Felix Auger Aliassime and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina will face off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on Kia Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Felix Auger Aliassime who should win in 4 sets.
As per the initial odds, Felix Auger Aliassime is the pick to win this match.
Felix Auger Aliassime -> 1.31
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina -> 3.58
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Prediction and head to head Felix Auger Aliassime vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
This will be the 2nd time that Felix Auger Aliassime and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Auger-Aliassime (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Auger-Aliassime won 7-5 7-5 in the 1st round in the Alicante Challenger back in 2018.
Felix Auger Aliassime
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2018 | 41-28 | 18-9 | 21-14 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2017 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2016 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2015 | 8-2 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 9 (career-high), Felix got to the 2nd round after beating Emil Ruusuvuori 6-4 0-6 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Auger-Aliassime had a tough win against Ruusuvuori to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-4 0-6 3-6 6-3 6-4).During the match, Auger-Aliassime scored less points (11) than Ruusuvuori. In fact, the world no. 9 won 127 points vs Ruusuvuori’s. That means that Auger-Aliassime was more focused during the important points. The Canadian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Regarding the service games, Auger-Aliassime scored 8 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Felix Auger Aliassime lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Auger-Aliassime put 55% of his first serves in, winning 68% (49/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (32/60) on the 2nd serve. Auger-Aliassime broke Ruusuvuori 4 times after converting 24% of his break points (4/17).
Auger-Aliassime has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (228-134). 4-2 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Auger-Aliassime has an aggregate78-53 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Felix has an aggregate 4-2 win-loss record in 2022, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-22 | 13-12 | 2-5 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-28 | 18-11 | 9-8 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-26 | 7-9 | 11-8 | 0-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-25 | 4-6 | 16-7 | 9-10 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-13 | 5-5 | 5-5 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 50, the Spaniard reached the 2nd round after beating Alex Bolt 6-3 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Bolt (6-3 6-3 6-4). During the match Davidovich Fokina scored 100 points vs Bolt’s 81. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Davidovich Fokina struck 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Davidovich Fokina put 68% of his first serves in, winning 63% (41/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (22/30) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Bolt 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Alejandro has a compiled 1-1 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Auger-Aliassime | Davidovich Fokina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 28 |
| Pts | 127-138 | 100-81 |
| Total Points | 265 | 181 |
| Winners | 49 | 41 |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% |
Both Auger-Aliassime and Davidovich Fokina played 1 match. At the moment, Felix Auger Aliassime conceded 2 sets while Alejandro Davidovich Fokina hasn’t conceded a set so far. Auger-Aliassime has played 2 sets more than Davidovich Fokina (5 vs 3). Therefore, Auger-Aliassime played 16 games more than Davidovich Fokina. Felix scored 49 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Davidovich Fokina bagged 41 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Auger-Aliassime | Davidovich Fokina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 3 |
| 1st in | 72/132 | 65/95 |
| %1st in | 55% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 49/72 | 41/65 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 32/60 | 22/30 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 73% |
Auger-Aliassime bagged 8 aces . Davidovich Fokina recorded 3 aces . Auger-Aliassime won 68% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Davidovich Fokina won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 73% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Auger-Aliassime | Davidovich Fokina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/17 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 24% | 45% |
| Conceded | 11 | 5 |
| Saved | 6 | 4 |
| % Saved | 55% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 |
Auger-Aliassime broke his opponent 4 times with a 24% conversion rate. The Canadian dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. Davidovich Fokina broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Alejandro conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Auger-Aliassime | |||
| R1 Ruusuvuori |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 0-6 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 44 | 44 | |
| pts | 127-138 | 127-138 | |
| Total points | 265 | 265 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 72/132 | 72/132 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 49/72 | 49/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 32/60 | 32/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/17 | 4/17 | |
| Converted % | 24% | 24% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Davidovich Fokina | |||
| R1 Bolt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 100-81 | 100-81 | |
| Total points | 181 | 181 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 65/95 | 65/95 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 41/65 | 41/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/30 | 22/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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