Damir Dzumhur and Joao Fonseca will face off in the 1^st round of the Nottingham 2 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joao Fonseca who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Joao Fonseca is the pick to win this match.
Joao Fonseca -> 1.54
Damir Dzumhur -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Joao Fonseca

There is no head to head record between Damir Dzumhur and Joao Fonseca since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Damir Dzumhur

Ranked no. 111, Dzumhur will start his run in the Nottingham 2 Challenger after he won the title in the Zagreb Challenger after beating 7-5 6-0 Mikrut in the final.

Dzumhur has a composed 27-14 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on grass.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Barletta Challenger where he overcame Harold Mayot in the final 6-1 6-3 and the Ostrava Challenger where he beat Henri Squire in the final 6-2 4-6 7-5 and the Zagreb Challenger where he overcame Luka Mikrut in the final 7-5 6-0.

Damir won his last 5 matches.

Talking about his overall career, Damir has an overall 546-379 record. He has a positive 17-15 record on grass.

Previously in the Nottingham 2 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.

Joao Fonseca

Ranked no. 224 (career-high), Fonseca will start his run in the Nottingham 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Surbiton Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-7(4) 6-0 to Nakashima in the 2^nd round on the 6^th of June.

Joao has a composed 15-12 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Fonseca’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Asuncion Challenger.

In terms of his career, The Brazilian has an overall 31-22 record. He has a flat 1-1 record on grass.

Tennis Scores in Nottingham 2 Challenger

• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (4-6 7-6⁴ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel EvansEvans – Dominic StrickerStricker (6-3 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Emilio NavaNava – Leandro RiediRiedi (6-7⁶ 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Henry SearleSearle – Denis KudlaKudla (7-6⁴ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones – Arthur FeryFery (4-6 7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Charles BroomBroom – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-7⁹ 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-1 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alex BoltBolt – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (7-6¹² 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mattia BellucciBellucci – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-4 4-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Harold MayotMayot – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Juncheng ShangShang – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (6-0 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Paul JubbJubb – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (7-6¹ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Billy HarrisHarris – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Charles BroomBroom (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Patrick KypsonKypson – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Paul JubbJubb (0-0) – H2H and prediction