Giovanni Fonio and Nikoloz Basilashvili will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Prague Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:30 am on COURT 4. 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 Nikoloz Basilashvili who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nikoloz Basilashvili is the pick to win this match.
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 1.61
Giovanni Fonio -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Giovanni Fonio vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
There is no head to head record between Giovanni Fonio and Nikoloz Basilashvili since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Giovanni Fonio
12 - 12win/loss
288
269
LLLWWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-32 | 9-7 | 24-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-39 | 22-12 | 28-26 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-29 | 0-0 | 40-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 40-20 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-7 | 8-3 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 301, Fonio reached the qualifications after beating Tibo Colson 6-2 6-0.
In the qualifications, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Colson (6-2 6-0). During the match, Fonio scored 66 points vs Colson’s 41. Fonio was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Fonio managed to score 2 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Giovanni Fonio was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (24/32) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Giovanni broke Colson 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Fonio has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (278-196). 3-5 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Fonio has a compiled204-146 record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Italian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger.
The Italian has an overall 12-12 win-loss record in 2024, 3-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague Challenger
Fonio has never competed in this tournament before.
Nikoloz Basilashvili
20 - 13win/loss
215
16
LWLWLWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-32 | 11-8 | 27-15 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-19 | 1-8 | 0-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 3-11 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-27 | 18-11 | 8-8 | 3-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-14 | 4-6 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 539, Nikoloz got to the qualifications after defeating Carlos Taberner 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Nikoloz had a good straight sets win against Taberner (6-4 6-4). During the match Basilashvili scored 69 points vs Taberner’s 63. The Georgean was quite aggressive to blast 15 winners.
About the serving games, Basilashvili managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 43% of his first serves in, winning 56% (15/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the 2nd serve. The Georgean broke Taberner 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
The Georgean’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Murcia Challenger.
Basilashvili has an overall 20-13 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fonio | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 20 |
| Pts | 66-41 | 69-63 |
| Total Points | 107 | 132 |
| Winners | 24 | 15 |
| %Winners | 36% | 22% |
Both Fonio and Basilashvili played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Fonio and Basilashvili have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Fonio played 6 games less than Basilashvili. Giovanni scored 24 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Nikoloz made 15 winners (22%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fonio | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 32/50 | 27/63 |
| %1st in | 64% | 43% |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 15/27 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 56% |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 19/36 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 53% |
Fonio bagged 2 aces . Basilashvili scored 2 aces . Fonio won 75% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Basilashvili won 56% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fonio | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 36% | 43% |
| Conceded | 1 | 10 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
The Italian broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Giovanni pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. Basilashvili broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Basilashvili conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fonio | |||
| Q1 Colson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 66-41 | 66-41 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 32/50 | 32/50 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 24/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Basilashvili | |||
| Q1 Taberner |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-63 | 69-63 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 22% | 22% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 27/63 | 27/63 | |
| % 1st in | 43% | 43% | |
| 1st pts | 15/27 | 15/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 56% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/36 | 19/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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