Gabriele Pennaforti and Maik Steiner will face off in the qualifications of the Kigali 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:45 pm on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gabriele Pennaforti who should win in 3 sets.
Gabriele Pennaforti -> 1.533
Maik Steiner -> 2.36
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Prediction and head to head Gabriele Pennaforti vs. Maik Steiner
There is no head to head record between Gabriele Pennaforti and Maik Steiner since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Gabriele Pennaforti
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-29 | 0-0 | 36-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-27 | 0-0 | 46-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-28 | 2-3 | 47-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-26 | 12-11 | 26-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-8 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 433, Gabriele got to the qualifications after defeating Thijmen Loof 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications, Gabriele had a good straight sets win against Loof (6-1 6-3). During the match, Pennaforti scored 62 points vs Loof’s 43. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pennaforti scored 4 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Gabriele Pennaforti conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Pennaforti put 54% of his first serves in, winning 86% (25/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Pennaforti broke Loof 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Pennaforti has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 62% of his matches (154-95). 11-6 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Pennaforti has an aggregate130-73 record in the last 5 years on clay.
Gabriele’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Valencia.
The Italian has an aggregate 11-6 win-loss record in 2025, 11-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kigali 2 Challenger
Maik Steiner
2 - 7win/loss
768
656
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22-28 | 1-4 | 15-18 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| 2024 | 41-22 | 18-10 | 21-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 27-28 | 1-6 | 24-19 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-27 | 38-19 | 11-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-28 | 12-10 | 35-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 693, Maik got to the qualifications after beating Alafia Ayeni 6-4 7-6(6).
In the qualifications, Maik had a good straight sets win against Ayeni (6-4 7-66). During the match Steiner scored 79 points vs Ayeni’s 74. Steiner was exceptionally aggressive to blast 45 winners.
About the serving games, Steiner managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Maik Steiner was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (45/57) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The German broke Ayeni once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Steiner has an aggregate 2-6 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Kigali 2 Challenger
Steiner has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pennaforti | Steiner |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 23 |
| Pts | 62-43 | 79-74 |
| Total Points | 105 | 153 |
| Winners | 25 | 45 |
| %Winners | 40% | 57% |
Both Pennaforti and Steiner played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pennaforti and Steiner have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Pennaforti played 7 games less than Steiner. The Italian scored 25 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Steiner scored 45 winners (57%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pennaforti | Steiner |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 29/54 | 57/86 |
| %1st in | 54% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 45/57 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 16/29 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 55% |
Pennaforti managed to score 4 aces . Steiner recorded 2 aces . Pennaforti won 86% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Steiner won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pennaforti | Steiner |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 1 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 1/5 |
| % Converted | 40% | 20% |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Gabriele pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. Steiner broke his opponent once with a 20% conversion rate. The German was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 7 break points.
| Pennaforti | |||
| Q1 Loof | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 62-43 | 62-43 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 29/54 | 29/54 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 25/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 12/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Steiner | |||
| Q1 Ayeni | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 79-74 | 79-74 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 57% | 57% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 57/86 | 57/86 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 45/57 | 45/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 16/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/5 | 1/5 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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