Shintaro Mochizuki and Giovanni Fonio will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:30 pm on CENTRAL COURT. 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 Shintaro Mochizuki who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Shintaro Mochizuki is the pick to win this match.
Shintaro Mochizuki -> 1.27
Giovanni Fonio -> 3.5
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Prediction and head to head Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Giovanni Fonio
There is no head to head record between Shintaro Mochizuki and Giovanni Fonio since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Shintaro Mochizuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-33 | 19-22 | 7-5 | 0-1 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-33 | 22-16 | 13-8 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-34 | 18-17 | 13-12 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-30 | 11-10 | 18-11 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 20-14 | 14-12 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 137, Shintaro will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Matsuyama Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-3 to Blancaneaux in the 2nd round on the 9th of November.
The Japanese has an aggregate 39-32 win-loss record in 2023, 0-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Barletta Challenger where he overcame Santiago Rodriguez Taverna in the final 6-1 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Shintaro has an overall 145-119 record. He has a negative 11-16 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
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 reached the 1st round after defeating Hiroki Moriya 7-5 6-2 and Shinji Hazawa 6-3 6-73 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Italian defeated Hazawa (6-3 6-73 6-1). During the match Fonio scored 96 points vs Hazawa’s 81. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Fonio scored 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Giovanni Fonio lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Fonio put 65% of his first serves in, winning 69% (42/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the 2nd serve. Fonio was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Hazawa 5 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Giovanni started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Giovanni’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger,M25 Loule and the Todi Challenger.
The Italian has a composed 47-35 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
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