Matteo Gigante and Jerome Kym will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Manacor Challenger for the 1^st 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

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

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
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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