Fabio Fognini and Aljaz Bedene will play each other in the 2nd round of the Serbia Open for the 10th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Fabio Fognini who should win in 2 sets.
Fabio Fognini -> 1.36
Aljaz Bedene -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Fabio Fognini vs. Aljaz Bedene
This will be the 10th time that Fabio Fognini and Aljaz Bedene play each other. The head to head is 8-1 for Fognini (see full H2H stats), 7-1 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Bedene won 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in Cordoba back in 2019.
Fabio Fognini
| 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. 62, Fognini got to the 2nd round after defeating Marco Cecchinato 6-75 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round against Cecchinato, Fabio recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-2 6-2). During the match, Fognini scored 124 points vs Cecchinato’s 106. Fabio was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Fognini blasted 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Fabio Fognini lost the serve 3 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Fognini put 58% of his first serves in, winning 65% (43/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (25/48) on the 2nd serve. Fabio broke Cecchinato 7 times after converting 33% of his break points (7/21).
Fognini has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (289-211). 6-3 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Fognini has a compiled 151-88 record in the last years on clay.
Fognini’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Rio de Janeiro.
Fognini has a composed 9-6 win-loss record in 2022, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Belgrade
Fabio has never competed in this tournament before.
Aljaz Bedene
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4-10 | 0-3 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-16 | 5-4 | 8-8 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-13 | 7-5 | 2-2 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 33-20 | 7-5 | 13-8 | 10-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2018 | 26-20 | 1-5 | 16-9 | 8-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 164, the Slovenian got to the 2nd round after defeating Mikhail Kukushkin 7-64 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Slovenian defeated Kukushkin (7-64 4-6 6-3). During the match Bedene scored 107 points vs Kukushkin’s 97. Aljaz was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Bedene made 10 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Aljaz Bedene was very effective on serve to win 76% (41/54) of his 1st serve and 59% (29/49) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Slovenian broke Kukushkin twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
The Slovenian has an overall 1-2 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Belgrade
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fognini | Bedene |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 32 |
| Pts | 124-106 | 107-97 |
| Total Points | 230 | 204 |
| Winners | 43 | 41 |
| %Winners | 35% | 38% |
Both Fognini and Bedene played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Fabio Fognini lost 1 set, while Aljaz Bedene surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Fognini and Bedene have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Fognini played 3 games less than Bedene. Fabio scored 43 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Bedene made 41 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fognini | Bedene |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 10 |
| 1st in | 66/114 | 54/103 |
| %1st in | 58% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 43/66 | 41/54 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 25/48 | 29/49 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 59% |
Fognini bagged 2 aces . Bedene struck 10 aces . Fognini won 65% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Bedene won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fognini | Bedene |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 2 |
| Converted | 7/21 | 2/8 |
| % Converted | 33% | 25% |
| Conceded | 14 | 5 |
| Saved | 11 | 3 |
| % Saved | 79% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Fabio broke his opponent 7 times with a 33% conversion rate. Fabio dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. Bedene broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. The Slovenian conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fognini | |||
| R1 Cecchinato | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 124-106 | 124-106 | |
| Total points | 230 | 230 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 66/114 | 66/114 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 43/66 | 43/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/48 | 25/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/21 | 7/21 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 11/14 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 79% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Bedene | |||
| R1 Kukushkin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 107-97 | 107-97 | |
| Total points | 204 | 204 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 54/103 | 54/103 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 41/54 | 41/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 29/49 | 29/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Belgrade
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Laslo DjereDjere (2-6 7-66 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – John MillmanMillman (6-4 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oscar OtteOtte – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Taro DanielDaniel (1-0) – H2H and prediction