Roman Safiullin and Fabio Fognini will face off in the 1st round of the Chengdu Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:30 pm on COURT CENTER. 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 Roman Safiullin who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Roman Safiullin is the pick to win this match.
Roman Safiullin -> 1.39
Fabio Fognini -> 3.02

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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Fabio Fognini

There is no head to head record between Roman Safiullin and Fabio Fognini since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Roman Safiullin

Roman Safiullin

19 - 22win/loss

Hard
12-10
I Hard
0-1
Clay
5-8
Grass
2-3
Rank
69
High
36
LWLWLWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 20-23 13-11 5-8 0-1 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. 56, the Russian will start his run in Chengdu after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-2 6-4 6-4 to Arnaldi in the 2nd round on the 29th of August.

The Russian has an aggregate 19-22 win-loss record in 2024, 12-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Cary Challenger where he beat Mattia Bellucci in the final 1-6 7-5 7-5.

Talking about his overall career, Roman has an overall 386-204 record. He has a positive 219-88 record on hard.

Previously in Chengdu

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2023. See his history

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Chengdu
Safiullin's Record

Fabio Fognini

Fabio Fognini

25 - 20win/loss

Hard
4-6
I Hard
0-0
Clay
18-12
Grass
3-2
Rank
80
High
9
LLLWWWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 25-21 4-7 18-12 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. 79, Fognini will start his run in Chengdu after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 7-5 6-1 6-3 to Machac in the 1st round on the 27th of August.

Fabio has a compiled 25-20 win-loss record in 2024, 4-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Fognini’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the San Marino Challenger.

In terms of his career, The Italian has an overall 683-514 record. He has a negative 151-158 record on hard.

Previously in Chengdu

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2018. See his history.

Chengdu
Fognini's Record

Tennis Scores in Chengdu

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