Zsombor Piros and Fabio Fognini will square off in the quarter of the Genova Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 8:00 pm on CENTRALE. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Fabio Fognini who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Fabio Fognini is the pick to win this match.
Fabio Fognini -> 1.76
Zsombor Piros -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Zsombor Piros vs. Fabio Fognini
There is no head to head record between Zsombor Piros and Fabio Fognini since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Zsombor Piros
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-15 | 1-4 | 7-10 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-29 | 3-2 | 35-18 | 5-7 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-23 | 7-6 | 19-9 | 10-7 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-16 | 3-2 | 31-9 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-2 | 1-1 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 112, Piros reached the quarter after beating Andrea Pellegrino 7-60 6-3 and Francesco Passaro 6-3 3-6 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Piros defeated Passaro (6-3 3-6 6-2). During the match, Piros scored 87 points vs Passaro’s 81. The Hungarian was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Piros fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Zsombor Piros lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Piros put 58% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the 2nd serve. The Hungarian broke Passaro 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zsombor has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.
Piros has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (224-129). 30-16 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Piros has an overall147-71 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Split Challenger where he defeated Norbert Gombos in the final 7-6(2) 7-6(9) and the Oeiras 3 Challenger where he defeated Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the final 6-3 6-4.
The Hungarian has an overall 40-24 win-loss record in 2023, 30-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Genova Challenger
The Hungarian has never competed in this tournament before.
Fabio Fognini
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-13 | 4-5 | 11-8 | 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. 146, Fabio reached the quarter after defeating Valentin Vacherot 7-5 6-4 and Giovanni Oradini 6-0 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Fabio had a good straight sets win against Oradini (6-0 6-3). During the match Fognini scored 53 points vs Oradini’s 31. Fognini was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Fognini scored 3 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Fabio Fognini lost the serve once. Furthermore, Fognini put 61% of his first serves in, winning 88% (22/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (6/16) on the 2nd serve. Fognini broke Oradini 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Fabio’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Zug Challenger.
Fognini has an aggregate 14-15 win-loss record in 2023, 14-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Piros | Fognini |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 37 |
| Pts | 165-145 | 126-97 |
| Total Points | 310 | 223 |
| Winners | 64 | 47 |
| %Winners | 39% | 37% |
Both Piros and Fognini played 2 matches. At the moment, Zsombor Piros lost 1 set while Fabio Fognini hasn’t lost a set so far. Piros has played 1 set more than Fognini (5 vs 4). Therefore, Piros played 11 games more than Fognini. Piros scored 64 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Fabio scored 47 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Piros | Fognini |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 93/150 | 64/102 |
| %1st in | 62% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 64/93 | 47/64 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 32/57 | 18/38 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 47% |
Piros recorded 7 aces (3.5 per match). Fognini fired 7 aces (3.5 per match). Piros won 69% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Fognini won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Piros | Fognini |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 11 |
| Converted | 8/21 | 11/20 |
| % Converted | 38% | 55% |
| Conceded | 14 | 6 |
| Saved | 9 | 2 |
| % Saved | 64% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 |
The Hungarian broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. Piros surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Fognini broke his opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Piros | ||||
| R1 Pellegrino |
R2 Passaro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-60 6-3 | 6-3 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 26 | 48 | |
| pts | 78-64 | 87-81 | 165-145 | |
| Total points | 142 | 168 | 310 | |
| Winners | 34 | 30 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 34% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 50/76 | 43/74 | 93/150 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 58% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 34/50 | 30/43 | 64/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 70% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 18/31 | 32/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 58% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/14 | 8/21 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 29% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 4 | 14 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 2/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 50% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Fognini | ||||
| R1 Vacherot |
R2 Oradini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 15 | 37 | |
| pts | 73-66 | 53-31 | 126-97 | |
| Total points | 139 | 84 | 223 | |
| Winners | 25 | 22 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 42% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 39/61 | 25/41 | 64/102 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 61% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 25/39 | 22/25 | 47/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 88% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 6/16 | 18/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 38% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 6/9 | 11/20 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 67% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 0/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 0% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
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