Matteo Gigante and Jiri Vesely will square off in the 1st round of the St. Tropez Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:30 pm on COURT 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matteo Gigante who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Matteo Gigante is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Gigante -> 1.33
Jiri Vesely -> 3.14

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Prediction and head to head Matteo Gigante vs. Jiri Vesely

There is no head to head record between Matteo Gigante and Jiri Vesely since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Matteo Gigante

Matteo Gigante

36 - 19win/loss

Hard
24-6
I Hard
0-2
Clay
11-10
Grass
1-1
Rank
155
High
132
LWWWWLLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 36-19 24-6 11-10 0-2 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. 155, Gigante will start his run in the St. Tropez Challenger after he played his last match in the Manacor Challenger where he lost 4-6 6-3 6-4 to Ajdukovic in the final on the 1st of September.

Gigante has a composed 36-19 win-loss record in 2024, 24-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the year was winning the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he defeated Seong Chan Hong in the final 6-4 6-1 and the Tenerife 2 Challenger where he overcame Stefano Travaglia in the final 6-2 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, Gigante has an overall 137-95 record. He has a positive 46-15 record on hard.

Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger

Matteo has never competed in this tournament before.

St. Tropez Challenger
Gigante's Record

Jiri Vesely

Jiri Vesely

10 - 22win/loss

Hard
2-6
I Hard
0-3
Clay
7-12
Grass
1-1
Rank
418
High
35
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 10-22 2-6 7-12 0-3 1-1 0-0
2023 11-15 5-3 3-7 1-1 1-3 1-1
2022 20-19 12-10 3-6 0-0 5-3 0-0
2021 25-27 4-5 8-12 9-5 2-3 2-2
2020 21-12 8-5 9-5 4-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 418, Vesely reached the 1st round after beating Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg 4-6 6-4 7-5 and Steven Diez 6-4 6-7(7) 7-5.

In the qualifications, Vesely defeated Diez (6-4 6-77 7-5). During the match Vesely scored 119 points vs Diez’s 117. Jiri was pretty aggressive to blast 68 winners.

Talking about serving, Vesely buried his opponent with 22 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Jiri Vesely lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Vesely put 73% of his first serves in, winning 78% (68/87) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (12/33) on the 2nd serve. Jiri broke Diez 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jiri started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 50% of the points he played.

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Prague Challenger where he overcame Gauthier Onclin in the final 6-2 3-6 7-6(3).

The Czech has a composed 10-22 win-loss record in 2024, 2-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

St. Tropez Challenger
Vesely's Record

Tennis Scores in St. Tropez Challenger

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