Fabio Fognini and Inaki Montes-De La Torre will play each other in the semifinal of the Montemar Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on IVAN NAVARRO COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.39
Inaki Montes-De La Torre -> 2.81

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Prediction and head to head Fabio Fognini vs. Inaki Montes-De La Torre

There is no head to head record between Fabio Fognini and Inaki Montes-De La Torre since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Fabio Fognini

Ranked no. 84, the Italian reached the semifinal after defeating Daniel Rincon 6-2 3-6 7-6(5), Svyatoslav Gulin 6-3 6-2 and Denis Yevseyev 6-4 6-2.

In the quarter, Fognini had a good straight sets win against Yevseyev (6-4 6-2). During the match, Fognini scored 60 points vs Yevseyev’s 47. Fognini was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Regarding the service games, Fognini scored just 1 ace and he committed only 3 double faults. Fabio Fognini lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Fognini put 69% of his first serves in, winning 65% (20/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the 2nd serve. Fognini broke Yevseyev 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Fabio has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Fognini has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (283-229). 21-12 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Fognini has a compiled 148-100 record in the last years on clay.

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

The Italian has an overall 33-28 win-loss record in 2024, 21-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Montemar Challenger

The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.

Inaki Montes-De La Torre

Ranked no. 709, Montes-De La Torre reached the semifinal after beating Alex Marti Pujolras 7-5 6-3, David Pichler 6-4 0-6 6-3, Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 6-2 7-5, Kimmer Coppejans 2-6 6-4 6-3 and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer 6-2 6-2.

In the quarter, Inaki had a good straight sets win against Budkov Kjaer (6-2 6-2). During the match Montes-De La Torre scored 66 points vs Budkov Kjaer’s 43. Inaki was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.

About the serving games, Montes-De La Torre was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Inaki Montes-De La Torre lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Montes-De La Torre put 45% of his first serves in, winning 76% (19/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Budkov Kjaer 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Montes-De La Torre started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

The Spaniard’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.

The Spaniard has an aggregate 24-10 win-loss record in 2024, 9-5 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Fognini	Montes-De La Torre
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	7	12
Tot Games	65	109
Pts	227-188	385-339
Total Points	415	724
Winners	98	143
%Winners	43%	37%

Fognini played 3 matches while Montes-De La Torre competed in 5 matches. Montes-De La Torre 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 conceded 1 set, while Inaki Montes-De La Torre dropped 2 sets. Fognini has played 5 set(s) less than Montes-De La Torre (7 vs 12). Therefore, Fognini played 44 games less than Montes-De La Torre. Fognini scored 98 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Inaki struck 143 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Fognini	Montes-De La Torre
Aces	7	2
Avg per match	2.3	0.4
1st in	140/216	218/367
%1st in	65%	59%
1st pts	98/140	143/218
%1st pts	70%	66%
2nd pts	38/76	68/149
%2nd pts	50%	46%

Fognini made 7 aces (2.3 per match). Montes-De La Torre fired 2 aces (0.4 per match). Fognini won 70% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Montes-De La Torre won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Fognini	Montes-De La Torre
Won	13	27
Converted	13/24	27/60
% Converted	54%	45%
Conceded	16	33
Saved	9	15
% Saved	56%	45%
Times Broken	7	18

The Italian broke his opponents 13 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Italian surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Montes-De La Torre broke his opponents 27 times with a 45% conversion rate. Inaki conceded his serve 18 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded.

Fognini
	R1 Rincon	R2 Gulin	1/4 Yevseyev	Total
Score	6-2 3-6 7-65	6-3 6-2	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	30	17	18	65
pts	100-98	67-43	60-47	227-188
Total points	198	110	107	415
Winners	49	29	20	98
%Winners	49%	43%	33%	43%
SERVE
Aces	3	3	1	7
Double Faults	5	2	3	10
1st in	74/119	35/52	31/45	140/216
% 1st in	62%	67%	69%	65%
1st pts	49/74	29/35	20/31	98/140
% 1st pts	66%	83%	65%	70%
2nd pts	21/45	8/17	9/14	38/76
% 2nd pts	47%	47%	64%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	4	5	13
Converted	4/6	4/8	5/10	13/24
Converted %	67%	50%	50%	54%
Conceded	10	3	3	16
Saved	6/10	2/3	1/3	9
Saved %	60%	67%	33%	53%
Times Broken	4	1	2	7

Montes-De La Torre
	Q1 Marti Pujolras	Q3 Pichler	R1 Rodriguez Taverna	R2 Coppejans	1/4 Budkov Kjaer	Total
Score	7-5 6-3	6-4 0-6 6-3	6-2 7-5	2-6 6-4 6-3	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	2	3	2	12
Tot Games	21	25	20	27	16	109
pts	79-68	82-84	75-65	83-79	66-43	385-339
Total points	147	166	140	162	109	724
Winners	29	37	31	27	19	143
%Winners	37%	45%	41%	33%	29%	37%
SERVE
Aces	0	2	0	0	0	2
Double Faults	1	8	3	2	6	20
1st in	45/72	52/92	47/71	49/76	25/56	218/367
% 1st in	63%	57%	66%	64%	45%	59%
1st pts	29/45	37/52	31/47	27/49	19/25	143/218
% 1st pts	64%	71%	66%	55%	76%	66%
2nd pts	15/27	14/40	11/24	13/27	15/31	68/149
% 2nd pts	56%	35%	46%	48%	48%	46%
Breaks
Won	5	4	5	7	6	27
Converted	5/17	4/6	5/10	7/18	6/9	27/60
Converted %	29%	67%	50%	39%	67%	45%
Conceded	3	9	5	10	6	33
Saved	1/3	4/9	3/5	3/10	4/6	15
Saved %	33%	44%	60%	30%	67%	78%
Times Broken	2	5	2	7	2	18

Tennis Scores in Montemar Challenger

• Inaki Montes-De La TorreMontes-De La Torre – Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Nick HardtHardt (6-3 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Karol Drzewiecki/Piotr MatuszewskiDrzewiecki/Piotr Matuszewski – Michiel De Krom/Ryan NijboerDe Krom/Ryan Nijboer (6-3 5-7 10-6) – See score progression
• Oleksandr Ovcharenko/Carlos Sanchez JoverOvcharenko/Carlos Sanchez Jover – David Vega Hernandez/Mick VeldheerVega Hernandez/Mick Veldheer (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Inaki Montes-De La TorreMontes-De La Torre – Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Nick HardtHardt (6-3 7-6(7)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Fabio FogniniFognini – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – (0-0) – H2H and prediction