Matteo Gigante and Jerome Kym will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Manacor Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:00 pm on PISTA 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jerome Kym who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jerome Kym is the pick to win this match.
Jerome Kym -> 1.87
Matteo Gigante -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Matteo Gigante vs. Jerome Kym
There is no head to head record between Matteo Gigante and Jerome Kym since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Matteo Gigante
36 - 18win/loss
143
132
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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. 175, Gigante reached the semifinal after beating Jurij Rodionov 6-1 7-6(3), Charles Broom 6-3 5-7 6-3 and Enzo Couacaud 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter, Matteo had a good straight sets win against Couacaud (6-3 6-4). During the match, Gigante scored 65 points vs Couacaud’s 48. Matteo was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gigante scored 6 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Matteo Gigante was very efficient on serve to win 82% (28/34) of his 1st serve and 80% (12/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gigante broke Couacaud twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
Gigante has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 59% of his matches (136-94). 23-5 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gigante has an aggregate45-14 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the season was conquering 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 a compiled 35-18 win-loss record in 2024, 23-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Manacor Challenger
Gigante has never competed in this tournament before.
Jerome Kym
48 - 15win/loss
135
134
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 59-20 | 14-4 | 37-11 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 23-9 | 0-0 | 18-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
2022 | 41-22 | 17-5 | 12-9 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
2021 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
2020 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 180 (career-high), the Swiss got to the semifinal after beating Maxime Janvier 6-3 4-1 ret., Yannick Hanfmann 6-4 7-5 and Ricardas Berankis 6-3 6-2.
In the quarter, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Berankis (6-3 6-2). During the match Kym scored 65 points vs Berankis’s 38. Jerome was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Kym scored 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Jerome Kym was very effective on serve to win 76% (22/29) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Swiss broke Berankis 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kym hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Prostejov Challenger where he overcame Chun Hsin Tseng in the final 6-2 3-6 6-2 and the Zug Challenger where he overcame Roman Andres Burruchaga in the final 6-4 6-4.
The Swiss has a compiled 48-14 win-loss record in 2024, 11-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Gigante | Kym |
---|---|---|
Match played | 3 | 3 |
Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
Tot Games | 69 | 53 |
Pts | 236-189 | 185-126 |
Total Points | 425 | 311 |
Winners | 109 | 69 |
%Winners | 46% | 37% |
Both Gigante and Kym played 3 matches. At the moment, Matteo Gigante dropped 1 set while Jerome Kym hasn’t dropped a set so far. Talking about their workload, Gigante and Kym have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Gigante played 16 games more than Kym. The Italian scored 109 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss recorded 69 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Gigante | Kym |
---|---|---|
Aces | 18 | 22 |
Avg per match | 6 | 7.3 |
1st in | 143/209 | 85/138 |
%1st in | 68% | 62% |
1st pts | 109/143 | 69/85 |
%1st pts | 76% | 81% |
2nd pts | 35/66 | 37/53 |
%2nd pts | 53% | 70% |
Gigante made 18 aces (6 per match). Kym fired 22 aces (7.3 per match). Gigante won 76% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Kym won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Gigante | Kym |
---|---|---|
Won | 11 | 10 |
Converted | 11/18 | 10/22 |
% Converted | 61% | 45% |
Conceded | 14 | 8 |
Saved | 9 | 6 |
% Saved | 64% | 75% |
Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
The Italian broke his opponents 11 times with a 61% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Jerome conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
Gigante | |||||
R1 Rodionov |
R2 Broom |
1/4 Couacaud |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-1 7-63 | 6-3 5-7 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
Tot Games | 20 | 30 | 19 | 69 | |
pts | 68-51 | 103-90 | 65-48 | 236-189 | |
Total points | 119 | 193 | 113 | 425 | |
Winners | 32 | 49 | 28 | 109 | |
%Winners | 47% | 48% | 43% | 46% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 3 | 9 | 6 | 18 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
1st in | 43/63 | 66/97 | 34/49 | 143/209 | |
% 1st in | 68% | 68% | 69% | 68% | |
1st pts | 32/43 | 49/66 | 28/34 | 109/143 | |
% 1st pts | 74% | 74% | 82% | 76% | |
2nd pts | 10/20 | 13/31 | 12/15 | 35/66 | |
% 2nd pts | 50% | 42% | 80% | 53% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
Converted | 4/5 | 5/10 | 2/3 | 11/18 | |
Converted % | 80% | 50% | 67% | 61% | |
Conceded | 5 | 9 | 0 | 14 | |
Saved | 3/5 | 6/9 | 0/0 | 9 | |
Saved % | 60% | 67% | – | 42% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Kym | |||||
R1 Janvier |
R2 Hanfmann |
1/4 Berankis |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 4-1 ret. | 6-4 7-5 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 14 | 22 | 17 | 53 | |
pts | 44-28 | 76-60 | 65-38 | 185-126 | |
Total points | 72 | 136 | 103 | 311 | |
Winners | 18 | 29 | 22 | 69 | |
%Winners | 41% | 38% | 34% | 37% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 3 | 10 | 9 | 22 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
1st in | 22/34 | 34/56 | 29/48 | 85/138 | |
% 1st in | 65% | 61% | 60% | 62% | |
1st pts | 18/22 | 29/34 | 22/29 | 69/85 | |
% 1st pts | 82% | 85% | 76% | 81% | |
2nd pts | 10/12 | 13/22 | 14/19 | 37/53 | |
% 2nd pts | 83% | 59% | 74% | 70% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
Converted | 3/3 | 3/11 | 4/8 | 10/22 | |
Converted % | 100% | 27% | 50% | 45% | |
Conceded | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 4/5 | 2/3 | 6 | |
Saved % | – | 80% | 67% | 49% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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