Arthur Cazaux and Giovanni Fonio will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 10:30 am on COURT B. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Cazaux who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Arthur Cazaux is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Cazaux -> 1.22
Giovanni Fonio -> 4.05

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Prediction and head to head Arthur Cazaux vs. Giovanni Fonio

This will be the 2^nd time that Arthur Cazaux and Giovanni Fonio face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Cazaux (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Cazaux won 6-4 6-4 in the 1^st round in the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger back in January 2023.

Arthur Cazaux

Ranked no. 265 (career-high), the French player reached the semifinal after defeating Jason Jung 6-3 6-4, Federico Gaio 7-6² 6-4, Stuart Parker 7-6¹ 6-4, Jakub Mensik 6-3 6-0 and Tennys Sandgren 7-6⁴ 6-4.

In the quarter, Arthur had a good straight sets win against Sandgren (7-6⁴ 6-4). During the match, Cazaux scored 75 points vs Sandgren’s 62. Arthur was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cazaux bagged 7 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Arthur Cazaux was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (34/45) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Arthur was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Sandgren twice.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Cazaux started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Cazaux has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 67% of his matches (98-49). 12-0 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cazaux has an overall56-12 match record in the last 6 years on hard.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger where he defeated Lloyd Harris in the final 7-6(5) 6-2.

The French player has a compiled 12-0 win-loss record in 2023, 12-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger

Giovanni Fonio

Ranked no. 366, Giovanni got to the semifinal after beating Ji Sung Nam 4-6 6-4 6-2, Denis Yevseyev 6-2 7-5, Benjamin Hassan 6-7⁴

6-4 6-2 and Antoine Escoffier 7-5 6-7⁵ 2-1 ret..

In the quarter against Escoffier, Giovanni had a free pass after Escoffier retired on a 7-5 6-7⁵ 2-1 . scoreline.

Giovanni has a compiled 9-3 win-loss record in 2023, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cazaux	Fonio
Match played	5	4
Tot Set	10	12
Tot Games	103	107
Pts	361-283	360-307
Total Points	644	667
Winners	165	160
%Winners	46%	44%

Cazaux played 5 matches while Fonio competed in 4 matches. At the moment, Giovanni Fonio surrendered 3 sets while Arthur Cazaux hasn’t conceded a set so far. Cazaux has played 2 set(s) less than Fonio (10 vs 12). Therefore, Cazaux played 4 games less than Fonio. The French player scored 165 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Giovanni recorded 160 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cazaux	Fonio
Aces	45	28
Avg per match	9	7
1st in	203/306	205/321
%1st in	66%	64%
1st pts	165/203	160/205
%1st pts	81%	78%
2nd pts	59/103	61/116
%2nd pts	57%	53%

Cazaux scored 45 aces (9 per match). Fonio recorded 28 aces (7 per match). Cazaux won 81% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Fonio won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cazaux	Fonio
Won	12	16
Converted	12/42	16/43
% Converted	29%	37%
Conceded	15	19
Saved	12	13
% Saved	80%	68%
Times Broken	3	6

Arthur broke his opponents 12 times with a 29% conversion rate. The French player surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Fonio broke his opponents 16 times with a 37% conversion rate. Giovanni conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.

Cazaux
	Q1 Jung	Q3 Gaio	R1 Parker	R2 Mensik	1/4 Sandgren	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	7-62 6-4	7-61 6-4	6-3 6-0	7-64 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	2	10
Tot Games	19	23	23	15	23	103
pts	67-56	76-60	82-69	61-36	75-62	361-283
Total points	123	136	151	97	137	644
Winners	30	36	42	23	34	165
%Winners	45%	47%	51%	38%	45%	46%
SERVE
Aces	6	9	14	9	7	45
Double Faults	2	0	1	0	0	3
1st in	38/60	39/57	52/76	29/42	45/71	203/306
% 1st in	63%	68%	68%	69%	63%	66%
1st pts	30/38	36/39	42/52	23/29	34/45	165/203
% 1st pts	79%	92%	81%	79%	76%	81%
2nd pts	10/22	13/18	11/24	10/13	15/26	59/103
% 2nd pts	45%	72%	46%	77%	58%	57%
Breaks
Won	3	1	2	4	2	12
Converted	3/12	1/8	2/12	4/8	2/2	12/42
Converted %	25%	13%	17%	50%	100%	29%
Conceded	4	0	7	1	3	15
Saved	3/4	0/0	6/7	1/1	2/3	12
Saved %	75%	–	86%	100%	67%	66%
Times Broken	1	0	1	0	1	3

Fonio
	Q1 Sung Nam	Q3 Mensik	R1 Yevseyev	R2 Hassan	1/4 Escoffier	Total
Score	4-6 6-4 6-2	6-3 6-1	6-2 7-5	6-74 6-4 6-2	7-5 6-75 2-1 ret.
Tot Set	3	2	2	3	3	13
Tot Games	28	16	20	31	28	123
pts	101-95	–	67-46	95-80	97-86	360-307
Total points	196	0	113	175	183	667
Winners	44		30	44	42	160
%Winners	44%	0%	45%	46%	43%	44%
SERVE
Aces	8	0	1	10	9	28
Double Faults	5		0	4	1	10
1st in	57/96	/	41/58	52/85	55/82	205/321
% 1st in	59%	0%	71%	61%	67%	64%
1st pts	44/57	/	30/41	44/52	42/55	160/205
% 1st pts	77%	0%	73%	85%	76%	78%
2nd pts	18/39	/	14/17	16/33	13/27	61/116
% 2nd pts	46%	0%	82%	48%	48%	53%
Breaks
Won	4		3	5	4	16
Converted	4/16	/	3/3	5/9	4/15	16/43
Converted %	25%	0%	100%	56%	27%	37%
Conceded	8		2	6	3	19
Saved	6/8	0/	2/2	4/6	1/3	13
Saved %	75%	–	100%	67%	33%	55%
Times Broken	2		0	2	2	6

Tennis Scores in Nonthaburi 3 Challenger

• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-0 6-7⁷ 6-2) – See score progression
• Giovanni FonioFonio – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (7-5 6-7⁵ 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Anirudh Chandrasekar/N. Vijay Sundar PrashanthChandrasekar/N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth – Jason Jung/Evan KingJung/Evan King (4-6 7-6⁵ 10-8) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Giovanni FonioFonio – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (1-2) – H2H and prediction