104 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 34/57 | 28/58 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 48% |
Rodriguez Taverna scored 9 aces (4.5 per match). Giustino made 5 aces (2.5 per match). Rodriguez Taverna won 78% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Giustino won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rodriguez Taverna | Giustino |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 9 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 9/20 |
| % Converted | 33% | 45% |
| Conceded | 8 | 19 |
| Saved | 5 | 15 |
| % Saved | 63% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Lorenzo broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Giustino conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rodriguez Taverna | ||||
| R1 Cristian Jianu |
R2 Castagnola |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 0-6 6-3 | 7-67 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 22 | 47 | |
| pts | 77-77 | 72-58 | 149-135 | |
| Total points | 154 | 130 | 284 | |
| Winners | 30 | 34 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 47% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 39/73 | 43/66 | 82/139 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 65% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 30/39 | 34/43 | 64/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 79% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 17/23 | 34/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 74% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 1/2 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 50% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 0/0 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | – | 32% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Giustino | ||||
| R1 Cadenasso |
R2 Dodig |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 4-6 7-64 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 30 | 48 | |
| pts | 66-49 | 105-87 | 171-136 | |
| Total points | 115 | 192 | 307 | |
| Winners | 30 | 46 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 41/59 | 63/103 | 104/162 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 61% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 46/63 | 76/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 19/40 | 28/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/9 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 56% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 13 | 19 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 10/13 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 77% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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