Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Lorenzo Giustino will face off in the quarter of the Todi Challenger for the 1^st 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

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 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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)

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Previously in the Todi Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st 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

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