Matteo Gigante and Hiroki Moriya will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 6. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.35
Hiroki Moriya -> 2.99

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Prediction and head to head Matteo Gigante vs. Hiroki Moriya

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

The last time that they locked horns, Moriya won 6-2 6-4 in the qualifications in the Biella 2 Challenger back in 2021.

Matteo Gigante

Matteo Gigante

41 - 23win/loss

Hard
27-9
I Hard
2-3
Clay
11-10
Grass
1-1
Rank
142
High
132
LLLWWWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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. 139, Gigante will start his run in the Matsuyama Challenger after he played his last match in the Olbia Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-3 to Landaluce in the semifinal on the 20th of October.

The Italian has a compiled 41-23 win-loss record in 2024, 27-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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 beat Stefano Travaglia in the final 6-2 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, The Italian has an overall 142-99 record. He has a positive 49-18 record on hard.

Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger

The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.

Matsuyama Challenger
Gigante's Record

Hiroki Moriya

Hiroki Moriya

33 - 29win/loss

Hard
33-26
I Hard
0-1
Grass
0-2
Rank
379
High
143
LWWLWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 36-31 34-27 0-0 2-2 0-2 0-0
2023 31-28 31-27 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 27-30 18-19 0-0 7-9 1-1 1-1
2021 22-28 13-17 0-0 8-9 0-0 1-2
2020 7-15 5-5 1-2 0-7 0-0 1-1

Ranked no. 391, Hiroki got to the 1st round after defeating Yusuke Kusuhara 6-4 7-5.

The Japanese’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Traralgon,M25 Takasaki and M25 Cairns.

Moriya has a composed 33-29 win-loss record in 2024, 33-26 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.

Matsuyama Challenger
Moriya's Record

Tennis Scores in Matsuyama Challenger

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