Matteo Gigante and Javier Barranco Cosano will play each other in the quarter of the Olbia Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on CLOTO ARENA. 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 -> 1.34
Javier Barranco Cosano -> 3.04

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Prediction and head to head Matteo Gigante vs. Javier Barranco Cosano

There is no head to head record between Matteo Gigante and Javier Barranco Cosano since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Matteo Gigante

Ranked no. 150, the Italian reached the quarter after beating Rudolf Molleker 6-2 6-2 and Laurent Lokoli 6-1 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Gigante had a good straight sets win against Lokoli (6-1 6-1). During the match, Gigante scored 53 points vs Lokoli’s 27. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 15 winners.

Talking about the service games, Gigante scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Matteo Gigante was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (15/21) of his 1st serve and 79% (15/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gigante broke Lokoli 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Italian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 63% of the points he played.

Gigante has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 59% of his matches (141-98). 26-8 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gigante has an aggregate48-17 record in the last 6 years on hard.

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

The Italian has an aggregate 40-22 win-loss record in 2024, 26-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Olbia Challenger

Javier Barranco Cosano

Ranked no. 215, the Spaniard reached the quarter after beating Luca Nardi 7-5 4-1 ret. and Emilio Nava 6-4 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Barranco had a good straight sets win against Nava (6-4 6-3). During the match Barranco scored 81 points vs Nava’s 66. Barranco was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Barranco couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Javier Barranco Cosano lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Barranco put 68% of his first serves in, winning 66% (33/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Javier broke Nava 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Barranco’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Antalya and the Iasi Challenger.

The Spaniard has an aggregate 41-29 win-loss record in 2024, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Olbia Challenger

The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gigante	Barranco
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	30	36
Pts	121-72	139-112
Total Points	193	251
Winners	44	55
%Winners	36%	40%

Both Gigante and Barranco played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Gigante has played 1 set(s) less than Barranco (4 vs 5). Therefore, Gigante played 6 games less than Barranco. Gigante scored 44 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Barranco managed to score 55 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gigante	Barranco
Aces	8	6
Avg per match	4	3
1st in	59/103	82/125
%1st in	57%	66%
1st pts	44/59	55/82
%1st pts	75%	67%
2nd pts	27/44	20/43
%2nd pts	61%	47%

Gigante recorded 8 aces (4 per match). Barranco bagged 6 aces (3 per match). Gigante won 75% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Barranco won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Gigante	Barranco
Won	9	10
Converted	9/16	10/13
% Converted	56%	77%
Conceded	4	13
Saved	4	9
% Saved	100%	69%
Times Broken	0	4

Gigante broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Gigante very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points. Javier broke his opponents 10 times with a 77% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.

Gigante
	R1 Molleker	R2 Lokoli	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	6-1 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	16	14	30
pts	68-45	53-27	121-72
Total points	113	80	193
Winners	29	15	44
%Winners	43%	28%	36%
SERVE
Aces	7	1	8
Double Faults	4	3	7
1st in	38/63	21/40	59/103
% 1st in	60%	53%	57%
1st pts	29/38	15/21	44/59
% 1st pts	76%	71%	75%
2nd pts	12/25	15/19	27/44
% 2nd pts	48%	79%	61%
Breaks
Won	4	5	9
Converted	4/7	5/9	9/16
Converted %	57%	56%	56%
Conceded	3	1	4
Saved	3/3	1/1	4
Saved %	100%	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0	0

Barranco
	R1 Nardi	R2 Nava	Total
Score	7-5 4-1 ret.	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	17	19	36
pts	58-46	81-66	139-112
Total points	104	147	251
Winners	22	33	55
%Winners	38%	41%	40%
SERVE
Aces	6	0	6
Double Faults	3	2	5
1st in	32/51	50/74	82/125
% 1st in	63%	68%	66%
1st pts	22/32	33/50	55/82
% 1st pts	69%	66%	67%
2nd pts	8/19	12/24	20/43
% 2nd pts	42%	50%	47%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/5	5/8	10/13
Converted %	100%	63%	77%
Conceded	5	8	13
Saved	3/5	6/8	9
Saved %	60%	75%	68%
Times Broken	2	2	4

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