Fabio Fognini and Arthur Gea will face off in the 2^nd round of the Naples Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on CAMPO D’AVALOS. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Fabio Fognini who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Fabio Fognini is the pick to win this match.
Fabio Fognini -> 1.21
Arthur Gea -> 4.1

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Prediction and head to head Fabio Fognini vs. Arthur Gea

There is no head to head record between Fabio Fognini and Arthur Gea since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Fabio Fognini

Ranked no. 103, Fabio got to the 2^nd round after beating Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 6-3 1-6 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Fabio defeated Rodriguez Taverna (6-3 1-6 6-2). During the match, Fognini scored 73 points vs Rodriguez Taverna’s 68. Fognini was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about the service games, Fognini scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 8 double faults. Fabio Fognini lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Fognini put 51% of his first serves in, winning 60% (21/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the 2nd serve. Fabio broke Rodriguez Taverna 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Fognini has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (255-206). 1-0 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Fognini has an aggregate 128-88 record in the last years on clay.

The Italian has an overall 5-5 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Naples Challenger

Fabio has never competed in this tournament before.

Arthur Gea

Ranked no. 441 (career-high), the French player got to the 2^nd round after defeating Timofey Skatov 6-0 1-0 ret., Laurent Lokoli 0-0 ret. and Stefano Travaglia 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Travaglia (6-3 6-4). During the match Gea scored 68 points vs Travaglia’s 55. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Gea couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Arthur Gea lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Gea put 68% of his first serves in, winning 74% (35/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (8/22) on the 2nd serve. Arthur broke Travaglia 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Arthur has a composed 11-7 win-loss record in 2024, 8-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Fognini	Gea
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	7
Tot Games	24	26
Pts	73-68	100-65
Total Points	141	165
Winners	21	47
%Winners	29%	47%

Fognini played 1 match while Gea competed in 3 matches. Gea started his run from the qualifications while Fognini had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Fabio Fognini dropped 1 set while Arthur Gea hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Fognini has played 4 set(s) less than Gea (3 vs 7). Therefore, Fognini played 2 games less than Gea. Fabio scored 21 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, The French player fired 47 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Fognini	Gea
Aces	1	0
Avg per match	1	0
1st in	35/69	64/94
%1st in	51%	68%
1st pts	21/35	47/64
%1st pts	60%	73%
2nd pts	19/34	14/30
%2nd pts	56%	47%

Fognini made 1 ace . Gea didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Fognini won 60% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Gea won 73% 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	Gea
Won	5	7
Converted	5/10	7/15
% Converted	50%	47%
Conceded	5	3
Saved	1	1
% Saved	20%	33%
Times Broken	4	2

Fabio broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Fognini dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded. Gea broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Gea conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Fognini
	R1 Rodriguez	Total
Score	6-3 1-6 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	24	24
pts	73-68	73-68
Total points	141	141
Winners	21	21
%Winners	29%	29%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	8	8
1st in	35/69	35/69
% 1st in	51%	51%
1st pts	21/35	21/35
% 1st pts	60%	60%
2nd pts	19/34	19/34
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/10	5/10
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	1/5	1
Saved %	20%	20%
Times Broken	4	4

Gea
	Q1 Skatov	Q3 Lokoli	R1 Travaglia	Total
Score	6-0 1-0 ret.	0-0 ret.	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	1	2	5
Tot Games	7	0	19	26
pts	31-10	1-0	68-55	100-65
Total points	41	1	123	165
Winners	11	1	35	47
%Winners	35%	100%	51%	47%
SERVE
Aces	0	0	0	0
Double Faults	0	0	5	5
1st in	16/24	1/1	47/69	64/94
% 1st in	67%	100%	68%	68%
1st pts	11/16	1/1	35/47	47/64
% 1st pts	69%	100%	74%	73%
2nd pts	6/8	0/0	8/22	14/30
% 2nd pts	75%	0%	36%	47%
Breaks
Won	3	0	4	7
Converted	3/4	0/0	4/11	7/15
Converted %	75%	0%	36%	47%
Conceded	0	0	3	3
Saved	0/0	0/0	1/3	1
Saved %	–	–	33%	33%
Times Broken	0	0	2	2

Tennis Scores in Naples Challenger

• Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Matteo GiganteGigante – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Michael GeertsGeerts (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Arthur GeaGea – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Evan FurnessFurness (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (6-3 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Maximilian MartererMarterer – Elias YmerYmer (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Nerman FaticFatic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (3-6 7-5 6-0) – See score progression
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Zsombor PirosPiros (4-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression

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