Fabio Fognini and Riccardo Bonadio will play each other in the 2nd round of the Sassuolo Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 8:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Fabio Fognini who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Fabio Fognini is the pick to win this match.
Fabio Fognini -> 1.38
Riccardo Bonadio -> 2.89

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Prediction and head to head Fabio Fognini vs. Riccardo Bonadio

This will be the 2nd time that Fabio Fognini and Riccardo Bonadio square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Fognini (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Fognini won 2-6 7-5 6-1 in the 1st round in the Valencia Challenger back in 2023.

Fabio Fognini

Fabio Fognini

16 - 13win/loss

Hard
4-5
I Hard
0-0
Clay
12-8
Rank
91
High
9
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 35-28 7-10 23-12 2-4 3-2 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
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Ranked no. 100, the Italian reached the 2nd round after defeating Maxime Janvier 6-2 6-2.

In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Janvier (6-2 6-2). During the match, Fognini scored 60 points vs Janvier’s 40. Fognini was exceptionally aggressive to blast 15 winners.

Regarding the service games, Fognini was unable to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Fabio Fognini was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (15/20) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Fognini broke Janvier 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Fognini has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (266-214). 12-8 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Fognini has a composed 139-96 match record in the last years on clay.

Fognini has a compiled 16-13 win-loss record in 2024, 12-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sassuolo Challenger

Fognini has never competed in this tournament before.

Sassuolo Challenger
Fognini's Record

Riccardo Bonadio

Riccardo Bonadio

15 - 12win/loss

Hard
1-3
I Hard
1-1
Clay
13-8
Rank
481
High
164
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 19-16 1-4 17-11 1-1 0-0 0-0
2023 32-35 7-6 25-28 0-0 0-1 0-0
2022 45-33 2-2 42-30 0-0 1-1 0-0
2021 28-33 0-0 27-32 1-1 0-0 0-0
2020 29-15 6-3 23-12 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 352, the Italian reached the 2nd round after beating Federico Bondioli 7-62 3-6 6-3, Federico Agustin Gomez 6-3 6-2 and Juan Pablo Varillas 2-6 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round against Pablo Patino-Samudio, Riccardo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-4).During the match Bonadio scored less points (2) than Pablo Patino-Samudio. In fact, the world no. 100 won 82 points vs Pablo Patino-Samudio’s. That means that Bonadio was more focused during the important points. Riccardo was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Bonadio couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Riccardo Bonadio lost the serve 7 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Bonadio put 62% of his first serves in, winning 56% (30/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (13/33) on the 2nd serve. Bonadio broke Pablo Patino-Samudio 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).

The Italian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Augsburg Challenger.

Riccardo has an aggregate 15-12 win-loss record in 2024, 13-8 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Sassuolo Challenger
Bonadio's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

F.Fognini
R.Bonadio
1h:12
1h:12
Time on court​
!
6h:23
6h:23
1h:12
1h:12
Last match​
!
2h:27
2h:27
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
16
16
Games Played​
76
76
2
2
Set played​​
8
8
60
60
Total points​
237
237
60
60
Avg point​
79
79
15
15
Winners
89
89
15
15
Avg Winners​
29.7
29.7
25%
25%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
5
5
0
0
Avg Aces
1.7
1.7
4
4
Double Faults
9
9
4
4
Avg Double Faults
3
3
15/20
15/20
1st won total​
89/133
89/133
!
75%
75%
1st won %
67%
67%
17/27
17/27
2nd won total​
47/95
47/95
!
63%
63%
2nd won %
49%
49%
-- Break Points --
5/11
5/11
BP won
15/27
15/27
5/11
5/11
Avg BP won
5/9
5/9
45%
45%
Won
!
56%
56%
4
4
Conceded
32
32
4
4
Avg Conceded
10.7
10.7
1
1
Broken
11
11
1
1
Avg Broken
3.7
3.7
3
3
Saved
21
21
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Fognini Bonadio
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 8
Tot Games 16 76
Pts 60-40 237-213
Total Points 100 450
Winners 15 89
%Winners 25% 38%

Fognini played 1 match while Bonadio competed in 3 matches. Bonadio started his run from the qualifications while Fognini had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Riccardo Bonadio dropped 2 sets while Fabio Fognini hasn’t lost a set so far. Fognini has played 6 set(s) less than Bonadio (2 vs 8). Therefore, Fognini played 60 games less than Bonadio. The Italian scored 15 winners (25% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian struck 89 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Fognini Bonadio
Aces 0 5
Avg per match 0 1.7
1st in 20/47 133/228
%1st in 43% 58%
1st pts 15/20 89/133
%1st pts 75% 67%
2nd pts 17/27 47/95
%2nd pts 63% 49%

Fognini didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Bonadio managed to score 5 aces (1.7 per match). Fognini won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Bonadio won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Fognini Bonadio
Won 5 15
Converted 5/11 15/27
% Converted 45% 56%
Conceded 4 32
Saved 3 21
% Saved 75% 66%
Times Broken 1 11

Fabio broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Fabio lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Riccardo broke his opponents 15 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 66% of the break points that he conceded.

Fognini
R1
Janvier		 Total
Score 6-2 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 60-40 60-40
Total points 100 100
Winners 15 15
%Winners 25% 25%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 20/47 20/47
% 1st in 43% 43%
1st pts 15/20 15/20
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 17/27 17/27
% 2nd pts 63% 63%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/11 5/11
Converted % 45% 45%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3/4 3
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1
Bonadio
Q1
Bondioli		 Q3
Agustin		 R1
Pablo Patino-Samudio		 Total
Score 7-62 3-6 6-3 6-3 6-2 2-6 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 3 2 3 8
Tot Games 31 17 28 76
pts 98-91 57-38 82-84 237-213
Total points 189 95 166 450
Winners 39 20 30 89
%Winners 40% 35% 37% 38%
SERVE
Aces 3 2 0 5
Double Faults 4 0 5 9
1st in 55/102 24/39 54/87 133/228
% 1st in 54% 62% 62% 58%
1st pts 39/55 20/24 30/54 89/133
% 1st pts 71% 83% 56% 67%
2nd pts 22/47 12/15 13/33 47/95
% 2nd pts 47% 80% 39% 49%
Breaks
Won 4 4 7 15
Converted 4/5 4/11 7/11 15/27
Converted % 80% 36% 64% 56%
Conceded 15 0 17 32
Saved 11/15 0/0 10/17 21
Saved % 73% – 59% 132%
Times Broken 4 0 7 11

Tennis Scores in Sassuolo Challenger

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