Aleksandar Vukic and Fabio Fognini will play each other in the 2nd round of the Phoenix Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aleksandar Vukic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Vukic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Vukic -> 1.74
Fabio Fognini -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Vukic vs. Fabio Fognini
This will be the 2nd time that Aleksandar Vukic and Fabio Fognini face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Vukic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Vukic won 7-6(11) 7-5 in the 1st round in Sofia back in 2022.
Highlights Aleksandar Vukic vs Fabio Fognini – Sofia 27-September-2022
Aleksandar Vukic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-16 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-33 | 34-20 | 9-4 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-25 | 14-15 | 4-5 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-26 | 8-5 | 10-11 | 11-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 10-4 | 9-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 69, Aleksandar got to the 2nd round after defeating Vit Kopriva 6-1 6-0.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Kopriva (6-1 6-0). During the match, Vukic scored 53 points vs Kopriva’s 25. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vukic scored 10 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Aleksandar Vukic was extremely efficient on serve to win 81% (22/27) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Aleksandar broke Kopriva 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Vukic has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (251-188). 3-7 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vukic has a composed 134-103 match record in the last years on hard.
The Australian has a compiled 3-7 win-loss record in 2024, 3-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Fabio Fognini
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-10 | 4-5 | 7-5 | 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. 108, the Italian got to the 2nd round after defeating Michael Mmoh 7-64 6-2.
In the 1st round, Fabio had a good straight sets win against Mmoh (7-64 6-2). During the match Fognini scored 78 points vs Mmoh’s 63. Fognini was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Fognini bagged 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Fabio Fognini was very effective on serve to win 73% (32/44) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Fabio broke Mmoh 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Fabio has a composed 4-4 win-loss record in 2024, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Fabio has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vukic | Fognini |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 21 |
| Pts | 53-25 | 78-63 |
| Total Points | 78 | 141 |
| Winners | 22 | 32 |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% |
Both Vukic and Fognini played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Vukic and Fognini have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Vukic played 8 games less than Fognini. Aleksandar scored 22 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Fabio managed to score 32 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vukic | Fognini |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 5 |
| 1st in | 27/42 | 44/69 |
| %1st in | 64% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 32/44 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 13/25 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 52% |
Vukic fired 10 aces . Fognini managed to score 5 aces . Vukic won 81% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Fognini won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vukic | Fognini |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 83% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Vukic broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The Australian extremely effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Fabio conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vukic | |||
| R1 Kopriva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 53-25 | 53-25 | |
| Total points | 78 | 78 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 27/42 | 27/42 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 22/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Fognini | |||
| R1 Mmoh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 78-63 | 78-63 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 44/69 | 44/69 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 32/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLWLWWWW Tennis Scores in Phoenix Challenger
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Michael MmohMmoh (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Adam WaltonWalton (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-0 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Cristian GarinGarin (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Hugo GastonGaston (3-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Jeff WolfWolf (2-6 7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Benoit PairePaire – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (5-7 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Michael MmohMmoh (7-6(4) 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Benoit PairePaire – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Denis KudlaKudla – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Quentin HalysHalys – Emilio NavaNava (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-1) – H2H and prediction
