Pablo Carreno-Busta and Fabio Fognini will face off in the 2nd round of the Rio Open for the 9th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on QUADRA GUGA KUERTEN. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pablo Carreno-Busta who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Pablo Carreno-Busta is the pick to win this match.
Pablo Carreno-Busta -> 1.49
Fabio Fognini -> 2.7

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Prediction and head to head Pablo Carreno-Busta vs. Fabio Fognini

This will be the 9th time that Pablo Carreno-Busta and Fabio Fognini play each other. The head to head is 7-1 for Carreno-Busta (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Fognini won 6-2 1-6 6-4 in the semifinal in Atp cup back in 2021.

Highlights Fabio Fognini vs Pablo Carreno-Busta – Atp cup 06-February-2021

Pablo Carreno-Busta

Pablo Carreno-Busta

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Rank
89
High
10
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 41-28 25-10 14-14 2-4 0-0 0-0
2024 10-12 7-6 2-4 1-1 0-1 0-0
2023 2-5 2-4 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 37-25 19-8 11-9 5-5 2-3 0-0
2021 38-18 14-8 17-4 5-4 2-2 0-0

Ranked no. 18, Pablo will start his run in Rio de Janeiro after he played his last match at the Australian Open where he lost 7-5 7-6(4) 6-4 to Berrettini in the 4th round on the 23rd of January.

The Spaniard has a compiled 7-2 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the season on clay.

Talking about his overall career, Carreno-Busta has an overall 529-287 record. He has a positive 329-158 record on clay.

Previously in Rio de Janeiro

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2017. See his history.

Rio de Janeiro
Carreno-Busta's Record

Fabio Fognini

Fabio Fognini

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Rank
188
High
9
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 4-15 1-3 3-8 0-0 0-4 0-0
2024 35-28 7-10 23-12 2-4 3-2 0-0
2023 28-23 0-8 23-12 5-3 0-0 0-0
2022 24-26 10-9 12-12 2-4 0-1 0-0
2021 22-24 12-12 7-8 0-2 3-2 0-0

Ranked no. 38, the Italian reached the 2nd round after beating Facundo Bagnis 6-2 6-4.

In the 1st round, Fabio had a good straight sets win against Bagnis (6-2 6-4). During the match Fognini scored 60 points vs Bagnis’s 45. Fabio was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Fognini recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Fabio Fognini was very effective on serve to win 84% (31/37) of his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Fabio broke Bagnis 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

The Italian has an overall 3-3 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Rio de Janeiro
Fognini's Record

Tennis Scores in Rio De Janeiro

Upcoming matches in the draw

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  • Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-VinolasPablo CuevasCuevas (1-9) – H2H and prediction
  • Federico DelbonisDelbonisCarlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
  • Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-BustaFabio FogniniFognini (7-1) – H2H and prediction
  • Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez PorteroDiego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
  • Matteo BerrettiniBerrettiniThiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
  • Lorenzo SonegoSonegoMiomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (3-2) – H2H and prediction
  • Francisco CerundoloCerundoloCasper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H and prediction