Matteo Gigante and Mili Poljicak will play each other in the 2^nd round of the San Marino Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 8:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Matteo Gigante is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Gigante -> 1.46
Mili Poljicak -> 2.56

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Prediction and head to head Matteo Gigante vs. Mili Poljicak

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

Matteo Gigante

Ranked no. 137, the Italian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Kalin Ivanovski 6-7(10) 6-3 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Ivanovski, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7¹⁰ 6-3 6-3). During the match, Gigante scored 113 points vs Ivanovski’s 99. Gigante was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about the service games, Gigante bagged 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Matteo Gigante lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gigante put 64% of his first serves in, winning 69% (44/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (22/36) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Ivanovski 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Gigante has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (164-117). 13-7 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gigante has a composed94-65 match record in the last 7 years on clay.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Rome Challenger where he defeated Vilius Gaubas in the final 6-2 3-6 6-4.

Gigante has an overall 22-16 win-loss record in 2025, 13-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the San Marino Challenger

Mili Poljicak

Ranked no. 274, the Croatian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Ricardas Berankis 5-7 7-5 7-6(6).

In the 1^st round against Berankis, The Croatian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-5 7-6⁶). During the match Poljicak scored 130 points vs Berankis’s 127. Poljicak was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Talking about serving, Poljicak managed to score 18 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Mili Poljicak was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (48/66) of his 1st serve and 57% (32/56) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Poljicak broke Berankis twice after converting 15% of his break points (2/13).

Poljicak’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Porec and the Skopje Challenger.

Poljicak has a compiled 26-19 win-loss record in 2025, 20-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the San Marino Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gigante	Poljicak
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	37
Pts	113-99	130-127
Total Points	212	257
Winners	44	48
%Winners	39%	37%

Both Gigante and Poljicak played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Matteo Gigante surrendered 1 set, while Mili Poljicak conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Gigante and Poljicak have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Gigante played 6 games less than Poljicak. Gigante scored 44 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Poljicak made 48 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gigante	Poljicak
Aces	3	18
Avg per match	3	18
1st in	64/100	66/122
%1st in	64%	54%
1st pts	44/64	48/66
%1st pts	69%	73%
2nd pts	22/36	32/56
%2nd pts	61%	57%

Gigante made 3 aces . Poljicak bagged 18 aces . Gigante won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Poljicak won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Gigante	Poljicak
Won	5	2
Converted	5/11	2/13
% Converted	45%	15%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	4	4
% Saved	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

Matteo broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Matteo conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Croatian broke his opponent twice with a 15% conversion rate. Poljicak conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Gigante
	R1 Ivanovski	Total
Score	6-710 6-3 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	113-99	113-99
Total points	212	212
Winners	44	44
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	64/100	64/100
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	44/64	44/64
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	22/36	22/36
% 2nd pts	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/11	5/11
Converted %	45%	45%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	4/6	4
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

Poljicak
	R1 Berankis	Total
Score	5-7 7-5 7-66
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	37	37
pts	130-127	130-127
Total points	257	257
Winners	48	48
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	18	18
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	66/122	66/122
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	48/66	48/66
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	32/56	32/56
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/13	2/13
Converted %	15%	15%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	4/6	4
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

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