Gabriele Pennaforti and Dan Alexandru Tomescu will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Targu Mures 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gabriele Pennaforti who should win in 3 sets.
Gabriele Pennaforti -> 1.86
Dan Alexandru Tomescu -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Gabriele Pennaforti vs. Dan Alexandru Tomescu
This will be the 2nd time that Gabriele Pennaforti and Dan Alexandru Tomescu face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Alexandru (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Alexandru won 7-6(7) 6-4 in the 2nd round in M25 Antalya back in 2023.
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. 467, Gabriele reached the qualifications after beating Imanol Lopez Morillo 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Lopez Morillo (6-4 6-3). During the match, Pennaforti scored 75 points vs Lopez Morillo’s 64. Pennaforti was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pennaforti struck 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Gabriele Pennaforti conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Pennaforti put 65% of his first serves in, winning 76% (31/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Lopez Morillo 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Pennaforti has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (176-114). 33-25 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Pennaforti has an aggregate152-92 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
The Italian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Bolzano.
Pennaforti has a composed 33-25 win-loss record in 2025, 33-25 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Targu Mures 2 Challenger
Gabriele has never competed in this tournament before.
Dan Alexandru Tomescu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-11 | 0-0 | 24-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 56-27 | 1-3 | 54-23 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-25 | 1-2 | 32-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-23 | 1-2 | 31-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-19 | 0-1 | 24-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 519, Dan reached the qualifications after beating Iannis Miletich 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Miletich, The Romanian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Alexandru scored 105 points vs Miletich’s 89. Dan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Alexandru made 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dan Alexandru Tomescu lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Alexandru put 57% of his first serves in, winning 65% (39/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (28/46) on the 2nd serve. Dan broke Miletich 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Dan’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Bucharest,M25 Targu Mures and M15 Buzau.
Dan has an overall 21-8 win-loss record in 2025, 21-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pennaforti | Alexandru |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 29 |
| Pts | 75-64 | 105-89 |
| Total Points | 139 | 194 |
| Winners | 31 | 39 |
| %Winners | 41% | 37% |
Both Pennaforti and Alexandru played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Dan Alexandru Tomescu dropped 1 set while Gabriele Pennaforti hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Pennaforti has played 1 set(s) less than Alexandru (2 vs 3). Therefore, Pennaforti played 10 games less than Alexandru. The Italian scored 31 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian recorded 39 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pennaforti | Alexandru |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 41/63 | 60/106 |
| %1st in | 65% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 31/41 | 39/60 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 28/46 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 61% |
Pennaforti fired 2 aces . Alexandru managed to score 4 aces . Pennaforti won 76% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Alexandru won 65% of the points on 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 | Pennaforti | Alexandru |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 38% | 36% |
| Conceded | 5 | 11 |
| Saved | 5 | 8 |
| % Saved | 100% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Italian very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 5 break points. The Romanian broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Dan conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pennaforti | |||
| Q1 Lopez | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 75-64 | 75-64 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 41/63 | 41/63 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 31/41 | 31/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Alexandru | |||
| Q1 Miletich | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 105-89 | 105-89 | |
| Total points | 194 | 194 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 60/106 | 60/106 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 39/60 | 39/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/46 | 28/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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