Benjamin Bonzi and Giovanni Fonio will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Prague Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Benjamin Bonzi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Benjamin Bonzi is the pick to win this match.
Benjamin Bonzi -> 1.42
Giovanni Fonio -> 2.73
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Â
Prediction and head to head Benjamin Bonzi vs. Giovanni Fonio
There is no head to head record between Benjamin Bonzi and Giovanni Fonio since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Benjamin Bonzi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-24 | 15-13 | 2-4 | 3-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 50-32 | 13-13 | 7-10 | 24-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-26 | 10-8 | 2-4 | 17-11 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-27 | 7-10 | 9-5 | 11-8 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 57-27 | 23-5 | 7-7 | 20-13 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 175, Benjamin reached the 2nd round after beating Jonas Forejtek 6-3 5-7 6-3.
In the 1st round, Benjamin defeated Forejtek (6-3 5-7 6-3). During the match, Bonzi scored 85 points vs Forejtek’s 81. Bonzi was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bonzi made 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Benjamin Bonzi was very effective on serve to win 78% (36/46) of his 1st serve and 58% (22/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Bonzi broke Forejtek 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Bonzi has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (328-217). 6-7 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bonzi has an overall116-79 record in the last 9 years on clay.
The French player best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Split Challenger.
Bonzi has an aggregate 9-16 win-loss record in 2024, 6-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague Challenger
Bonzi has never competed in this tournament before.
Giovanni Fonio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-24 | 6-3 | 27-19 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-33 | 12-8 | 24-24 | 0-1 | 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 |
Ranked no. 304, Giovanni got to the 2nd round after beating Tibo Colson 6-2 6-0 and Geoffrey Blancaneaux 7-66 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Blancaneaux (7-66 6-3). During the match Fonio scored 79 points vs Blancaneaux’s 72. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Fonio scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Giovanni Fonio lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Fonio put 67% of his first serves in, winning 64% (35/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the 2nd serve. Giovanni broke Blancaneaux 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.
The Italian has a compiled 13-13 win-loss record in 2024, 4-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bonzi | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 36 |
| Pts | 85-81 | 145-113 |
| Total Points | 166 | 258 |
| Winners | 36 | 59 |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% |
Bonzi played 1 match while Fonio competed in 2 matches. Fonio started his run from the qualifications while Bonzi had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Benjamin Bonzi lost 1 set while Giovanni Fonio hasn’t dropped a set so far. Bonzi has played 1 set(s) less than Fonio (3 vs 4). Therefore, Bonzi played 6 games less than Fonio. The French player scored 36 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Fonio scored 59 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bonzi | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 46/84 | 87/132 |
| %1st in | 55% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 36/46 | 59/87 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 22/38 | 26/45 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 58% |
Bonzi fired 5 aces . Fonio bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Bonzi won 78% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Fonio won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bonzi | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 8 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 8/20 |
| % Converted | 80% | 40% |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 |
| Saved | 1 | 8 |
| % Saved | 33% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The French player broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Benjamin conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Giovanni broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bonzi | |||
| R1 Forejtek |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 85-81 | 85-81 | |
| Total points | 166 | 166 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 46/84 | 46/84 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 36/46 | 36/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/38 | 22/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Fonio | |||||
| Q1 Colson |
Q3 Basilashvili |
R1 Blancaneaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 6-4 6-2 | 7-66 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 18 | 22 | 54 | |
| pts | 66-41 | – | 79-72 | 145-113 | |
| Total points | 107 | 0 | 151 | 258 | |
| Winners | 24 | 35 | 59 | ||
| %Winners | 36% | 0% | 44% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1st in | 32/50 | / | 55/82 | 87/132 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 0% | 67% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | / | 35/55 | 59/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 0% | 64% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | / | 16/27 | 26/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 0% | 59% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Converted | 5/14 | / | 3/6 | 8/20 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 0% | 50% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 | 10 | ||
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/ | 7/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 78% | 178% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
Head 2 Head
LWWLWLLWWL
LWLLWLWWWL Tennis Scores in Prague Challenger
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (7-66 6-3) – See score progression
- Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (4-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Mathys ErhardErhard (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (6-3 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Jakub PaulPaul (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Clement ChidekhChidekh – Martin DammDamm (6-4 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Leandro RiediRiedi – Henri SquireSquire (6-73 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Henrique RochaRocha – Martin KrumichKrumich (6-3 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Felix GillGill – Mathias BourgueBourgue (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (6-4 6-75 7-63) – See score progression
- Jaime FariaFaria – Jan KumstatKumstat (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Jiri VeselyVesely (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Benjamin BonziBonzi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
