Fabio Fognini and Otto Virtanen will square off in the 1st round of the Almaty Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Otto Virtanen who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Otto Virtanen is the pick to win this match.
Otto Virtanen -> 1.46
Fabio Fognini -> 2.71
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Prediction and head to head Fabio Fognini vs. Otto Virtanen
There is no head to head record between Fabio Fognini and Otto Virtanen since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Fabio Fognini
28 - 24win/loss
76
9
LWWLWLLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-24 | 7-10 | 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. 76, the Italian will start his run in Almaty after he played his last match in the Hangzhou Challenger where he lost 1-6 6-4 6-1 to Hsin in the quarter on the 11th of October.
Fognini has a compiled 28-24 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
The Italian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the San Marino Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Fabio has an overall 686-518 record. He has a negative 43-55 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Almaty
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Otto Virtanen
35 - 25win/loss
116
109
LLLLLLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-25 | 9-11 | 5-7 | 16-4 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-31 | 4-6 | 4-10 | 22-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-31 | 4-1 | 7-12 | 25-13 | 8-3 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 40-21 | 2-2 | 16-11 | 19-6 | 0-0 | 3-2 |
| 2020 | 24-9 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 21-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 116, Virtanen will start his run in Almaty after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 6-7(4) 6-2 6-0 to Watanuki in the qualifications on the 30th of September.
Virtanen has a compiled 35-25 win-loss record in 2024, 16-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Pau Challenger where he defeated Leandro Riedi in the final 7-5 7-5 and the Lugano Challenger where he beat Daniel Masur in the final 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3).
In terms of his career, Virtanen has an overall 197-133 record. He has a positive 111-45 record on indoor hard courts.
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLLWWWW Tennis Scores in Almaty
- Justin EngelEngel – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jakob Schnaitter/Mark WallnerSchnaitter/Mark Wallner – Yuki Bhambri/Albano OlivettiBhambri/Albano Olivetti (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maximilian MartererMaximilian – Damir DzumhurDamir (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Aleksandar VukicVukic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Borna CoricCoric (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Fabio FogniniFognini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H and prediction
