Daniil Medvedev and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina will face off in the quarter of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniil Medvedev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daniil Medvedev is the pick to win this match.
Daniil Medvedev -> 1.16
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina -> 5.25
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Prediction and head to head Daniil Medvedev vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
This will be the 4th time that Daniil Medvedev and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Medvedev won 6-3 7-5 in the quarter in Indian wells back in 2023.
Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – Indian wells 15-March-2023
Daniil Medvedev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-6 | 18-4 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 66-18 | 38-8 | 10-3 | 11-4 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-19 | 26-8 | 3-2 | 8-6 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 63-13 | 33-5 | 5-3 | 18-3 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-10 | 14-4 | 0-2 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 4, Medvedev got to the quarter after beating Alexander Shevchenko 6-3 7-5 and Lorenzo Sonego 3-6 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Sonego, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-3). During the match, Medvedev scored 84 points vs Sonego’s 75. Daniil was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Medvedev was unable to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Daniil Medvedev was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (32/45) of his 1st serve and 67% (20/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Russian broke Sonego 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Medvedev has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Medvedev has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 72% of his matches (472-188). 8-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Medvedev has a composed 226-70 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Russian’s best result of the year was getting to the final at the Australian Open .
Medvedev has an overall 8-1 win-loss record in 2024, 8-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
7 - 4win/loss
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LLWLLLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-11 | 6-5 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-28 | 18-11 | 9-8 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-26 | 7-9 | 11-8 | 0-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-25 | 4-6 | 16-7 | 9-10 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-13 | 5-5 | 5-5 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 24, Davidovich Fokina got to the quarter after defeating Fabian Marozsan 6-3 4-6 6-1 and Jakub Mensik 7-67 1-0 ret..
In the 2nd round against Mensik, the Spaniard had a free pass after Mensik retired on a 7-67 1-0 . scoreline.
Davidovich Fokina has a compiled 7-4 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Medvedev | Davidovich Fokina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 40 |
| Pts | 156-137 | 143-113 |
| Total Points | 293 | 256 |
| Winners | 58 | 63 |
| %Winners | 37% | 44% |
Both Medvedev and Davidovich Fokina played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Daniil Medvedev lost 1 set, while Alejandro Davidovich Fokina lost 1 set. Medvedev has played 1 set(s) less than Davidovich Fokina (5 vs 6). However, it’s interesting to notice that Medvedev played 8 games more than Davidovich Fokina. Daniil scored 58 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Davidovich Fokina managed to score 63 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Medvedev | Davidovich Fokina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 8.5 |
| 1st in | 85/138 | 85/122 |
| %1st in | 62% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 58/85 | 63/85 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 32/53 | 21/37 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 57% |
Medvedev bagged 2 aces (1 per match). Davidovich Fokina made 17 aces (8.5 per match). Medvedev won 68% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Davidovich Fokina won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Medvedev | Davidovich Fokina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 6 |
| Converted | 9/19 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 47% | 55% |
| Conceded | 13 | 7 |
| Saved | 9 | 4 |
| % Saved | 69% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Daniil broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Medvedev surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Alejandro conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Medvedev | ||||
| R1 Shevchenko |
R2 Sonego |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 3-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 27 | 48 | |
| pts | 72-62 | 84-75 | 156-137 | |
| Total points | 134 | 159 | 293 | |
| Winners | 26 | 32 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 38% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 40/63 | 45/75 | 85/138 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 60% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 26/40 | 32/45 | 58/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 71% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 20/30 | 32/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 67% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/10 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 40% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 7/9 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 78% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Davidovich Fokina | ||||
| R1 Marozsan |
R2 Mensik |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-1 | 7-67 1-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 14 | 40 | |
| pts | 86-67 | 57-46 | 143-113 | |
| Total points | 153 | 103 | 256 | |
| Winners | 40 | 23 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 40% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 9 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 55/80 | 30/42 | 85/122 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 71% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 40/55 | 23/30 | 63/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 77% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 8/12 | 21/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 67% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 1/5 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 20% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 0/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 0% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLLLWLLW Tennis Scores in Dubai
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