Matteo Gigante and Justin Engel will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Orleans Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on CENTRAL ARENA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Justin Engel who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Justin Engel is the pick to win this match.
Justin Engel -> 1.77
Matteo Gigante -> 1.96

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Prediction and head to head Matteo Gigante vs. Justin Engel

There is no head to head record between Matteo Gigante and Justin Engel since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Matteo Gigante

Ranked no. 138, the Italian got to the 2^nd round after beating Clement Chidekh 7-6(5) 7-5.

In the 1^st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Chidekh (7-6⁵ 7-5). During the match, Gigante scored 85 points vs Chidekh’s 79. Gigante was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gigante bagged 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Matteo Gigante was pretty effective on serve to win 72% (34/47) of his 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Italian broke Chidekh 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Gigante has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (169-123). 1-3 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gigante has an overall10-25 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

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

Gigante has a compiled 27-22 win-loss record in 2025, 1-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Orleans Challenger

Justin Engel

Ranked no. 213, Justin got to the 2^nd round after beating Gregoire Barrere 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Engel had a good straight sets win against Barrere (6-3 6-4). During the match Engel scored 61 points vs Barrere’s 51. Engel was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Engel recorded 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Justin Engel was extremely efficient on serve to win 80% (32/40) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Engel broke Barrere twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Justin’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Cadolzburg.

Justin has a composed 32-28 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Orleans Challenger

Engel has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gigante	Engel
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	25	19
Pts	85-79	61-51
Total Points	164	112
Winners	34	32
%Winners	40%	52%

Both Gigante and Engel played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gigante and Engel have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gigante played 6 games more than Engel. Matteo scored 34 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Engel bagged 32 winners (52%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gigante	Engel
Aces	6	8
Avg per match	6	8
1st in	47/79	40/59
%1st in	59%	68%
1st pts	34/47	32/40
%1st pts	72%	80%
2nd pts	18/32	11/19
%2nd pts	56%	58%

Gigante scored 6 aces . Engel managed to score 8 aces . Gigante won 72% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Engel won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Gigante	Engel
Won	3	2
Converted	3/6	2/5
% Converted	50%	40%
Conceded	7	3
Saved	5	3
% Saved	71%	100%
Times Broken	2	0

The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Italian dropped his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Justin broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Justin was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.

Gigante
	R1 Chidekh	Total
Score	7-65 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	25	25
pts	85-79	85-79
Total points	164	164
Winners	34	34
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	47/79	47/79
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	34/47	34/47
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	18/32	18/32
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/6	3/6
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Engel
	R1 Barrere	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	61-51	61-51
Total points	112	112
Winners	32	32
%Winners	52%	52%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	40/59	40/59
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	32/40	32/40
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	11/19	11/19
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/5	2/5
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	3/3	3
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Orleans Challenger

• Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Hugo GastonGaston (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Remy BertolaBertola – Calvin HemeryHemery (5-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Lukas KleinKlein – Hugo GrenierGrenier (3-6 6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Mae MaligeMalige – Leo RaquilletRaquillet (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Florent BaxBax (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Patrick KypsonKypson – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-4 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Matteo GiganteGigante – Clement ChidekhChidekh (7-6⁵ 7-5) – See score progression
• Chris RodeschRodesch – Arthur BouquierBouquier (6-1 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Dominic StrickerStricker (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Justin EngelEngel – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-3 6-7³ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Lukas KleinKlein – Hugo GrenierGrenier (3-6 6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Patrick KypsonKypson – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-4 7-6(8)) – See score progression
• Matteo GiganteGigante – Clement ChidekhChidekh (7-6(5) 7-5) – See score progression
• Remy BertolaBertola – Calvin HemeryHemery (5-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Florent BaxBax (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Mae MaligeMalige – Leo RaquilletRaquillet (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Hugo GastonGaston (6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Benoit PairePaire – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Remy BertolaBertola – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Moez EcharguiEchargui – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lukas KleinKlein – Patrick KypsonKypson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (0-0) – H2H and prediction