Filippo Francesco Garbero vs Marc Van Der MerwePrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇮🇹Filippo Francesco Garbero
#1483 · 17 yrs
91 meeting · sets 0–2
🇿🇦Marc Van Der Merwe
#954 · 32 yrs
7wFilippo Francesco Garbero and Marc Van Der Merwe have met 1 time since 2026; Marc Van Der Merwe leads 1–0. Across all meetings Garbero has taken 0 sets to Merwe's 2. Their most recent meeting: Marc Van Der Merwe won at M15 Hillcrest (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Francesco Garbero | Van Der Merwe | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Filippo Francesco Garbero | Marc Van Der Merwe | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 0% | 0/1 | 83% | 19/23 |
| Wins a set when losing | 27% | 3/11 | 29% | 5/17 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 33% | 4/12 | 23% | 9/40 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 65% | 11/17 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 80% | 4/5 | 46% | 6/13 |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 40% | 4/10 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 0% | 0/2 | 95% | 20/21 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 0% | 0/2 | 90% | 19/21 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Francesco Garbero 0, Van Der Merwe 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Garbero
⚙️ Grinder
Merwe
🧱 The Wall
Matchup analysis
The ⚙️ Grinder archetype wins about 54% vs 🧱 The Wall across 318 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Filippo Francesco Garbero.
Grinder players often use relentless consistency and deep court positioning to pressure the the wall's elite returner.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jul 1, 2026
M15 Hillcrest
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Garbero | Merwe | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Filippo Francesco Garbero | Marc Van Der Merwe | ||
| 1 or more | 71% | 5/7 | 100% | 4/4 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 25% | 1/4 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/4 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/4 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/4 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/4 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Garbero | Merwe |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| Avg odds | 6.69 | 1.45 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | -46.0% |
| Units P/L | -2.00u | -2.30u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Garbero | Merwe |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 3 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | ROU | — |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 2 shared opponents, both Garbero and Merwe posted a 50% win rate.
| Opponent | Garbero | Merwe |
|---|---|---|
| Gabriel Ghetu | L 64 36 26 | L 26 63 57 |
| Makar Elesin | W 61 60 | W 61 64 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Fermin Tenti
M15 Arad · 2nd Round
Aug 20
Jacopo Bilardo
M15 Targu Jiu · 1st Round
Aug 12
Gabriel Ghetu
M15 Curtea de Arges · 1st Round
Aug 5
Zsombor Velcz
M25 Hillcrest · 1st Round
Jul 14
Kriish Tyagi
M15 Hillcrest · 1st Round
Jul 8
Marc Van Der Merwe
M15 Hillcrest · 1st Round
Jul 1
Roger Pascual Ferra
M15 Monastir · 1st Round
Jun 10
Ali Habib
M25 Hurghada · 1st Round
May 13
Connor Doig
M25 Hillcrest · 1st Round
Jul 15
Preston Brown
M15 Hillcrest · 1st Round
Jul 7
Ofek Shimanov
M15 Hillcrest · 2nd Round
Jul 3
Federico Garbero
Futures 2026
Jul 1
Filippo Francesco Garbero
M15 Hillcrest · 1st Round
Jul 1
Ben Weintraub
Futures 2026
Jun 29
James Hart
Futures 2026
Jun 28
Orel Kimhi
RISE CENTURION OPEN · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 1
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 12–40 matches
| Metric | Garbero | Merwe |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 8% | 57% |
| Sets won | 18% | 57% |
| Games won | 38% | 53% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Garbero | Merwe |
|---|---|---|
| ITF M15 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Garbero | Merwe |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
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