Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Steve Johnson will face off in the 2nd round of the bett1HULKS Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on bett1 Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alejandro Davidovich Fokina who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina is the pick to win this match.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina -> 1.64
Steve Johnson -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Steve Johnson
There is no head to head record between Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Steve Johnson since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Ranked no. 64 (career high), Alejandro got to the 2nd round after beating Damir Dzumhur 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Davidovich Fokina had a good straight sets win against Dzumhur (6-2 6-3). During the match Davidovich Fokina scored 63 points vs Dzumhur’s 49. Alejandro was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Davidovich Fokina recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Davidovich Fokina put 69% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Dzumhur 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Davidovich Fokina has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 63% of his matches (165-95). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Davidovich Fokina has a 4-5 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Davidovich Fokina’s best result of the current season was reaching the semi-finals in Cologne.
Davidovich Fokina has a 14-11 win-loss record in 2020, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Cologne
The Spaniard didn’t play in Cologne in 2019.
Steve Johnson
Ranked no. 71, the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Marin Cilic 7-63 6-4.
In the 1st round, Johnson had a good straight sets win against Cilic (7-63 6-4). During the match Johnson scored 86 points vs Cilic’s 76. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Johnson made 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Steve Johnson conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Johnson put 51% of his first serves in, winning 68% (27/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (26/38) on the 2nd serve. Steve broke Cilic once after converting 11% of his break points (1/9).
Johnson’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Bendigo Challenger and the Indian Wells Challenger.
The American has a 21-10 win-loss record in 2020, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Cologne
Johnson didn’t play in Cologne in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Davidovich Fokina | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 23 |
| Pts | 63-49 | 86-76 |
| Total Points | 112 | 162 |
| Winners | 31 | 27 |
| %Winners | 49% | 31% |
Both Davidovich Fokina and Johnson played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Davidovich Fokina and Johnson have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Davidovich Fokina played 6 games less than Johnson. Davidovich Fokina scored 31 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Steve bagged 27 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Davidovich Fokina | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 11 |
| 1st in | 44/64 | 40/78 |
| %1st in | 69% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 27/40 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 26/38 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 68% |
Davidovich Fokina made 3 aces . Johnson blasted 11 aces . Davidovich Fokina won 70% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Johnson won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Davidovich Fokina | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 1 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 1/9 |
| % Converted | 80% | 11% |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 |
| Saved | 8 | 3 |
| % Saved | 89% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Spaniard broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Spaniard surrendered his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent once with a 11% conversion rate. Johnson was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Davidovich Fokina | |||
| R1 Dzumhur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 63-49 | 63-49 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 44/64 | 44/64 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 31/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 10/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Johnson | |||
| R1 Cilic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 86-76 | 86-76 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 40/78 | 40/78 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 27/40 | 27/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/38 | 26/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/9 | 1/9 | |
| Converted % | 11% | 11% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWW Tennis Scores in Cologne
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Oscar OtteOtte – Dennis NovakNovak (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- John MillmanMillman – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Sumit NagalNagal (4-6 7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Gilles SimonSimon – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Kyle EdmundEdmund (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Marin CilicCilic (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- John MillmanMillman – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Oscar OtteOtte – Dennis NovakNovak (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Oscar OtteOtte – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – John MillmanMillman (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Gilles SimonSimon (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
