Alexandre Muller and Giovanni Fonio will square off in the 2nd round of the San Marino Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexandre Muller who should win in 2 sets.
Alexandre Muller -> 1.25
Giovanni Fonio -> 3.68
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Prediction and head to head Alexandre Muller vs. Giovanni Fonio
There is no head to head record between Alexandre Muller and Giovanni Fonio since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Alexandre Muller
25 - 22win/loss
99
71
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-22 | 7-8 | 16-12 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-33 | 20-13 | 18-12 | 7-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-31 | 6-6 | 27-20 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 6-7 | 16-15 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-13 | 3-2 | 15-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 99, the French player got to the 2nd round after defeating Remy Bertola 6-1 7-6(3).
In the 1st round, Alexandre had a good straight sets win against Bertola (6-1 7-63). During the match, Muller scored 76 points vs Bertola’s 55. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Muller recorded 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alexandre Muller was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (28/38) of his 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Muller broke Bertola 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Muller has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (388-261). 16-12 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Muller has a compiled 228-145 record in the last years on clay.
The French player best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Lyon Challenger.
Alexandre has a composed 25-22 win-loss record in 2024, 16-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Marino Challenger
Giovanni Fonio
26 - 24win/loss
292
269
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-24 | 9-7 | 17-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-39 | 22-12 | 28-26 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-29 | 0-0 | 40-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 40-20 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-7 | 8-3 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 292, Giovanni reached the 2nd round after beating Mateus Alves 7-6(2) 7-6(2).
In the 1st round, Giovanni had a good straight sets win against Alves (7-62 7-62). During the match Fonio scored 74 points vs Alves’s 66. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Fonio made 10 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Giovanni Fonio was extremely effective on serve to win 88% (36/41) of his 1st serve and 73% (24/33) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.
The Italian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger and M25 Reggio Emilia.
Giovanni has an aggregate 26-24 win-loss record in 2024, 17-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Marino Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Muller | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 26 |
| Pts | 76-55 | 74-66 |
| Total Points | 131 | 140 |
| Winners | 28 | 36 |
| %Winners | 37% | 49% |
Both Muller and Fonio played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Muller and Fonio have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Muller played 6 games less than Fonio. Muller scored 28 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Giovanni blasted 36 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Muller | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 10 |
| 1st in | 38/62 | 41/74 |
| %1st in | 61% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 28/38 | 36/41 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 17/24 | 24/33 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 73% |
Muller made 5 aces . Fonio fired 10 aces . Muller won 74% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Fonio won 88% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 73% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Muller | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 0 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 0/0 |
| % Converted | 43% | 0% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The French player broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Alexandre extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 3 break points. On the other side, Giovanni hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. Giovanni was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points without even conceding a single break point.
| Muller | |||
| R1 Bertola | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 76-55 | 76-55 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/62 | 38/62 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 28/38 | 28/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/24 | 17/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Fonio | |||
| R1 Alves | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 74-66 | 74-66 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 41/74 | 41/74 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 36/41 | 36/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/33 | 24/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 0% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in San Marino Challenger
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Remy BertolaBertola (6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Mateus AlvesAlves (7-62 7-62) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Andrea PicchionePicchione (6-1 7-65) – See score progression
- Nick HardtHardt – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Kirill KivattsevKivattsev (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (1-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Gustavo HeideHeide – Filip MisolicMisolic (3-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Andrea PicchionePicchione (6-1 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Remy BertolaBertola (6-1 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Mateus AlvesAlves (7-6(2) 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (1-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Kirill KivattsevKivattsev (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Nick HardtHardt – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
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- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Nerman FaticFatic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – (0-1) – H2H and prediction