Tom Gentzsch and Gabriele Pennaforti will play each other in the 1^st round of the Genova Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tom Gentzsch who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tom Gentzsch is the pick to win this match.
Tom Gentzsch -> 1.36
Gabriele Pennaforti -> 2.94

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Prediction and head to head Tom Gentzsch vs. Gabriele Pennaforti

There is no head to head record between Tom Gentzsch and Gabriele Pennaforti since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Tom Gentzsch

Ranked no. 370 (career-high), Tom got to the 1^st round after beating Gregoire Jacq 6-1 7-6(4) and Federico Bondioli 6-4 6-1.

In the qualifications, Tom had a good straight sets win against Bondioli (6-4 6-1). During the match, Gentzsch scored 68 points vs Bondioli’s 47. The German was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gentzsch blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Tom Gentzsch was extremely efficient on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Tom broke Bondioli 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Tom started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.

Gentzsch has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 59% of his matches (179-125). 30-12 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Gentzsch has an overall108-69 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.

Gentzsch’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir,M15 Bastad,M15 Kotka,M15 Ystad and M25 Ueberlingen.

Gentzsch has a composed 41-21 win-loss record in 2025, 30-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Genova Challenger

Gentzsch has never competed in this tournament before.

Gabriele Pennaforti

Ranked no. 472, Pennaforti reached the 1^st round after defeating Adil Kalyanpur 6-1 6-2 and Giovanni Fonio 6-0 4-6 6-4.

In the qualifications, Gabriele defeated Fonio (6-0 4-6 6-4). During the match Pennaforti scored 93 points vs Fonio’s 77. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Pennaforti struck 2 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Overall, Gabriele Pennaforti was very efficient on serve to win 72% (34/47) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Italian broke Fonio 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gabriele started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.

Pennaforti’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Valencia and M25 Bolzano.

Gabriele has an aggregate 32-23 win-loss record in 2025, 32-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gentzsch	Pennaforti
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	37	41
Pts	145-109	148-103
Total Points	254	251
Winners	48	51
%Winners	33%	34%

Both Gentzsch and Pennaforti played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Gabriele Pennaforti surrendered 1 set while Tom Gentzsch hasn’t conceded a set so far. Gentzsch has played 1 set(s) less than Pennaforti (4 vs 5). Therefore, Gentzsch played 4 games less than Pennaforti. Tom scored 48 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Pennaforti fired 51 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gentzsch	Pennaforti
Aces	6	3
Avg per match	3	1.5
1st in	62/106	66/112
%1st in	58%	59%
1st pts	48/62	51/66
%1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	28/44	28/46
%2nd pts	64%	61%

Gentzsch scored 6 aces (3 per match). Pennaforti bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Gentzsch won 77% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Pennaforti won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Gentzsch	Pennaforti
Won	7	10
Converted	7/25	10/17
% Converted	28%	59%
Conceded	3	7
Saved	2	5
% Saved	67%	71%
Times Broken	1	2

Gentzsch broke his opponents 7 times with a 28% conversion rate. Tom lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Gabriele broke his opponents 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Gentzsch
	Q1 Jacq	Q3 Bondioli	Total
Score	6-1 7-64	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	20	17	37
pts	77-62	68-47	145-109
Total points	139	115	254
Winners	24	24	48
%Winners	31%	35%	33%
SERVE
Aces	2	4	6
Double Faults	5	1	6
1st in	33/60	29/46	62/106
% 1st in	55%	63%	58%
1st pts	24/33	24/29	48/62
% 1st pts	73%	83%	77%
2nd pts	16/27	12/17	28/44
% 2nd pts	59%	71%	64%
Breaks
Won	4	3	7
Converted	4/13	3/12	7/25
Converted %	31%	25%	28%
Conceded	3	0	3
Saved	2/3	0/0	2
Saved %	67%	–	34%
Times Broken	1	0	1

Pennaforti
	Q1 Kalyanpur	Q3 Fonio	Total
Score	6-1 6-2	6-0 4-6 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	15	26	41
pts	55-26	93-77	148-103
Total points	81	170	251
Winners	17	34	51
%Winners	31%	37%	34%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	3
Double Faults	1	10	11
1st in	19/33	47/79	66/112
% 1st in	58%	59%	59%
1st pts	17/19	34/47	51/66
% 1st pts	89%	72%	77%
2nd pts	11/14	17/32	28/46
% 2nd pts	79%	53%	61%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/6	5/11	10/17
Converted %	83%	45%	59%
Conceded	0	7	7
Saved	0/0	5/7	5
Saved %	–	71%	36%
Times Broken	0	2	2

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