H2H, prediction of Matteo Gigante vs Henrique Rocha at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 9th January 2025

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Prediction and head to head Matteo Gigante vs. Henrique Rocha

Matteo Gigante and Henrique Rocha will square off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court 6. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matteo Gigante who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Matteo Gigante is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Gigante -> 1.51
Henrique Rocha -> 2.49

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Prediction and head to head Matteo Gigante vs. Henrique Rocha

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

Matteo Gigante

Matteo Gigante
Matteo Gigante

2 - 0win/loss

Hard
2-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
146
High
132
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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

Ranked no. 146, Gigante reached the qualifications after defeating Nick Hardt 6-2 6-2 and Lukas Neumayer 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Neumayer (6-3 6-4). During the match, Gigante scored 71 points vs Neumayer’s 54. Matteo was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Gigante scored 12 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Matteo Gigante was very efficient on serve to win 79% (31/39) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gigante broke Neumayer 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Matteo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 59% of the points he played.

Gigante has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (144-101). 2-0 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gigante has a composed51-19 match record in the last 7 years on hard.

The Italian has a composed 2-0 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Gigante
Australian Open
Gigante's Record

Henrique Rocha

Henrique Rocha
Henrique Rocha

2 - 0win/loss

Hard
2-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
174
High
158
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 40-33 10-7 27-22 2-2 1-2 0-0
2023 64-27 47-11 17-14 0-2 0-0 0-0
2022 18-18 8-9 10-9 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 3-11 2-6 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 174, Henrique got to the qualifications after beating Henri Squire 6-3 6-3 and Marton Fucsovics 6-2 7-6(3).

In the qualifications, Rocha had a good straight sets win against Fucsovics (6-2 7-63). During the match Rocha scored 75 points vs Fucsovics’s 60. Henrique was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Rocha managed to score 3 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Henrique Rocha was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (31/41) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Henrique broke Fucsovics twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Rocha started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Henrique has a compiled 2-0 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Rocha has never competed in this tournament before.

Rocha
Australian Open
Rocha's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Gigante
H.Rocha
2h:23
2h:23
Time on court​
2h:43
2h:43
1h:16
1h:16
Last match​
1h:42
1h:42
2
2
Match played
2
2
35
35
Games Played​
39
39
4
4
Set played​​
4
4
131
131
Total points​
136
136
65.5
65.5
Avg point​
68
68
55
55
Winners
52
52
27.5
27.5
Avg Winners​
26
26
42%
42%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
16
16
Aces
8
8
8
8
Avg Aces
4
4
9
9
Double Faults
0
0
4.5
4.5
Avg Double Faults
0
0
55/73
55/73
1st won total​
52/69
52/69
!
75%
75%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
15/34
15/34
2nd won total​
27/40
27/40
44%
44%
2nd won %
!
68%
68%
-- Break Points --
9/16
9/16
BP won
6/13
6/13
4.5/8
4.5/8
Avg BP won
3/6.5
3/6.5
!
56%
56%
Won
46%
46%
7
7
Conceded
2
2
3.5
3.5
Avg Conceded
1
1
3
3
Broken
1
1
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
!
0.5
0.5
4
4
Saved
1
1

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Gigante Rocha
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 35 39
Pts 131-90 136-105
Total Points 221 241
Winners 55 52
%Winners 42% 38%

Both Gigante and Rocha played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gigante and Rocha have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Gigante played 4 games less than Rocha. Matteo scored 55 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Henrique managed to score 52 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Gigante Rocha
Aces 16 8
Avg per match 8 4
1st in 73/107 69/109
%1st in 68% 63%
1st pts 55/73 52/69
%1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 15/34 27/40
%2nd pts 44% 68%

Gigante struck 16 aces (8 per match). Rocha managed to score 8 aces (4 per match). Gigante won 75% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Rocha won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Gigante Rocha
Won 9 6
Converted 9/16 6/13
% Converted 56% 46%
Conceded 7 2
Saved 4 1
% Saved 57% 50%
Times Broken 3 1

Matteo broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Gigante conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The Portuguese broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Rocha conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Gigante
Q1
Hardt
Q2
Neumayer
Total
Score 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 16 19 35
pts 60-36 71-54 131-90
Total points 96 125 221
Winners 24 31 55
%Winners 40% 44% 42%
SERVE
Aces 4 12 16
Double Faults 5 4 9
1st in 34/54 39/53 73/107
% 1st in 63% 74% 68%
1st pts 24/34 31/39 55/73
% 1st pts 71% 79% 75%
2nd pts 7/20 8/14 15/34
% 2nd pts 35% 57% 44%
Breaks
Won 6 3 9
Converted 6/7 3/9 9/16
Converted % 86% 33% 56%
Conceded 5 2 7
Saved 3/5 1/2 4
Saved % 60% 50% 55%
Times Broken 2 1 3
Rocha
Q1
Squire
Q2
Fucsovics
Total
Score 6-3 6-3 6-2 7-63
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 18 21 39
pts 61-45 75-60 136-105
Total points 106 135 241
Winners 21 31 52
%Winners 34% 41% 38%
SERVE
Aces 5 3 8
Double Faults 0 0 0
1st in 28/43 41/66 69/109
% 1st in 65% 62% 63%
1st pts 21/28 31/41 52/69
% 1st pts 75% 76% 75%
2nd pts 12/15 15/25 27/40
% 2nd pts 80% 60% 68%
Breaks
Won 4 2 6
Converted 4/10 2/3 6/13
Converted % 40% 67% 46%
Conceded 1 1 2
Saved 0/1 1/1 1
Saved % 0% 100% 50%
Times Broken 1 0 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Gigante
WW
Rocha
WW
2025 2024 2023
2 - 0
2 - 0
2-0
Hard
2-0

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