H2H, PREDICTION Fabio Fognini vs Alexei Popyrin | French Open odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Fabio Fognini vs. Alexei Popyrin

Fabio Fognini and Alexei Popyrin will fight against each other in the 1st round of the French Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 4:00 pm on Court SIMONNE-MATHIEU. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Fabio Fognini who should win in 4 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Fabio Fognini is the pick to win this match.
Fabio Fognini -> 1.46
Alexei Popyrin -> 2.8

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Prediction and head to head Fabio Fognini vs. Alexei Popyrin

This will be the 2nd time that Fabio Fognini and Alexei Popyrin play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fognini (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Fognini won 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in Basel back in 2019.

Highlights Fabio Fognini vs Alexei Popyrin – Basel 22-October-2019

Fabio Fognini

Fabio Fognini
Fabio Fognini

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Rank
188
High
9
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 4-15 1-3 3-8 0-0 0-4 0-0
2024 35-28 7-10 23-12 2-4 3-2 0-0
2023 28-23 0-8 23-12 5-3 0-0 0-0
2022 24-26 10-9 12-12 2-4 0-1 0-0
2021 22-24 12-12 7-8 0-2 3-2 0-0

Ranked no. 52, the Italian will start his run at the French Open after he played his last match in Geneva where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Kokkinakis in the 1st round on the 17th of May.

The Italian has an overall 12-10 win-loss record in 2022, 9-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

The Italian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Rio de Janeiro and Belgrade.

Talking about his overall career, The Italian has an overall 618-455 record. He has a positive 420-247 record on clay.

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2011, 2018 and 2019. See his history.

Fognini
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Alexei Popyrin

Alexei Popyrin
Alexei Popyrin

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Rank
54
High
19
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 17-24 7-10 9-6 0-5 1-3 0-0
2024 30-22 17-8 4-8 4-3 5-3 0-0
2023 36-29 18-14 15-6 1-4 2-5 0-0
2022 24-31 7-16 7-4 3-5 7-6 0-0
2021 32-26 13-11 8-6 10-5 1-4 0-0

Ranked no. 103, will start his run at the Paris after he won the title in the Bordeaux Challenger after beating 2-6 7-6(5) 7-6(4) Halys in the final.

Alexei has an overall 11-14 win-loss record in 2022, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Popyrin’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Bordeaux Challenger.

The Australian won his last 5 matches.

In terms of his career, Alexei has an overall 194-145 record. He has a positive 56-41 record on clay.

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.

Popyrin
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Popyrin's Record
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Head 2 Head

Win Loss
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2025 2024 2023
4 - 15
17 - 24
1-3
Hard
7-10
3-8
Clay
9-6
0-4
Grass
1-3

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