Ivan Gakhov and Giovanni Fonio will face off in the 2nd round of the Sibiu Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:30 am 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 Giovanni Fonio who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Giovanni Fonio is the pick to win this match.
Giovanni Fonio -> 1.66
Ivan Gakhov -> 2.10
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Prediction and head to head Ivan Gakhov vs. Giovanni Fonio
There is no head to head record between Ivan Gakhov and Giovanni Fonio since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Ivan Gakhov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-32 | 1-2 | 32-29 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-30 | 2-4 | 26-21 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 56-32 | 1-3 | 53-26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 38-23 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 5-5 | 8-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 288, Gakhov reached the 2nd round after beating Radu Florin Macovei 6-1 6-2, Stefan Palosi 6-3 6-2 and Thiago Agustin Tirante 6-75 7-5 6-1.
In the 1st round against Agustin Tirante, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 7-5 6-1). During the match, Gakhov scored 99 points vs Agustin Tirante’s 87. Gakhov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gakhov bagged 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ivan Gakhov lost the serve 4 times. Furthermore, Gakhov put 64% of his first serves in, winning 66% (41/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Agustin Tirante 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).
Gakhov has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (335-196). 39-20 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gakhov has a compiled292-153 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Ivan’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Shymkent.
Gakhov has an overall 42-26 win-loss record in 2022, 39-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
Ivan has never competed in this tournament before.
Giovanni Fonio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-30 | 9-7 | 24-23 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 19-7 | 8-3 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 373, the Italian got to the 2nd round after defeating Vlad Andrei Dancu 6-2 6-3, Eric Vanshelboim 6-3 6-1 and Dragos Nicolae Madaras 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Fonio had a good straight sets win against Nicolae Madaras (6-1 6-4). During the match Fonio scored 65 points vs Nicolae Madaras’s 45. Giovanni was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Fonio fired 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Giovanni Fonio was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Giovanni broke Nicolae Madaras 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
The Italian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya.
Giovanni has an aggregate 36-25 win-loss record in 2022, 36-24 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gakhov | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 64 | 50 |
| Pts | 222-165 | 184-122 |
| Total Points | 387 | 306 |
| Winners | 89 | 68 |
| %Winners | 40% | 37% |
Both Gakhov and Fonio played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ivan Gakhov dropped 1 set while Giovanni Fonio hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Gakhov has played 1 set more than Fonio (7 vs 6). Therefore, Gakhov played 14 games more than Fonio. The Russian scored 89 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian managed to score 68 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gakhov | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3.3 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 126/212 | 86/140 |
| %1st in | 59% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 89/126 | 68/86 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 48/86 | 33/54 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 61% |
Gakhov made 10 aces (3.3 per match). Fonio struck 5 aces (1.7 per match). Gakhov won 71% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Fonio won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gakhov | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 13 |
| Converted | 15/22 | 13/29 |
| % Converted | 68% | 45% |
| Conceded | 15 | 6 |
| Saved | 10 | 4 |
| % Saved | 67% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
Gakhov broke his opponents 15 times with a 68% conversion rate. Gakhov surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Giovanni broke his opponents 13 times with a 45% conversion rate. Giovanni conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gakhov | |||||
| Q1 Florin |
Q3 Palosi |
R1 Agustin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-75 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 17 | 32 | 64 | |
| pts | 65-39 | 58-39 | 99-87 | 222-165 | |
| Total points | 104 | 97 | 186 | 387 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | 41 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 41% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 34/61 | 30/54 | 62/97 | 126/212 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | 64% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 24/34 | 24/30 | 41/62 | 89/126 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 80% | 66% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 15/24 | 18/35 | 48/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 63% | 51% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/3 | 7/12 | 15/22 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 100% | 58% | 68% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 3/3 | 0/4 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 100% | 0% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| Fonio | |||||
| Q1 Andrei |
Q3 Vanshelboim |
R1 Nicolae |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-3 6-1 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 16 | 17 | 50 | |
| pts | 62-39 | 57-38 | 65-45 | 184-122 | |
| Total points | 101 | 95 | 110 | 306 | |
| Winners | 18 | 24 | 26 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 42% | 40% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 27/41 | 27/45 | 32/54 | 86/140 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 60% | 59% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 18/27 | 24/27 | 26/32 | 68/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 89% | 81% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 9/18 | 14/22 | 33/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 50% | 64% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 4/6 | 3/9 | 13/29 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 67% | 33% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 100% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
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