Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Roman Safiullin will fight against each other in the 1st round of the National Bank Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 5. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alejandro Davidovich Fokina who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina is the pick to win this match.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina -> 1.533
Roman Safiullin -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Roman Safiullin
This will be the 2nd time that Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Roman Safiullin face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Davidovich Fokina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Davidovich Fokina won 6-3 6-3 in the 3rd round in the Liuzhou Challenger back in 2019.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
14 - 15win/loss
62
21
WWLLWLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-22 | 13-12 | 2-5 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-28 | 18-11 | 9-8 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-26 | 7-9 | 11-8 | 0-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-25 | 4-6 | 16-7 | 9-10 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-13 | 5-5 | 5-5 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 42, Alejandro will start his run in Toronto after he played his last match in Washington where he lost 1-6 7-6(0) 7-6(7) to Cobolli in the 3rd round on the 1st of August.
Davidovich Fokina has an aggregate 13-15 win-loss record in 2024, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Alejandro has an overall 254-187 record. He has a positive 111-68 record on hard.
Previously in Toronto
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.
Roman Safiullin
12 - 20win/loss
60
36
LWWWWWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-28 | 18-14 | 5-8 | 6-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 13-12 | 8-4 | 11-5 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-18 | 16-6 | 6-2 | 14-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-21 | 7-5 | 5-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-12 | 6-2 | 4-5 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 66, Roman will start his run in Montreal after he played his last match in Paris where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Alcaraz in the 3rd round on the 31st of July.
Roman has a compiled 12-19 win-loss record in 2024, 5-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Russian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Brisbane and the Aix En Provence Challenger.
In terms of his career, Safiullin has an overall 379-201 record. He has a positive 212-85 record on hard.
Previously in Toronto
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWWLLW Tennis Scores in Montreal
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (5-7 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (3-6 7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Simone Bolelli/Andrea VavassoriBolelli/Andrea Vavassori – Vasek Pospisil/Denis ShapovalovPospisil/Denis Shapovalov (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Nicolas JarryJarry (7-65 6-75 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-78 7-66 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (7-67 5-7 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Holger RuneHolger – Roberto Bautista AgutRoberto (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Marcos GironGiron (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Gael MonfilsMonfils (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Jack DraperDraper (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna CoricCoric – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Tomas MachacMachac (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Vasek PospisilPospisil (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Taro DanielDaniel (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-3) – H2H and prediction
