Marc Polmans and Giovanni Fonio will square off in the quarter of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on SUB CENTRE. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marc Polmans who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marc Polmans is the pick to win this match.
Marc Polmans -> 1.52
Giovanni Fonio -> 2.45
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Prediction and head to head Marc Polmans vs. Giovanni Fonio
There is no head to head record between Marc Polmans and Giovanni Fonio since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Marc Polmans
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-24 | 10-15 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-35 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-13 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-28 | 1-6 | 8-13 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-16 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 162, Polmans got to the quarter after defeating Rio Noguchi 6-3 6-4 and Moez Echargui 5-7 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Echargui, Marc recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-2 6-2). During the match, Polmans scored 91 points vs Echargui’s 72. Marc was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Polmans scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 6 double faults. Marc Polmans lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Polmans put 75% of his first serves in, winning 63% (39/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. Marc broke Echargui 8 times after converting 57% of his break points (8/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Polmans has lost 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Polmans has winning record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (306-236). 31-22 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Polmans has an overall 178-135 match record in the last years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Canberra,the Guangzhou Challenger and the Sydney Challenger.
Marc has an overall 49-34 win-loss record in 2023, 31-22 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
Giovanni Fonio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-30 | 9-7 | 24-23 | 0-0 | 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. 285, the Italian reached the quarter after defeating Kalin Ivanovski 4-6 7-65 7-65 and Yosuke Watanuki 3-6 6-2 7-5.
In the 2nd round against Watanuki, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 7-5). During the match Fonio scored 92 points vs Watanuki’s 83. Fonio was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.
About the serving games, Fonio scored 2 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Giovanni Fonio lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Fonio put 75% of his first serves in, winning 65% (44/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Watanuki 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Giovanni has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Italian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger,M25 Loule and the Todi Challenger.
Fonio has an aggregate 52-38 win-loss record in 2023, 22-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
Fonio has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Polmans | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 65 |
| Pts | 154-125 | 217-204 |
| Total Points | 279 | 421 |
| Winners | 67 | 99 |
| %Winners | 44% | 46% |
Both Polmans and Fonio played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Marc Polmans surrendered 1 set, while Giovanni Fonio surrendered 2 sets. Polmans has played 1 set(s) less than Fonio (5 vs 6). Therefore, Polmans played 18 games less than Fonio. Marc scored 67 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian fired 99 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Polmans | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 101/144 | 146/210 |
| %1st in | 70% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 67/101 | 99/146 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 21/43 | 34/64 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 53% |
Polmans scored 5 aces (2.5 per match). Fonio bagged 5 aces (2.5 per match). Polmans won 66% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Fonio won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Polmans | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 8 |
| Converted | 11/19 | 8/26 |
| % Converted | 58% | 31% |
| Conceded | 12 | 17 |
| Saved | 6 | 9 |
| % Saved | 50% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 8 |
Polmans broke his opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve 6 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 8 times with a 31% conversion rate. Fonio conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.
| Polmans | ||||
| R1 Noguchi |
R2 Echargui |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 5-7 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 28 | 47 | |
| pts | 63-53 | 91-72 | 154-125 | |
| Total points | 116 | 163 | 279 | |
| Winners | 28 | 39 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 43% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 39/61 | 62/83 | 101/144 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 75% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 39/62 | 67/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 63% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 8/21 | 21/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 38% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 8/14 | 11/19 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 57% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 | 12 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 5/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Fonio | ||||
| R1 Ivanovski |
R2 Watanuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-65 7-65 | 3-6 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 29 | 65 | |
| pts | 125-121 | 92-83 | 217-204 | |
| Total points | 246 | 175 | 421 | |
| Winners | 55 | 44 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 48% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 78/119 | 68/91 | 146/210 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 75% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 55/78 | 44/68 | 99/146 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 65% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/41 | 12/23 | 34/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 52% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/15 | 5/11 | 8/26 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 45% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 6 | 17 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 2/6 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 33% | 49% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
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