Giovanni Fonio and Luca Potenza will clash against each other in the qualifications of the San Benedetto Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Giovanni Fonio who should win in 2 sets.
Giovanni Fonio -> 1.37
Luca Potenza -> 2.99
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Prediction and head to head Giovanni Fonio vs. Luca Potenza
There is no head to head record between Giovanni Fonio and Luca Potenza since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Giovanni Fonio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-24 | 6-3 | 27-19 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-33 | 12-8 | 24-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-39 | 22-12 | 28-26 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-29 | 0-0 | 40-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 40-20 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 436, the Italian got to the qualifications after defeating Riccardo Balzerani 2-6 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Balzerani, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Fonio scored 90 points vs Balzerani’s 79. Giovanni was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Fonio made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Giovanni Fonio lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Fonio put 61% of his first serves in, winning 70% (38/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (23/34) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Balzerani twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Fonio has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (199-136). 25-19 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Fonio has a compiled158-106 record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Italian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya.
The Italian has an aggregate 25-20 win-loss record in 2022, 25-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Benedetto Challenger
Luca Potenza
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58-31 | 53-25 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-17 | 14-7 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-28 | 6-9 | 13-18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-26 | 10-9 | 13-11 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-25 | 27-13 | 6-7 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 467 (career-high), Luca reached the qualifications after defeating Oleg Prihodko 3-6 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications against Prihodko, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Potenza scored 89 points vs Prihodko’s 83. Potenza was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Potenza scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Luca Potenza lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Potenza put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (38/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the 2nd serve. Potenza broke Prihodko 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
The Italian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Gubbio.
The Italian has an overall 11-13 win-loss record in 2022, 6-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fonio | Potenza |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 28 |
| Pts | 90-79 | 89-83 |
| Total Points | 169 | 172 |
| Winners | 38 | 38 |
| %Winners | 42% | 43% |
Both Fonio and Potenza played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Giovanni Fonio lost 1 set, while Luca Potenza surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Fonio and Potenza have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Fonio played 1 game less than Potenza. The Italian scored 38 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Luca made 38 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fonio | Potenza |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 54/88 | 57/88 |
| %1st in | 61% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 38/54 | 38/57 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 23/34 | 18/31 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 58% |
Fonio managed to score 3 aces . Potenza struck 1 ace . Fonio won 70% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Potenza won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fonio | Potenza |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 40% | 33% |
| Conceded | 10 | 11 |
| Saved | 8 | 9 |
| % Saved | 80% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Fonio broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The Italian lost his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Potenza broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fonio | |||
| Q1 Balzerani | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 90-79 | 90-79 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 54/88 | 54/88 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 38/54 | 38/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/34 | 23/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Potenza | |||
| Q1 Prihodko | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 89-83 | 89-83 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 57/88 | 57/88 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 38/57 | 38/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 18/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 9/11 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 82% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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