Fabio Fognini and Pedro Sakamoto will square off in the 1st round of the San Marino Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 2 sets.
Fabio Fognini -> 1.119
Pedro Sakamoto -> 5.65
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Prediction and head to head Fabio Fognini vs. Pedro Sakamoto
There is no head to head record between Fabio Fognini and Pedro Sakamoto since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Fabio Fognini
22 - 18win/loss
74
9
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-18 | 4-5 | 15-11 | 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. 74, Fabio will start his run in the San Marino Challenger after he played his last match in Umag where he lost 6-1 6-0 to Hsin in the 2nd round on the 24th of July.
Fognini has a compiled 22-18 win-loss record in 2024, 15-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Fognini has an overall 680-512 record. He has a positive 461-275 record on clay.
Previously in the San Marino Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
Pedro Sakamoto
28 - 16win/loss
284
284
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-16 | 6-1 | 22-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-24 | 4-2 | 35-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-24 | 2-3 | 19-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-14 | 2-2 | 14-10 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 284 (career-high), Pedro reached the 1st round after beating Emanuele De Sanctis 6-0 6-1 and Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4 6-7(2) 7-6(7).
In the qualifications, Sakamoto defeated Basilashvili (6-4 6-72 7-67).During the match Sakamoto scored less points (2) than Basilashvili. In fact, the world no. 74 won 113 points vs Basilashvili’s. That means that Sakamoto was more focused during the important points. Pedro was very aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Talking about serving, Sakamoto scored 9 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Pedro Sakamoto lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sakamoto put 65% of his first serves in, winning 70% (53/76) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (17/41) on the 2nd serve. Pedro broke Basilashvili 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pedro started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Pedro’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Belem and M25 Sao Paulo.
Pedro has a compiled 28-16 win-loss record in 2024, 22-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Marino Challenger
Sakamoto has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennis Scores in San Marino Challenger
- Gustavo HeideHeide – Filip MisolicMisolic (3-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benoit PairePaire – Alexander WeisWeis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Remy BertolaBertola (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Kirill KivattsevKivattsev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Nerman FaticFatic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nick HardtHardt – Maxime JanvierJanvier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mateus De Carvalho CardosoDe Carvalho Cardoso – Giovanni FonioFonio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Francisco ComesanaComesana (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea PicchionePicchione – (0-0) – H2H and prediction