Marcos Giron and Fabio Fognini will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Western & Southern Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on COURT 7. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marcos Giron who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marcos Giron is the pick to win this match.
Marcos Giron -> 1.69
Fabio Fognini -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Marcos Giron vs. Fabio Fognini
There is no head to head record between Marcos Giron and Fabio Fognini since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Marcos Giron
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-12 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-30 | 17-15 | 7-6 | 5-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-31 | 11-13 | 3-9 | 6-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 12-10 | 5-5 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-15 | 12-8 | 1-2 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 57, the American got to the qualifications after defeating Denis Kudla 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Kudla (6-3 6-2). During the match, Giron scored 60 points vs Kudla’s 48. Giron was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Giron recorded 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Marcos Giron conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Giron put 65% of his first serves in, winning 79% (34/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Giron broke Kudla 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Giron has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (302-199). 6-10 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Giron has a composed 215-125 record in the last years on hard.
Marcos’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Dallas.
Giron has an overall 15-24 win-loss record in 2022, 6-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Fabio Fognini
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-10 | 4-5 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 6-10 | 4-5 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 60, Fognini reached the qualifications after defeating Soon-Woo Kwon 5-7 6-4 7-63.
In the qualifications against Kwon, Fognini recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 7-63). During the match Fognini scored 108 points vs Kwon’s 105. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Fognini made 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Fabio Fognini lost the serve 4 times. Furthermore, Fognini put 52% of his first serves in, winning 66% (35/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (31/48) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Kwon 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Fabio’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Rio de Janeiro and Belgrade.
The Italian has a composed 18-17 win-loss record in 2022, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2014. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Giron | Fognini |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 35 |
| Pts | 60-48 | 108-105 |
| Total Points | 108 | 213 |
| Winners | 34 | 35 |
| %Winners | 57% | 32% |
Both Giron and Fognini played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Fabio Fognini conceded 1 set while Marcos Giron hasn’t conceded a set so far. Giron has played 1 set(s) less than Fognini (2 vs 3). Therefore, Giron played 18 games less than Fognini. Giron scored 34 winners (57% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian made 35 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Giron | Fognini |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 43/66 | 53/101 |
| %1st in | 65% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 34/43 | 35/53 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 31/48 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 65% |
Giron struck 5 aces . Fognini scored 2 aces . Giron won 79% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Fognini won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Giron | Fognini |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 75% | 36% |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Giron broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Marcos pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 4 break points. The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Giron | |||
| Q1 Kudla |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 60-48 | 60-48 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 57% | 57% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/66 | 43/66 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 34/43 | 34/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 10/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Fognini | |||
| Q1 Kwon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 108-105 | 108-105 | |
| Total points | 213 | 213 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 53/101 | 53/101 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 35/53 | 35/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 31/48 | 31/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/4 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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