Moez Echargui and Giovanni Fonio will square off in the qualifications of the Sanremo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on CAMPO 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Giovanni Fonio who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Giovanni Fonio is the pick to win this match.
Giovanni Fonio -> 1.41
Moez Echargui -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Moez Echargui vs. Giovanni Fonio
There is no head to head record between Moez Echargui and Giovanni Fonio since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Moez Echargui
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-25 | 9-10 | 12-14 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-34 | 23-10 | 23-22 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-29 | 7-2 | 37-26 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-24 | 38-17 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-14 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 319 (career-high), the Tunisian reached the qualifications after beating Remy Bertola 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, Echargui had a good straight sets win against Bertola (6-3 6-3). During the match, Echargui scored 69 points vs Bertola’s 53. Echargui was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Echargui managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Moez Echargui lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Echargui put 63% of his first serves in, winning 67% (20/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the 2nd serve. The Tunisian broke Bertola 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Echargui has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (240-170). 3-5 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Echargui has an overall91-84 record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Tunisian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M25 Monastir.
Echargui has a compiled 20-8 win-loss record in 2023, 3-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sanremo Challenger
Echargui has never competed in this tournament before.
Giovanni Fonio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-30 | 9-7 | 24-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-39 | 22-12 | 28-26 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-29 | 0-0 | 40-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 40-20 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-7 | 8-3 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 328 (career-high), Fonio reached the qualifications after defeating Elliot Benchetrit 6-2 3-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Fonio defeated Benchetrit (6-2 3-6 6-4). During the match Fonio scored 96 points vs Benchetrit’s 94. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Fonio fired 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Giovanni Fonio lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Fonio put 62% of his first serves in, winning 66% (41/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (23/38) on the 2nd serve. Giovanni broke Benchetrit 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Fonio’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger and M25 Loule.
The Italian has an overall 20-9 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sanremo Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Echargui | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 27 |
| Pts | 69-53 | 96-94 |
| Total Points | 122 | 190 |
| Winners | 20 | 41 |
| %Winners | 29% | 43% |
Both Echargui and Fonio played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Giovanni Fonio lost 1 set while Moez Echargui hasn’t dropped a set so far. Echargui has played 1 set(s) less than Fonio (2 vs 3). Therefore, Echargui played 9 games less than Fonio. Echargui scored 20 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian blasted 41 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Echargui | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 6 |
| 1st in | 30/48 | 62/100 |
| %1st in | 63% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 20/30 | 41/62 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 23/38 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 61% |
Echargui bagged 3 aces . Fonio bagged 6 aces . Echargui won 67% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Fonio won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Echargui | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 42% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 8 |
| Saved | 1 | 7 |
| % Saved | 33% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Moez broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Echargui lost his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Fonio broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Echargui | |||
| Q1 Bertola |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 69-53 | 69-53 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/48 | 30/48 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 20/30 | 20/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 11/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Fonio | |||
| Q1 Benchetrit |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 96-94 | 96-94 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 62/100 | 62/100 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 41/62 | 41/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/38 | 23/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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