Pavel Kotov and Fabio Fognini will clash against each other in the quarter of the Grand Prix Hassan II for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pavel Kotov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Pavel Kotov is the pick to win this match.
Pavel Kotov -> 1.615
Fabio Fognini -> 2.31

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Prediction and head to head Pavel Kotov vs. Fabio Fognini

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

Pavel Kotov

Pavel Kotov

6 - 6win/loss

Hard
4-6
I Hard
0-0
Clay
2-0
Rank
51
High
51
LWWLWWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 14-12 4-6 10-6 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 45-32 13-14 20-12 9-2 3-4 0-0
2022 37-20 5-3 20-9 12-8 0-0 0-0
2021 29-25 5-5 7-11 17-9 0-0 0-0
2020 12-10 0-0 0-1 12-8 0-0 0-1

Ranked no. 68, Pavel got to the quarter after beating Elliot Benchetrit 7-5 6-3 and Flavio Cobolli 6-1 7-65.

In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Cobolli (6-1 7-65). During the match, Kotov scored 77 points vs Cobolli’s 68. Kotov was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kotov scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Pavel Kotov conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 7 break points. Furthermore, Kotov put 66% of his first serves in, winning 70% (40/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the 2nd serve. Pavel broke Cobolli twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kotov hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Kotov has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (258-166). 2-0 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kotov has a compiled112-71 record in the last 9 years on clay.

Pavel has an aggregate 6-6 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Marrakech

Marrakech
Kotov's Record

Fabio Fognini

Fabio Fognini

9 - 6win/loss

Hard
4-5
I Hard
0-0
Clay
5-1
Rank
102
High
9
WWLWLWLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 15-12 4-5 11-7 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. 100, Fognini got to the quarter after beating Mathias Bourgue 6-3 3-6 6-4, Lucas Miedler 3-6 6-3 6-2, Hugo Gaston 6-74 6-1 6-4 and Laslo Djere 7-61 2-6 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Fognini defeated Djere (7-61 2-6 6-4).During the match Fognini scored less points (7) than Djere. In fact, the world no. 68 won 90 points vs Djere’s. That means that Fognini was more focused during the important points. Fabio was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about serving, Fognini struck 3 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Fabio Fognini was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (41/58) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Italian broke Djere twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Fognini started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Fabio has a compiled 9-6 win-loss record in 2024, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Marrakech

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2011. See his history.

Marrakech
Fognini's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

P.Kotov
F.Fognini
3h:48
3h:48
Time on court​
!
9h:00
9h:00
1h:58
1h:58
Last match​
!
2h:27
2h:27
2
2
Match played
!
4
4
41
41
Games Played​
115
115
4
4
Set played​​
12
12
156
156
Total points​
382
382
78
78
Avg point​
95.5
95.5
67
67
Winners
161
161
33.5
33.5
Avg Winners​
40.3
40.3
43%
43%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
14
14
1
1
Avg Aces
3.5
3.5
4
4
Double Faults
16
16
2
2
Avg Double Faults
4
4
67/98
67/98
1st won total​
161/232
161/232
68%
68%
1st won %
69%
69%
29/50
29/50
2nd won total​
67/132
67/132
58%
58%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
7/16
7/16
BP won
18/32
18/32
3.5/8
3.5/8
Avg BP won
4.5/8
4.5/8
44%
44%
Won
!
56%
56%
12
12
Conceded
32
32
6
6
Avg Conceded
8
8
2
2
Broken
12
12
1
1
Avg Broken
3
3
10
10
Saved
20
20

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kotov Fognini
Match played 2 4
Tot Set 4 12
Tot Games 41 115
Pts 156-128 382-359
Total Points 284 741
Winners 67 161
%Winners 43% 42%

Kotov played 2 matches while Fognini competed in 4 matches. Fognini started his run from the qualifications while Kotov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Fabio Fognini lost 4 sets while Pavel Kotov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kotov has played 8 set(s) less than Fognini (4 vs 12). Therefore, Kotov played 74 games less than Fognini. Kotov scored 67 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian made 161 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kotov Fognini
Aces 2 14
Avg per match 1 3.5
1st in 98/148 232/364
%1st in 66% 64%
1st pts 67/98 161/232
%1st pts 68% 69%
2nd pts 29/50 67/132
%2nd pts 58% 51%

Kotov struck 2 aces (1 per match). Fognini scored 14 aces (3.5 per match). Kotov won 68% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Fognini won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kotov Fognini
Won 7 18
Converted 7/16 18/32
% Converted 44% 56%
Conceded 12 32
Saved 10 20
% Saved 83% 63%
Times Broken 2 12

The Russian broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Pavel conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 18 times with a 56% conversion rate. Fognini conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Kotov
R1
Benchetrit
R2
Cobolli
Total
Score 7-5 6-3 6-1 7-65
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 21 20 41
pts 79-60 77-68 156-128
Total points 139 145 284
Winners 27 40 67
%Winners 34% 52% 43%
SERVE
Aces 1 1 2
Double Faults 3 1 4
1st in 41/61 57/87 98/148
% 1st in 67% 66% 66%
1st pts 27/41 40/57 67/98
% 1st pts 66% 70% 68%
2nd pts 13/20 16/30 29/50
% 2nd pts 65% 53% 58%
Breaks
Won 5 2 7
Converted 5/11 2/5 7/16
Converted % 45% 40% 44%
Conceded 5 7 12
Saved 3/5 7/7 10
Saved % 60% 100% 80%
Times Broken 2 0 2
Fognini
Q1
Bourgue
Q3
Miedler
R1
Gaston
R2
Djere
Total
Score 6-3 3-6 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-74 6-1 6-4 7-61 2-6 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 3 3 12
Tot Games 28 26 30 31 115
pts 89-82 88-77 115-103 90-97 382-359
Total points 171 165 218 187 741
Winners 43 38 39 41 161
%Winners 48% 43% 34% 46% 42%
SERVE
Aces 2 5 4 3 14
Double Faults 5 3 8 0 16
1st in 59/85 53/84 62/105 58/90 232/364
% 1st in 69% 63% 59% 64% 64%
1st pts 43/59 38/53 39/62 41/58 161/232
% 1st pts 73% 72% 63% 71% 69%
2nd pts 14/26 16/31 20/43 17/32 67/132
% 2nd pts 54% 52% 47% 53% 51%
Breaks
Won 3 4 9 2 18
Converted 3/5 4/5 9/15 2/7 18/32
Converted % 60% 80% 60% 29% 56%
Conceded 6 7 16 3 32
Saved 4/6 5/7 11/16 0/3 20
Saved % 67% 71% 69% 0% 104%
Times Broken 2 2 5 3 12

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