Filippo Francesco Garbero vs Marc Van Der MerwePrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇮🇹Filippo Francesco Garbero
#1430 · 17 yrs
1 meeting · sets 0–2
🇿🇦Marc Van Der Merwe
#954 · 32 yrs
13wFilippo 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 | 83% | 15/18 | 86% | 19/22 |
| Wins a set when losing | 19% | 4/21 | 29% | 5/17 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 18% | 7/39 | 21% | 8/39 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 0% | 0/2 | 72% | 13/18 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 57% | 4/7 | 46% | 6/13 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 67% | 2/3 | 30% | 3/10 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 88% | 15/17 | 95% | 20/21 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 88% | 15/17 | 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
🛡️ The Spoiler
Merwe
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
🛡️ The Spoiler vs 🪃 Counterpuncher is historically tight (50% vs 50%, 115 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jul 1, 2026
M15 Hillcrest
H Hard · 1st Round
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 | 0–6 | - |
| Avg odds | 4.80 | - |
| ROI % | -100.0% | - |
| Units P/L | -6.00u | - |
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 | 1 | — |
| Matches | 1 | — |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | — |
| Route | ITA | — |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. 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 0% win rate.
| Opponent | Garbero | Merwe |
|---|---|---|
| Gabriel Ghetu | L 64 36 26 | L 26 63 57 |
| Fausto Tabacco | L 16 36 | L 67 46 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Edouard Villoslada
M25 Santa Margherita di Pula · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 11
Alessandro Bellifemine
M25 Santa Margherita di Pula · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 6
Marco Dessi
M25 Santa Margherita di Pula · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 5
Dimitris Sakellaridis
Bari Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 27
Matteo Mura
M25 Santa Margherita di Pula · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 21
Paolo Emilio Cossu Floris
M25 Santa Margherita di Pula · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 20
Alessandro Battiston
M25 Santa Margherita di Pula · 1st Round
Sep 15
Maximo Zeitune
Genoa Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 6
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
M15 Hillcrest · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jun 29
James Hart
M15 Hillcrest · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 28
Orel Kimhi
RISE CENTURION OPEN · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 1
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 39–39 matches
| Metric | Garbero | Merwe |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 46% | 56% |
| Sets won | 47% | 57% |
| Games won | 49% | 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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