Fabio Fognini and Aziz Dougaz will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Zug Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Fabio Fognini who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Fabio Fognini is the pick to win this match.
Fabio Fognini -> 1.32
Aziz Dougaz -> 3.16
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Prediction and head to head Fabio Fognini vs. Aziz Dougaz
There is no head to head record between Fabio Fognini and Aziz Dougaz since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Fabio Fognini
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-15 | 4-5 | 12-9 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 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. 137, Fognini got to the 2nd round after beating Kilian Feldbausch 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Fognini had a good straight sets win against Feldbausch (6-4 6-2). During the match, Fognini scored 69 points vs Feldbausch’s 53. Fabio was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Fognini was unable to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Fabio Fognini lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Fognini put 62% of his first serves in, winning 62% (21/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the 2nd serve. Fabio broke Feldbausch 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Fognini has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (269-215). 7-7 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Fognini has an overall 136-94 match record in the last years on clay.
Fabio has a composed 7-11 win-loss record in 2023, 7-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zug Challenger
Fabio has never competed in this tournament before.
Aziz Dougaz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-16 | 4-6 | 21-8 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-38 | 28-17 | 9-10 | 10-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 68-33 | 53-23 | 7-4 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 46-29 | 38-17 | 8-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-16 | 17-11 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 227, Aziz reached the 2nd round after defeating Jelle Sels 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Tunisian had a good straight sets win against Sels (6-3 6-4). During the match Dougaz scored 68 points vs Sels’s 55. The Tunisian was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Dougaz managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Aziz Dougaz conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Dougaz put 64% of his first serves in, winning 82% (31/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Aziz broke Sels 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Aziz’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Monastir and the Leon Challenger.
The Tunisian has a compiled 23-22 win-loss record in 2023, 9-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fognini | Dougaz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 |
| Pts | 69-53 | 68-55 |
| Total Points | 122 | 123 |
| Winners | 21 | 31 |
| %Winners | 30% | 46% |
Both Fognini and Dougaz played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Fognini and Dougaz have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Fognini played 1 game less than Dougaz. The Italian scored 21 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The Tunisian bagged 31 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fognini | Dougaz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 4 |
| 1st in | 34/55 | 38/59 |
| %1st in | 62% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 21/34 | 31/38 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 10/21 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 48% |
Fognini didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Dougaz scored 4 aces . Fognini won 62% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Dougaz won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fognini | Dougaz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 50% | 30% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 40% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Fabio broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Fabio lost his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Dougaz broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Tunisian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Fognini | |||
| R1 Feldbausch |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 69-53 | 69-53 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 34/55 | 34/55 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 21/34 | 21/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 12/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Dougaz | |||
| R1 Sels |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 68-55 | 68-55 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/59 | 38/59 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 31/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 10/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWLWLWWW Tennis Scores in Zug Challenger
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-1 6-72 6-3) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Jelle SelsSels (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Dylan DietrichDietrich (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Dominic StrickerStricker (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Manuel GuinardGuinard (6-3 5-7 7-66) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Mika BrunoldBrunold (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Kilian FeldbauschFeldbausch (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Gianmarco FerrariFerrari (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras – Remy BertolaBertola (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Tim HandelHandel (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Ergi KirkinKirkin (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Fabio FogniniFognini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Joris De LooreDe Loore (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Harold MayotMayot (1-0) – H2H and prediction
