Giovanni Fonio and Valentin Royer will square off in the qualifications of the Como Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on TC GIUSSANO INDOORS 5. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.6
Valentin Royer -> 2.23
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Prediction and head to head Giovanni Fonio vs. Valentin Royer
There is no head to head record between Giovanni Fonio and Valentin Royer since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Giovanni Fonio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-21 | 9-7 | 16-14 | 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. 289, Giovanni got to the qualifications after defeating David Jorda Sanchis 4-6 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications against Jorda Sanchis, Giovanni recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-5). During the match, Fonio scored 97 points vs Jorda Sanchis’s 90. Giovanni was pretty aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Regarding the service games, Fonio struck 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Giovanni Fonio was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (48/62) of his 1st serve and 59% (19/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Giovanni broke Jorda Sanchis twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Fonio has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (252-171). 21-18 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Fonio has an aggregate194-133 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Fonio’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger,M25 Loule and the Todi Challenger.
Fonio has an overall 38-26 win-loss record in 2023, 21-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Como Challenger
Valentin Royer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-18 | 2-1 | 22-10 | 6-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-20 | 24-7 | 22-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-25 | 8-4 | 30-15 | 13-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-17 | 1-2 | 13-8 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-15 | 4-4 | 4-3 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 335, the French player reached the qualifications after beating Henrique Rocha 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Royer had a good straight sets win against Rocha (6-4 6-2). During the match Royer scored 76 points vs Rocha’s 61. Royer was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Royer made 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Valentin Royer conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 10 break points. Furthermore, Royer put 58% of his first serves in, winning 67% (29/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (19/31) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Rocha 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Royer’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio and M15 Rabat.
Royer has a composed 29-13 win-loss record in 2023, 17-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Como Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fonio | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 18 |
| Pts | 97-90 | 76-61 |
| Total Points | 187 | 137 |
| Winners | 48 | 29 |
| %Winners | 49% | 38% |
Both Fonio and Royer played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Giovanni Fonio dropped 1 set while Valentin Royer hasn’t dropped a set so far. Fonio has played 1 set more than Royer (3 vs 2). Therefore, Fonio played 13 games more than Royer. The Italian scored 48 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Royer struck 29 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fonio | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 7 |
| 1st in | 62/94 | 43/74 |
| %1st in | 66% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 48/62 | 29/43 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 19/31 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 61% |
Fonio fired 5 aces . Royer managed to score 7 aces . Fonio won 77% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Royer won 67% of the points on 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 | Fonio | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 29% | 75% |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 |
| Saved | 1 | 10 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Fonio broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Valentin was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 10 break points.
| Fonio | |||
| Q1 Jorda Sanchis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 97-90 | 97-90 | |
| Total points | 187 | 187 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 62/94 | 62/94 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 48/62 | 48/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 19/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Royer | |||
| Q1 Rocha |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 76-61 | 76-61 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 43/74 | 43/74 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 29/43 | 29/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/31 | 19/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 10/10 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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