Fabio Fognini and Svyatoslav Gulin will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Montemar Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on IVAN NAVARRO COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Fabio Fognini who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Fabio Fognini is the pick to win this match.
Fabio Fognini -> 1.17
Svyatoslav Gulin -> 4.55

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Prediction and head to head Fabio Fognini vs. Svyatoslav Gulin

There is no head to head record between Fabio Fognini and Svyatoslav Gulin since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Fabio Fognini

Ranked no. 84, the Italian reached the 2^nd round after beating Daniel Rincon 6-2 3-6 7-6(5).

In the 1^st round, Fabio defeated Rincon (6-2 3-6 7-6⁵). During the match, Fognini scored 100 points vs Rincon’s 98. Fabio was quite aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Regarding the service games, Fognini bagged 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Fabio Fognini lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Fognini put 62% of his first serves in, winning 66% (49/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (21/45) on the 2nd serve. Fabio broke Rincon 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Fognini has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (281-229). 19-12 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Fognini has an aggregate 146-100 record in the last years on clay.

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

Fognini has an aggregate 31-28 win-loss record in 2024, 19-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Montemar Challenger

The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.

Svyatoslav Gulin

Ranked no. 514, the Russian reached the 2^nd round after defeating Ryan Nijboer 4-6 6-3 6-3, Alejo Sanchez Quilez 7-5 6-1 and Oriol Roca Batalla 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Roca Batalla (6-4 6-2). During the match Gulin scored 62 points vs Roca Batalla’s 44. Gulin was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about serving, Gulin wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Svyatoslav Gulin was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (20/27) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Russian broke Roca Batalla 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Gulin’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Kamen.

Gulin has a compiled 39-24 win-loss record in 2024, 34-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Fognini	Gulin
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	7
Tot Games	30	65
Pts	100-98	218-159
Total Points	198	377
Winners	49	71
%Winners	49%	33%

Fognini played 1 match while Gulin competed in 3 matches. Gulin started his run from the qualifications while Fognini had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Fabio Fognini surrendered 1 set, while Svyatoslav Gulin dropped 1 set. Fognini has played 4 set(s) less than Gulin (3 vs 7). Therefore, Fognini played 35 games less than Gulin. The Italian scored 49 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian scored 71 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Fognini	Gulin
Aces	3	4
Avg per match	3	1.3
1st in	74/119	96/172
%1st in	62%	56%
1st pts	49/74	71/96
%1st pts	66%	74%
2nd pts	21/45	51/76
%2nd pts	47%	67%

Fognini struck 3 aces . Gulin bagged 4 aces (1.3 per match). Fognini won 66% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Gulin won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Fognini	Gulin
Won	4	13
Converted	4/6	13/21
% Converted	67%	62%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	6	5
% Saved	60%	50%
Times Broken	4	5

Fognini broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Fognini surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Svyatoslav broke his opponents 13 times with a 62% conversion rate. Svyatoslav conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Fognini
	R1 Rincon	Total
Score	6-2 3-6 7-65
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	100-98	100-98
Total points	198	198
Winners	49	49
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	74/119	74/119
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	49/74	49/74
% 1st pts	66%	66%
2nd pts	21/45	21/45
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	6/10	6
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	4	4

Gulin
	Q1 Nijboer	Q3 Sanchez	R1 Roca Batalla	Total
Score	4-6 6-3 6-3	7-5 6-1	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	28	19	18	65
pts	91-71	65-44	62-44	218-159
Total points	162	109	106	377
Winners	29	22	20	71
%Winners	32%	34%	32%	33%
SERVE
Aces	3	1	0	4
Double Faults	4	3	2	9
1st in	41/69	28/56	27/47	96/172
% 1st in	59%	50%	57%	56%
1st pts	29/41	22/28	20/27	71/96
% 1st pts	71%	79%	74%	74%
2nd pts	17/28	20/28	14/20	51/76
% 2nd pts	61%	71%	70%	67%
Breaks
Won	6	3	4	13
Converted	6/7	3/6	4/8	13/21
Converted %	86%	50%	50%	62%
Conceded	5	2	3	10
Saved	1/5	2/2	2/3	5
Saved %	20%	100%	67%	187%
Times Broken	4	0	1	5

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