Tom Gentzsch and Francesco Forti will face off in the 2nd round of the Genova Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tom Gentzsch is the pick to win this match.
Tom Gentzsch -> 1.53
Francesco Forti -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Tom Gentzsch vs. Francesco Forti

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

Tom Gentzsch

Tom Gentzsch

43 - 21win/loss

Hard
4-2
I Hard
5-6
Clay
32-12
Carpet
2-1
Rank
286
High
269
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 52-30 9-4 33-14 8-11 0-0 2-1
2024 48-26 12-6 26-15 4-3 0-0 6-2
2023 45-39 10-6 29-25 2-5 0-0 4-3
2022 34-28 14-11 15-11 3-4 0-0 2-2
2021 11-11 1-2 8-6 2-3 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 370 (career-high), Gentzsch got to the 2nd round after beating Gregoire Jacq 6-1 7-6(4), Federico Bondioli 6-4 6-1 and Gabriele Pennaforti 6-3 6-3.

In the 1st round, The German had a good straight sets win against Pennaforti (6-3 6-3). During the match, Gentzsch scored 67 points vs Pennaforti’s 53. Gentzsch was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Gentzsch struck 4 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Tom Gentzsch lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gentzsch put 66% of his first serves in, winning 74% (31/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Pennaforti 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Gentzsch has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 59% of his matches (180-125). 31-12 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Gentzsch has an overall109-69 record in the last 5 years on clay.

The German’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 an aggregate 42-21 win-loss record in 2025, 31-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Genova Challenger

The German has never competed in this tournament before.

Genova Challenger
Gentzsch's Record

Francesco Forti

Francesco Forti

25 - 13win/loss

Clay
25-13
Rank
679
High
303
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 28-18 0-3 28-14 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 3-5 0-0 3-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 53-33 20-8 26-21 5-3 0-0 2-1
2022 31-22 1-1 29-18 1-3 0-0 0-0
2021 42-29 1-1 35-20 6-8 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 767, Forti got to the 2nd round after defeating Tommaso Compagnucci 6-3 6-0.

In the 1st round, Forti had a good straight sets win against Compagnucci (6-3 6-0). During the match Forti scored 51 points vs Compagnucci’s 25. Francesco was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Talking about serving, Forti struck 3 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Francesco Forti was extremely effective on serve to win 86% (19/22) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Compagnucci 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Forti’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Klagenfurt.

Francesco has a compiled 25-12 win-loss record in 2025, 25-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Genova Challenger
Forti's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

T.Gentzsch
F.Forti
!
4h:34
4h:34
Time on court​
0h:58
0h:58
1h:39
1h:39
Last match​
!
0h:58
0h:58
!
3
3
Match played
1
1
55
55
Games Played​
15
15
6
6
Set played​​
2
2
212
212
Total points​
51
51
70.7
70.7
Avg point​
51
51
79
79
Winners
19
19
26.3
26.3
Avg Winners​
19
19
37%
37%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
3
3
3.3
3.3
Avg Aces
3
3
6
6
Double Faults
0
0
2
2
Avg Double Faults
0
0
79/104
79/104
1st won total​
19/22
19/22
!
76%
76%
1st won %
!
86%
86%
38/66
38/66
2nd won total​
13/19
13/19
58%
58%
2nd won %
!
68%
68%
-- Break Points --
11/33
11/33
BP won
4/5
4/5
3.7/11
3.7/11
Avg BP won
4/5
4/5
33%
33%
Won
!
80%
80%
7
7
Conceded
0
0
2.3
2.3
Avg Conceded
0
0
2
2
Broken
0
0
!
0.7
0.7
Avg Broken
!
0
0
5
5
Saved
0
0
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Gentzsch Forti
Match played 3 1
Tot Set 6 2
Tot Games 55 15
Pts 212-162 51-25
Total Points 374 76
Winners 79 19
%Winners 37% 37%

Gentzsch played 3 matches while Forti competed in 1 match. Gentzsch started his run from the qualifications while Forti had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Gentzsch has played 4 sets more than Forti (6 vs 2). Therefore, Gentzsch played 40 games more than Forti. Gentzsch scored 79 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Forti blasted 19 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Gentzsch Forti
Aces 10 3
Avg per match 3.3 3
1st in 104/170 22/41
%1st in 61% 54%
1st pts 79/104 19/22
%1st pts 76% 86%
2nd pts 38/66 13/19
%2nd pts 58% 68%

Gentzsch bagged 10 aces (3.3 per match). Forti managed to score 3 aces . Gentzsch won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Forti won 86% of the points behind 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 Gentzsch Forti
Won 11 4
Converted 11/33 4/5
% Converted 33% 80%
Conceded 7 0
Saved 5 0
% Saved 71% 0%
Times Broken 2 0

Gentzsch broke his opponents 11 times with a 33% conversion rate. Tom conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Francesco broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Francesco was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Gentzsch
Q1
Jacq		 Q3
Bondioli		 R1
Pennaforti		 Total
Score 6-1 7-64 6-4 6-1 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 20 17 18 55
pts 77-62 68-47 67-53 212-162
Total points 139 115 120 374
Winners 24 24 31 79
%Winners 31% 35% 46% 37%
SERVE
Aces 2 4 4 10
Double Faults 5 1 0 6
1st in 33/60 29/46 42/64 104/170
% 1st in 55% 63% 66% 61%
1st pts 24/33 24/29 31/42 79/104
% 1st pts 73% 83% 74% 76%
2nd pts 16/27 12/17 10/22 38/66
% 2nd pts 59% 71% 45% 58%
Breaks
Won 4 3 4 11
Converted 4/13 3/12 4/8 11/33
Converted % 31% 25% 50% 33%
Conceded 3 0 4 7
Saved 2/3 0/0 3/4 5
Saved % 67% – 75% 47%
Times Broken 1 0 1 2
Forti
R1
Compagnucci		 Total
Score 6-3 6-0
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 15
pts 51-25 51-25
Total points 76 76
Winners 19 19
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 22/41 22/41
% 1st in 54% 54%
1st pts 19/22 19/22
% 1st pts 86% 86%
2nd pts 13/19 13/19
% 2nd pts 68% 68%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/5 4/5
Converted % 80% 80%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0

Tennis Scores in Genova Challenger

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