Florent Bax and Gabriele Pennaforti will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Kigali 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Florent Bax who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Florent Bax is the pick to win this match.
Florent Bax -> 1.46
Gabriele Pennaforti -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Florent Bax vs. Gabriele Pennaforti
There is no head to head record between Florent Bax and Gabriele Pennaforti since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Florent Bax
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38-25 | 21-14 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 58-27 | 25-9 | 31-10 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-27 | 13-8 | 33-16 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-21 | 25-9 | 12-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-28 | 10-10 | 29-17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 272, Florent will start his run in the Kigali 1 Challenger after he played his last match in the Chennai Challenger where he lost 5-7 6-4 3-2 ret. to Yevseyev in the 1st round on the 10th of February.
Florent has a compiled 5-4 win-loss record in 2026, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
Talking about his overall career, The French player has an overall 255-155 record. He has a positive 164-89 record on clay.
Previously in the Kigali 1 Challenger
Bax has never competed in this tournament before.
Gabriele Pennaforti
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 608, the Italian will start his run in the Kigali 1 Challenger after he played his last match in M15 Antalya where he lost 6-4 6-1 to Milev in the 1st round on the 17th of February.
The Italian has an aggregate 0-1 win-loss record in 2026, 0-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, The Italian has an overall 179-119 record. He has a positive 155-97 record on clay.
Previously in the Kigali 1 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.
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