Fabio Fognini and Tom Gentzsch will play each other in the 1st round of the Maia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.064
Tom Gentzsch -> 7.5
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Prediction and head to head Fabio Fognini vs. Tom Gentzsch
There is no head to head record between Fabio Fognini and Tom Gentzsch since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Fabio Fognini
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-28 | 7-10 | 18-12 | 2-4 | 3-2 | 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. 107, Fognini will start his run in the Maia Challenger after he won the title in the Valencia Challenger after beating 3-6 7-6(8) 7-6(3) Bautista-Agut in the final.
Fognini has an overall 27-23 win-loss record in 2023, 22-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Valencia Challenger where he beat Roberto Bautista Agut in the final 3-6 7-6(8) 7-6(3).
Fabio won his last 5 matches.
Talking about his overall career, The Italian has an overall 657-494 record. He has a positive 445-264 record on clay.
Previously in the Maia Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Tom Gentzsch
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 46-24 | 10-4 | 26-15 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 6-2 |
| 2023 | 45-39 | 10-6 | 29-25 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4-3 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 14-11 | 15-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 11-11 | 1-2 | 8-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 656 (career-high), Gentzsch reached the 1st round after defeating Federico Bertuccioli 6-4 6-2 and Miguel Damas 2-6 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications against Damas, Tom recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-1). During the match Gentzsch scored 84 points vs Damas’s 73. Gentzsch was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Gentzsch made 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tom Gentzsch lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gentzsch put 68% of his first serves in, winning 66% (37/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Damas 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The German started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Gentzsch’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Trier.
The German has an aggregate 45-38 win-loss record in 2023, 29-24 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Alexander WeisWeis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo MartineauMartineau – Louis WesselsWessels (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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