Tommy Paul and Fabio Fognini will face off in the 2^nd round of the French Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on Court 8. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tommy Paul who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tommy Paul is the pick to win this match.
Tommy Paul -> 1.179
Fabio Fognini -> 4.9

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Prediction and head to head Tommy Paul vs. Fabio Fognini

This will be the 2^nd time that Tommy Paul and Fabio Fognini square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Fognini (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Fognini won 7-6(3) 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Montreal back in 2019.

Tommy Paul

Ranked no. 14, Paul reached the 2^nd round after beating Pedro Cachin 6-2 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Tommy had a good straight sets win against Cachin (6-2 6-3 6-1). During the match, Paul scored 97 points vs Cachin’s 61. Paul was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Paul scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Tommy Paul was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (29/37) of his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Tommy broke Cachin 8 times after converting 50% of his break points (8/16).

Paul has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (370-213). 6-2 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Paul has an aggregate 106-57 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the season was conquering the title in Dallas where he defeated Marcos Giron in the final 7-6(3) 5-7 6-3.

The American has a composed 20-8 win-loss record in 2024, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Fabio Fognini

Ranked no. 93, Fognini reached the 2^nd round after beating Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-1 6-1 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Fabio had a good straight sets win against Van De Zandschulp (6-1 6-1 7-5). During the match Fognini scored 97 points vs Van De Zandschulp’s 64. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Fognini scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Fabio Fognini was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (37/50) of his 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Fabio broke Van De Zandschulp 8 times after converting 57% of his break points (8/14).

Fabio has a composed 13-11 win-loss record in 2024, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4^th round in 2011, 2018 and 2019. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Paul	Fognini
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	24	26
Pts	97-61	97-64
Total Points	158	161
Winners	29	37
%Winners	30%	38%

Both Paul and Fognini played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Paul and Fognini have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Paul played 2 games less than Fognini. Paul scored 29 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Fognini scored 37 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Paul	Fognini
Aces	4	1
Avg per match	4	1
1st in	37/67	50/85
%1st in	55%	59%
1st pts	29/37	37/50
%1st pts	78%	74%
2nd pts	17/30	18/35
%2nd pts	57%	51%

Paul struck 4 aces . Fognini fired 1 ace . Paul won 78% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Fognini won 74% 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	Paul	Fognini
Won	8	8
Converted	8/16	8/14
% Converted	50%	57%
Conceded	3	7
Saved	1	5
% Saved	33%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Tommy broke his opponent 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Fognini broke his opponent 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Paul
	R1 Cachin	Total
Score	6-2 6-3 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	24	24
pts	97-61	97-61
Total points	158	158
Winners	29	29
%Winners	30%	30%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	37/67	37/67
% 1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	29/37	29/37
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	17/30	17/30
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	8	8
Converted	8/16	8/16
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

Fognini
	R1 Van De Zandschulp	Total
Score	6-1 6-1 7-5
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	26
pts	97-64	97-64
Total points	161	161
Winners	37	37
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	50/85	50/85
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	37/50	37/50
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	18/35	18/35
% 2nd pts	51%	51%
Breaks
Won	8	8
Converted	8/14	8/14
Converted %	57%	57%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

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