Gerald Melzer and Sergey Fomin will square off in the qualifications of the Skopje Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:30 am on CENTRAL 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 Gerald Melzer who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gerald Melzer is the pick to win this match.
Gerald Melzer -> 1.23
Sergey Fomin -> 3.88
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Prediction and head to head Gerald Melzer vs. Sergey Fomin
There is no head to head record between Gerald Melzer and Sergey Fomin since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Gerald Melzer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-13 | 0-0 | 20-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-18 | 0-1 | 13-16 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-14 | 0-0 | 24-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 497, Gerald reached the qualifications after defeating Nikola Milojevic 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications, Gerald had a good straight sets win against Milojevic (6-1 6-4). During the match, Melzer scored 55 points vs Milojevic’s 39. Gerald was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about the service games, Melzer bagged 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Gerald Melzer was quite effective on serve to win 95% (18/19) of his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gerald broke Milojevic 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Melzer has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (217-153). 14-7 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Melzer has an aggregate 194-125 match record in the last years on clay.
Gerald has a composed 14-7 win-loss record in 2024, 14-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Skopje Challenger
The Austrian has never competed in this tournament before.
Sergey Fomin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-12 | 4-2 | 11-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-32 | 13-15 | 22-14 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-25 | 24-15 | 9-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-24 | 0-2 | 11-14 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 642, the Uzbek reached the qualifications after beating Juan Carlos Prado Angelo 6-2 2-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, Fomin defeated Carlos Prado Angelo (6-2 2-6 6-2). During the match Fomin scored 83 points vs Carlos Prado Angelo’s 73. The Uzbek was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Fomin was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Sergey Fomin lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Fomin put 49% of his first serves in, winning 69% (22/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the 2nd serve. Fomin broke Carlos Prado Angelo 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Sergey’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Shymkent.
The Uzbek has an overall 13-7 win-loss record in 2024, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Melzer | Fomin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 24 |
| Pts | 55-39 | 83-73 |
| Total Points | 94 | 156 |
| Winners | 18 | 22 |
| %Winners | 33% | 27% |
Both Melzer and Fomin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Sergey Fomin lost 1 set while Gerald Melzer hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Melzer has played 1 set(s) less than Fomin (2 vs 3). Therefore, Melzer played 7 games less than Fomin. Melzer scored 18 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Fomin made 22 winners (27%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Melzer | Fomin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 0 |
| 1st in | 19/47 | 32/65 |
| %1st in | 40% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 18/19 | 22/32 |
| %1st pts | 95% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 18/28 | 17/33 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 52% |
Melzer struck 7 aces . Fomin didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Melzer won 95% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Fomin won 69% 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 | Melzer | Fomin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
The Austrian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Melzer had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Uzbek broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Fomin conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Melzer | |||
| Q1 Milojevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 55-39 | 55-39 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 19/47 | 19/47 | |
| % 1st in | 40% | 40% | |
| 1st pts | 18/19 | 18/19 | |
| % 1st pts | 95% | 95% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/28 | 18/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Fomin | |||
| Q1 Carlos Prado Angelo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 2-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 83-73 | 83-73 | |
| Total points | 156 | 156 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 32/65 | 32/65 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 22/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 17/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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