Fabio Fognini and Matteo Martineau will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Maia Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 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 Matteo Martineau who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matteo Martineau is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Martineau -> 1.81
Fabio Fognini -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Fabio Fognini vs. Matteo Martineau
This will be the 2nd time that Fabio Fognini and Matteo Martineau square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Fognini (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Fognini won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in the Bergamo Challenger back in November 2023.
Fabio Fognini
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-8 | 4-5 | 6-3 | 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. 107, the Italian got to the 2nd round after defeating Tom Gentzsch 6-77 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round against Gentzsch, Fognini recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-77 6-3 7-5). During the match, Fognini scored 110 points vs Gentzsch’s 100. Fabio was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Regarding the service games, Fognini blasted 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Fabio Fognini was extremely efficient on serve to win 80% (47/59) of his 1st serve and 52% (22/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Fabio broke Gentzsch 4 times after converting 25% of his break points (4/16).
Fognini has good match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (290-227). 23-12 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Fognini has a compiled 152-99 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Valencia Challenger where he beat Roberto Bautista Agut in the final 3-6 7-6(8) 7-6(3).
Fognini has an overall 28-23 win-loss record in 2023, 23-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia Challenger
Fabio has never competed in this tournament before.
Matteo Martineau
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-13 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-36 | 0-1 | 23-17 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 9-3 |
| 2022 | 36-31 | 2-1 | 23-20 | 11-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-26 | 4-4 | 27-15 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2020 | 19-14 | 4-3 | 7-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 6-3 |
Ranked no. 293, Matteo got to the 2nd round after defeating Miguel Damas 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, Martineau had a good straight sets win against Damas (6-1 6-2). During the match Martineau scored 64 points vs Damas’s 40. Martineau was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Martineau scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Matteo Martineau lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Martineau put 72% of his first serves in, winning 67% (26/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. Martineau broke Damas 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Matteo’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Nussloch and M25 Muttenz.
Matteo has a compiled 49-35 win-loss record in 2023, 22-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fognini | Martineau |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 15 |
| Pts | 110-100 | 64-40 |
| Total Points | 210 | 104 |
| Winners | 47 | 26 |
| %Winners | 43% | 41% |
Both Fognini and Martineau played 1 match. At the moment, Fabio Fognini surrendered 1 set while Matteo Martineau hasn’t dropped a set so far. Fognini has played 1 set more than Martineau (3 vs 2). Therefore, Fognini played 19 games more than Martineau. The Italian scored 47 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Martineau recorded 26 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fognini | Martineau |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 59/101 | 39/54 |
| %1st in | 58% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 47/59 | 26/39 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 22/42 | 7/15 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 47% |
Fognini bagged 4 aces . Martineau made 1 ace . Fognini won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Martineau won 67% 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 | Fognini | Martineau |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/16 | 6/8 |
| % Converted | 25% | 75% |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 60% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 25% conversion rate. Fabio surrendered his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Martineau broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fognini | |||
| R1 Gentzsch |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-77 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 110-100 | 110-100 | |
| Total points | 210 | 210 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 59/101 | 59/101 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 47/59 | 47/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/42 | 22/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/16 | 4/16 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Martineau | |||
| R1 Damas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 64-40 | 64-40 | |
| Total points | 104 | 104 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 39/54 | 39/54 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 26/39 | 26/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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