Giovanni Fonio and Kyle Edmund will play each other in the qualifications of the Sarasota Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on NICK BOLLETTIERI COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kyle Edmund who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kyle Edmund is the pick to win this match.
Kyle Edmund -> 1.67
Giovanni Fonio -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Giovanni Fonio vs. Kyle Edmund
There is no head to head record between Giovanni Fonio and Kyle Edmund since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Giovanni Fonio
11 - 10win/loss
294
269
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | 25-20 | 9-7 | 16-13 | 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. 302, Fonio got to the qualifications after beating Duarte Vale 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Vale (6-3 6-4). During the match, Fonio scored 62 points vs Vale’s 52. Fonio was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Fonio scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Giovanni Fonio lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Fonio put 49% of his first serves in, winning 69% (20/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Vale 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Fonio has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (276-194). 1-3 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Fonio has a compiled202-144 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Giovanni’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger.
Fonio has an aggregate 10-10 win-loss record in 2024, 1-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sarasota Challenger
Giovanni has never competed in this tournament before.
Kyle Edmund
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 19-13 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 13-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 14-16 | 1-7 | 7-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 5-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 10-10 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 421, Kyle got to the qualifications after beating Gerald Melzer 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Melzer (6-1 6-4). During the match Edmund scored 64 points vs Melzer’s 40. Edmund was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Edmund scored 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Kyle Edmund was very efficient on serve to win 87% (26/30) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brit broke Melzer 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
The Brit’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Loughborough and M25 Sunderland.
Edmund has a compiled 14-6 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Fonio | Edmund |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
Tot Games | 19 | 17 |
Pts | 62-52 | 64-40 |
Total Points | 114 | 104 |
Winners | 20 | 26 |
%Winners | 32% | 41% |
Both Fonio and Edmund played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Fonio and Edmund have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Fonio played 2 games more than Edmund. The Italian scored 20 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit managed to score 26 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Fonio | Edmund |
---|---|---|
Aces | 1 | 7 |
Avg per match | 1 | 7 |
1st in | 29/59 | 30/49 |
%1st in | 49% | 61% |
1st pts | 20/29 | 26/30 |
%1st pts | 69% | 87% |
2nd pts | 15/30 | 12/19 |
%2nd pts | 50% | 63% |
Fonio made 1 ace . Edmund also fired 7 aces . Fonio won 69% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Edmund won 87% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Fonio | Edmund |
---|---|---|
Won | 5 | 3 |
Converted | 5/9 | 3/8 |
% Converted | 56% | 38% |
Conceded | 4 | 1 |
Saved | 1 | 1 |
% Saved | 25% | 100% |
Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Giovanni broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Italian dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Edmund broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Edmund was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
Fonio | |||
Q1 Vale |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
pts | 62-52 | 62-52 | |
Total points | 114 | 114 | |
Winners | 20 | 20 | |
%Winners | 32% | 32% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 1 | 1 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
1st in | 29/59 | 29/59 | |
% 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
1st pts | 20/29 | 20/29 | |
% 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
2nd pts | 15/30 | 15/30 | |
% 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 5 | 5 | |
Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Edmund | |||
Q1 Melzer |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
pts | 64-40 | 64-40 | |
Total points | 104 | 104 | |
Winners | 26 | 26 | |
%Winners | 41% | 41% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 7 | 7 | |
Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
1st in | 30/49 | 30/49 | |
% 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
1st pts | 26/30 | 26/30 | |
% 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
% 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
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