Challenger FlorenceChallenger 50Qualifying round 1claybest of three setsqualifying

Donald vs Pennaforti 2:0: result and our tips

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M. W. DonaldATP #416Elo 1654clay 1654
2:0final6:2 6:1
Gabriele PennafortiElo 1414clay 1418

Our tips

No tip for this match: when the tips were published, no bet on offer had clear support in our data. We never force a tip.

Match chances

Winner chance from the market (no margin). The other markets come from the history of matches with a similar balance of strength. Chances and profiles as they stood before the match.

Winner

M. W. Donald85%
Gabriele Pennaforti16%

Elo: M. Donald 80% · G. Pennaforti 20%

from the market (no margin)

Set score

2:0 M. Donald63%
2:1 M. Donald21%
2:1 G. Pennaforti8%
2:0 G. Pennaforti8%

First set

M. W. Donald77%
Gabriele Pennaforti23%
Full distance (3rd set)
yes29%
no71%

Total games

The bookmakers' lineUnder 19.5 · 53%market (no margin): 53%

The 19.5 line offered by bookmakers before the match: our chance on that line, and next to it the market's (from the odds, without the margin).

Expected total: 20.9

Distribution of total games
LineOverUnderTour over
16.575%25%84%
17.565%35%76%
18.555%45%68%
19.547%53%59%
20.541%59%52%
21.536%64%47%
22.532%68%40%

Sample: 1,905 matches

Games handicap

M. W. Donald −5.549%

Tie-break in the match

Tie-break: yes19%

tour average 27%

Bookmakers offer no tie-break bet on this match.

How the forecast did

  • Favouritefavourite won
  • Most likely set scorehit 2:0
  • Total games Under 19.5in · 15 games
  • Games handicapcovered

Match stats

M. W. DonaldGabriele Pennaforti
1Aces0
3Double faults6
83%First serves in63%
71%First-serve points won45%
11%Second-serve points won24%
6/10Break points converted1/3
6/7Service games held2/8
60%Service points won37%
63%Return points won40%
61Total points won38

Serve profile (12 months)

Matches with stats from the last 12 months, pulled towards the tour average on a small sample.

M. DonaldTourG. Pennaforti
Service points won59%62%62%
Return points won44%38%37%
Service games held71%76%77%
Breaks of serve36%24%24%
Aces per service game0.140.39
Double faults per game0.480.45
Sets with a tie-break13%10%
Tie-breaks won4/90/1
Wins in straight sets67%50%
Matches in the sample315

Form

The last 10 matches in all tournaments, newest first.

M. W. Donald

Gabriele Pennaforti

  • 10/03/26LSean Cuenin#310Challenger Kigali 2 · R322:6 6:7
  • 09/03/26WEnrico Dalla Valle#303Challenger Kigali 2 · Q26:2
  • 08/03/26WAlec Beckley#561Challenger Kigali 2 · Q16:1 6:4
  • 02/03/26LFlorent Bax#293Challenger Kigali · R323:6 4:6
  • 16/11/25LAlejo Sanchez Quilez#323Challenger Montemar · Q16:1 4:6 3:6
  • 09/09/25LPol Martin Tiffon#211Challenger Biella · R325:7 6:4 3:6
  • 02/09/25LTom Gentzsch#161Challenger Genoa · R323:6 3:6
  • 01/09/25WGiovanni FonioChallenger Genoa · Q26:0 4:6 6:4
  • 31/08/25WAdil KalyanpurChallenger Genoa · Q16:1 6:2
  • 26/08/25LStefano Travaglia#167Challenger Como · R324:6 2:6

Elo over the last year

M. W. DonaldGabriele Pennaforti

Record by surface (12 months)

Wins–losses over the last 12 months.

M. DonaldG. Pennaforti
Hard court2–167%0–0
Clay16–1257%2–340%

Head to head

They have not met yet.