Hugo Grenier and Matteo Gigante will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Orleans Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTRAL ARENA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hugo Grenier who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Hugo Grenier is the pick to win this match.
Hugo Grenier -> 1.75
Matteo Gigante -> 1.99

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Prediction and head to head Hugo Grenier vs. Matteo Gigante

This will be the 2^nd time that Hugo Grenier and Matteo Gigante clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Grenier (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they fought against each other, Grenier won 2-6 6-2 6-3 in the qualifications in the Rome 1 Challenger back in 2021.

Hugo Grenier

Ranked no. 150, Hugo got to the 2^nd round after defeating Maxime Janvier 7-6(4) 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Hugo had a good straight sets win against Janvier (7-6⁴ 7-5). During the match, Grenier scored 95 points vs Janvier’s 85. Hugo was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Regarding the service games, Grenier fired 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Hugo Grenier lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Grenier put 73% of his first serves in, winning 64% (43/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Janvier 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Grenier has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (368-274). 4-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Grenier has an aggregate 77-73 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Hugo’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Granby Challenger and the Lexington Challenger.

Grenier has an aggregate 32-27 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Orleans Challenger

Matteo Gigante

Ranked no. 155, Matteo got to the 2^nd round after defeating Constant Lestienne 6-4 6-7(2) 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Matteo defeated Lestienne (6-4 6-7² 6-4). During the match Gigante scored 113 points vs Lestienne’s 109. Matteo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about serving, Gigante bagged 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Matteo Gigante lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gigante put 62% of his first serves in, winning 58% (38/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (22/41) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Lestienne 7 times after converting 44% of his break points (7/16).

His best result of the season 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 beat Stefano Travaglia in the final 6-2 6-4.

Gigante has a composed 37-20 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Orleans Challenger

The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Grenier	Gigante
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	25	33
Pts	95-85	113-109
Total Points	180	222
Winners	43	38
%Winners	45%	34%

Both Grenier and Gigante played 1 match. At the moment, Matteo Gigante lost 1 set while Hugo Grenier hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Grenier has played 1 set(s) less than Gigante (2 vs 3). Therefore, Grenier played 8 games less than Gigante. The French player scored 43 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian fired 38 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Grenier	Gigante
Aces	6	8
Avg per match	6	8
1st in	67/92	66/107
%1st in	73%	62%
1st pts	43/67	38/66
%1st pts	64%	58%
2nd pts	15/25	22/41
%2nd pts	60%	54%

Grenier fired 6 aces . Gigante managed to score 8 aces . Grenier won 64% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Gigante won 58% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Grenier	Gigante
Won	3	7
Converted	3/9	7/16
% Converted	33%	44%
Conceded	7	11
Saved	5	6
% Saved	71%	55%
Times Broken	2	5

Hugo broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Grenier conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Gigante broke his opponent 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.

Grenier
	R1 Janvier	Total
Score	7-64 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	25	25
pts	95-85	95-85
Total points	180	180
Winners	43	43
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	67/92	67/92
% 1st in	73%	73%
1st pts	43/67	43/67
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	15/25	15/25
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/9
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Gigante
	R1 Lestienne	Total
Score	6-4 6-72 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	33	33
pts	113-109	113-109
Total points	222	222
Winners	38	38
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	66/107	66/107
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	38/66	38/66
% 1st pts	58%	58%
2nd pts	22/41	22/41
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/16	7/16
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	6/11	6
Saved %	55%	55%
Times Broken	5	5

Tennis Scores in Orleans Challenger

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• Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Borna GojoGojo (6-7⁴ 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-4 6-7⁵ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Robin BertrandBertrand (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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