Joao Fonseca and Liam Draxl will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Lexington Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on STADIUM 1. 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 Joao Fonseca who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Joao Fonseca is the pick to win this match.
Joao Fonseca -> 1.53
Liam Draxl -> 2.4

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Prediction and head to head Joao Fonseca vs. Liam Draxl

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

Joao Fonseca

Ranked no. 214 (career-high), Fonseca reached the 2^nd round after beating Kaichi Uchida 6-3 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Fonseca had a good straight sets win against Uchida (6-3 6-3). During the match, Fonseca scored 64 points vs Uchida’s 53. The Brazilian was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Fonseca blasted 7 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Joao Fonseca was very effective on serve to win 75% (27/36) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brazilian broke Uchida 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Fonseca has a winning record in the last 3 years having won 57% of his matches (34-26). 2-1 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Fonseca has a composed3-2 win-loss record in the last 3 years on hard.

The Brazilian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Asuncion Challenger.

Fonseca has a composed 18-16 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lexington Challenger

Joao has never competed in this tournament before.

Liam Draxl

Ranked no. 271, Liam got to the 2^nd round after beating Ricardas Berankis 6-4 4-6 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Draxl defeated Berankis (6-4 4-6 6-2). During the match Draxl scored 111 points vs Berankis’s 94. Liam was pretty aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Talking about serving, Draxl managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Liam Draxl lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Draxl put 66% of his first serves in, winning 74% (49/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Draxl broke Berankis 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

The Canadian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Tucuman,the Santiago Challenger and the Tyler Challenger.

Draxl has an overall 18-14 win-loss record in 2024, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Fonseca	Draxl
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	18	28
Pts	64-53	111-94
Total Points	117	205
Winners	27	49
%Winners	42%	44%

Both Fonseca and Draxl played 1 match. At the moment, Liam Draxl conceded 1 set while Joao Fonseca hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Fonseca has played 1 set(s) less than Draxl (2 vs 3). Therefore, Fonseca played 10 games less than Draxl. Joao scored 27 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Liam blasted 49 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Fonseca	Draxl
Aces	7	9
Avg per match	7	9
1st in	36/57	66/100
%1st in	63%	66%
1st pts	27/36	49/66
%1st pts	75%	74%
2nd pts	13/21	17/34
%2nd pts	62%	50%

Fonseca bagged 7 aces . Draxl struck 9 aces . Fonseca won 75% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Draxl won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Fonseca	Draxl
Won	3	4
Converted	3/6	4/9
% Converted	50%	44%
Conceded	8	9
Saved	8	7
% Saved	100%	78%
Times Broken	0	2

Joao broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Brazilian had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 8 break points. Draxl broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Canadian conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Fonseca
	R1 Uchida	Total
Score	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	64-53	64-53
Total points	117	117
Winners	27	27
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	36/57	36/57
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	27/36	27/36
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	13/21	13/21
% 2nd pts	62%	62%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/6	3/6
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	8/8	8
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Draxl
	R1 Berankis	Total
Score	6-4 4-6 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	111-94	111-94
Total points	205	205
Winners	49	49
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	66/100	66/100
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	49/66	49/66
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	17/34	17/34
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	7/9	7
Saved %	78%	78%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Lexington Challenger

• Andres AndradeAndrade – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (7-6⁴ 0-6 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Arthur GeaGea – Brandon HoltHolt (6-3 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Ethan QuinnQuinn – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (2-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Learner TienTien – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Micah BraswellBraswell – Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Omni KumarKumar – Charles BroomBroom (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Li TuTu – Taha BaadiBaadi (1-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Bernard TomicTomic – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Aidan MchughMchugh (2-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Aidan MayoMayo – Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones (5-7 7-5 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – Ryan SeggermanSeggerman (7-6³ 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Emilio NavaNava – Luke SavilleSaville (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (6-4 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Matias SotoSoto (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Joao FonsecaFonseca – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Aidan MayoMayo – Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones (5-7 7-5 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – Ryan SeggermanSeggerman (7-6(3) 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Ethan QuinnQuinn – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (2-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Bernard TomicTomic – Micah BraswellBraswell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Li TuTu – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andres AndradeAndrade – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Liam DraxlDraxl – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Omni KumarKumar – Emilio NavaNava (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction