Cristian Garin and Joao Fonseca will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Rio Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 9:30 pm on QUADRA GUGA KUERTEN. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cristian Garin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cristian Garin is the pick to win this match.
Cristian Garin -> 1.88
Joao Fonseca -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Cristian Garin vs. Joao Fonseca
There is no head to head record between Cristian Garin and Joao Fonseca since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Cristian Garin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-13 | 2-3 | 9-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 22-12 | 18-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-23 | 4-5 | 9-11 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-18 | 2-6 | 15-9 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-12 | 2-7 | 15-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 88, Christian got to the 2nd round after beating Roberto Carballes Baena 2-6 7-61 6-3.
In the 1st round against Carballes Baena, The Chilean recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-61 6-3). During the match, Garin scored 109 points vs Carballes Baena’s 108. Christian was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about the service games, Garin struck 2 aces and he was not very steady on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Cristian Garin lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Garin put 57% of his first serves in, winning 70% (46/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (22/49) on the 2nd serve. Christian broke Carballes Baena 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Garin has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (286-204). 1-2 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Garin has a compiled 199-122 match record in the last years on clay.
Christian has a compiled 1-3 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rio de Janeiro
Joao Fonseca
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-6 | 1-1 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 655, the Brazilian reached the 2nd round after beating Arthur Fils 6-0 6-4.
In the 1st round, Joao had a good straight sets win against Fils (6-0 6-4). During the match Fonseca scored 68 points vs Fils’s 49. Joao was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Fonseca made 2 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Joao Fonseca conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 54% of his first serves in, win 69% (20/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the 2nd serve. Fonseca broke Fils 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
The Brazilian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Buenos Aires Challenger.
The Brazilian has a compiled 4-3 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rio de Janeiro
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Garin | Fonseca |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 16 |
| Pts | 109-108 | 68-49 |
| Total Points | 217 | 117 |
| Winners | 46 | 20 |
| %Winners | 42% | 29% |
Both Garin and Fonseca played 1 match. At the moment, Cristian Garin surrendered 1 set while Joao Fonseca hasn’t conceded a set so far. Garin has played 1 set more than Fonseca (3 vs 2). Therefore, Garin played 14 games more than Fonseca. Garin scored 46 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Fonseca bagged 20 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Garin | Fonseca |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 66/115 | 29/54 |
| %1st in | 57% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 46/66 | 20/29 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 22/49 | 17/25 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 68% |
Garin struck 2 aces . Fonseca struck 2 aces . Garin won 70% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Fonseca won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Garin | Fonseca |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 33% | 44% |
| Conceded | 9 | 0 |
| Saved | 5 | 0 |
| % Saved | 56% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
The Chilean broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Garin conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Joao broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Joao was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Garin | |||
| R1 Carballes Baena |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-61 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 109-108 | 109-108 | |
| Total points | 217 | 217 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 66/115 | 66/115 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 46/66 | 46/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/49 | 22/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Fonseca | |||
| R1 Fils |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 68-49 | 68-49 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 29/54 | 29/54 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 20/29 | 20/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/25 | 17/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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