Giovanni Fonio and Riccardo Balzerani will square off in the qualifications of the Todi Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on CENTRALE. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Giovanni Fonio who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Giovanni Fonio is the pick to win this match.
Giovanni Fonio -> 1.3
Riccardo Balzerani -> 3.4
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Prediction and head to head Giovanni Fonio vs. Riccardo Balzerani
This will be the 2nd time that Giovanni Fonio and Riccardo Balzerani square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Fonio (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Fonio won 7-6(1) 6-4 in the 1st round in Italy F14 (Bergamo) back in 2018.
Giovanni Fonio
Ranked no. 472 (career-high), the Italian got to the qualifications after beating Alejandro Mendoza 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, Giovanni had a good straight sets win against Mendoza (6-1 6-1). During the match, Fonio scored 52 points vs Mendoza’s 21. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Fonio scored just 1 ace during the match and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Giovanni Fonio was very efficient on serve to win 83% (20/24) of his 1st serve and 89% (8/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Fonio broke Mendoza 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Fonio has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 60% of his matches (126-83). 29-11 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Fonio has an aggregate102-64 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Fonio’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya and M15 Opatija.
Fonio has a compiled 32-13 win-loss record in 2021, 29-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Todi Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Riccardo Balzerani
Ranked no. 515, Riccardo reached the qualifications after defeating Mark Vervoort 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, Balzerani had a good straight sets win against Vervoort (6-2 6-1). During the match Balzerani scored 66 points vs Vervoort’s 44. Riccardo was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Balzerani scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Riccardo Balzerani lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Balzerani put 60% of his first serves in, winning 80% (20/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Vervoort 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Balzerani’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Sultan and M15 Bergamo.
Riccardo has a compiled 18-11 win-loss record in 2021, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fonio | Balzerani |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 15 |
| Pts | 52-21 | 66-44 |
| Total Points | 73 | 110 |
| Winners | 20 | 20 |
| %Winners | 38% | 30% |
Both Fonio and Balzerani played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Fonio and Balzerani have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Fonio played 1 game less than Balzerani. The Italian scored 20 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian fired 20 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fonio | Balzerani |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 24/33 | 25/42 |
| %1st in | 73% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 20/24 | 20/25 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 8/9 | 7/17 |
| %2nd pts | 89% | 41% |
Fonio struck 1 ace . Balzerani also managed to score 1 ace . Fonio won 83% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 89% of the points. On the other side, Balzerani won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fonio | Balzerani |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 63% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Fonio broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Giovanni was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Riccardo broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Balzerani conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fonio | |||
| Q1 Mendoza |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 52-21 | 52-21 | |
| Total points | 73 | 73 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 24/33 | 24/33 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 20/24 | 20/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/9 | 8/9 | |
| % 2nd pts | 89% | 89% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Balzerani | |||
| Q1 Vervoort |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 66-44 | 66-44 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 25/42 | 25/42 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 20/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 7/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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