Giovanni Fonio and Shinji Hazawa will play each other in the qualifications of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT C. 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 Giovanni Fonio who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Giovanni Fonio is the pick to win this match.
Giovanni Fonio -> 1.32
Shinji Hazawa -> 3.16
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Â
Prediction and head to head Giovanni Fonio vs. Shinji Hazawa
There is no head to head record between Giovanni Fonio and Shinji Hazawa since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Giovanni Fonio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-33 | 12-8 | 24-24 | 0-1 | 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. 306, Fonio got to the qualifications after defeating Hiroki Moriya 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, Fonio had a good straight sets win against Moriya (7-5 6-2). During the match, Fonio scored 69 points vs Moriya’s 54. Fonio was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Fonio managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Giovanni Fonio was extremely efficient on serve to win 81% (30/37) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Giovanni broke Moriya 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Fonio has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (260-180). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Fonio has an overall10-6 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Fonio’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger,M25 Loule and the Todi Challenger.
The Italian has a compiled 46-35 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Fonio has never competed in this tournament before.
Shinji Hazawa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-14 | 14-12 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-15 | 14-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-27 | 49-26 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 583, Shinji reached the qualifications after beating Ernesto Escobedo 5-6 ret..
In the qualifications against Escobedo, Hazawa had a free pass after Escobedo retired on a 5-6 . scoreline.
Shinji’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat.
Shinji has an overall 16-13 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fonio | Hazawa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 11 |
| Pts | 69-54 | 34-34 |
| Total Points | 123 | 68 |
| Winners | 30 | 18 |
| %Winners | 43% | 53% |
Both Fonio and Hazawa played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Shinji Hazawa lost 1 set while Giovanni Fonio hasn’t conceded a set so far. Talking about their workload, Fonio and Hazawa have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Fonio played 9 games more than Hazawa. Giovanni scored 30 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese made 18 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fonio | Hazawa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 2 |
| 1st in | 37/59 | 24/35 |
| %1st in | 63% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 30/37 | 18/24 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 8/11 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 73% |
Fonio recorded 7 aces . Hazawa struck 2 aces . Fonio won 81% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Hazawa won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 73% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fonio | Hazawa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 0 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 0/1 |
| % Converted | 50% | 0% |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Giovanni broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Fonio pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. On the other side, Shinji hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. Shinji was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points without even conceding a single break point.
| Fonio | |||
| Q1 Moriya |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-54 | 69-54 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 37/59 | 37/59 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 30/37 | 30/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 13/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Hazawa | |||
| Q1 Escobedo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-6 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 11 | 11 | |
| pts | 34-34 | 34-34 | |
| Total points | 68 | 68 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 24/35 | 24/35 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 18/24 | 18/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/11 | 8/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 0% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
LWWWLLLWWW
LLWWLWLLLW 
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Tatsuma ItoIto – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jason JungJung – Zdenek KolarKolar (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yan BaiBai – Andrew FentyFenty (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Blake EllisEllis (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Omar JasikaJasika – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi – August HolmgrenHolmgren (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin HassanHassan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Shinji HazawaHazawa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Kaichi UchidaUchida (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Menelaos EfstathiouEfstathiou (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Yunseong ChungChung (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dane SweenySweeny – Tung-Lin WuWu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taisei IchikawaIchikawa – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
