Fabio Fognini and Luca Van Assche will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Plava Laguna Croatia Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:30 pm on GORAN IVANISEVIC STADION. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Fabio Fognini who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Fabio Fognini is the pick to win this match.
Fabio Fognini -> 1.8
Luca Van Assche -> 2.02

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Prediction and head to head Fabio Fognini vs. Luca Van Assche

This will be the 2nd time that Fabio Fognini and Luca Van Assche play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fognini (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Fognini won 6-1 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in at the Wimbledon back in July 2024.

Fabio Fognini

Fabio Fognini

21 - 17win/loss

Hard
4-5
I Hard
0-0
Clay
14-10
Grass
3-2
Rank
70
High
9
LWWLWWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 21-17 4-5 14-10 0-0 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

Ranked no. 70, the Italian will start his run in Umag after he played his last match in Gstaad where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Tsitsipas in the quarter on the 19th of July.

Fabio has a composed 21-17 win-loss record in 2024, 14-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Fabio has an overall 679-511 record. He has a positive 460-274 record on clay.

Previously in Umag

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2016. See his history.

Umag
Fognini's Record

Luca Van Assche

Luca Van Assche

21 - 22win/loss

Hard
10-9
I Hard
1-2
Clay
8-9
Grass
2-2
Rank
104
High
63
LLLWWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 21-22 10-9 8-9 1-2 2-2 0-0
2023 34-30 1-7 15-11 15-9 3-3 0-0
2022 55-31 0-1 40-20 15-10 0-0 0-0
2021 26-22 3-2 8-7 15-13 0-0 0-0
2020 7-4 0-0 6-2 1-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 104, Van will start his run in Umag after he played his last match in Bastad where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Ajdukovic in the 1st round on the 16th of July.

The French player has an aggregate 21-22 win-loss record in 2024, 8-9 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Van’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Phoenix Challenger and the Heilbronn Challenger.

In terms of his career, Van has an overall 143-109 record. He has a positive 77-49 record on clay.

Umag
Van's Record

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