Denis Yevseyev and Giovanni Fonio will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Estoril Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on COURT CTE. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Giovanni Fonio who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Giovanni Fonio is the pick to win this match.
Giovanni Fonio -> 1.615
Denis Yevseyev -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Denis Yevseyev vs. Giovanni Fonio
This will be the 3rd time that Denis Yevseyev and Giovanni Fonio clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Fonio (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Fonio won 6-2 7-5 in the 1st round in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger back in 2023.
Denis Yevseyev
12 - 17win/loss
270
153
LLWLWLLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-23 | 2-4 | 8-11 | 6-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-37 | 14-14 | 12-13 | 7-8 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-36 | 23-16 | 16-14 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 39-31 | 11-9 | 12-12 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 36-30 | 4-5 | 22-15 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 258, the Kazakhstani got to the qualifications after defeating Manas Manoj Dhamne 6-0 6-3.
In the qualifications, Denis had a good straight sets win against Manoj Dhamne (6-0 6-3). During the match, Yevseyev scored 58 points vs Manoj Dhamne’s 32. Yevseyev was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Yevseyev made 4 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Denis Yevseyev was quite efficient on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Yevseyev broke Manoj Dhamne 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Yevseyev has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (353-278). 5-6 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Yevseyev has an overall 121-90 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Denis has an aggregate 12-16 win-loss record in 2025, 5-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Estoril Challenger
Denis has never competed in this tournament before.
Giovanni Fonio
17 - 9win/loss
376
269
WLLWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-14 | 6-3 | 15-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-33 | 12-8 | 24-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-39 | 22-12 | 28-26 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-29 | 0-0 | 40-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 40-20 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 372, Giovanni reached the qualifications after beating Ivan Gakhov 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Giovanni had a good straight sets win against Gakhov (6-3 6-4). During the match Fonio scored 73 points vs Gakhov’s 61. Fonio was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Fonio recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Giovanni Fonio lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Fonio put 69% of his first serves in, winning 65% (28/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Gakhov 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Giovanni’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
The Italian has an overall 16-9 win-loss record in 2025, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Yevseyev | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 |
| Pts | 58-32 | 73-61 |
| Total Points | 90 | 134 |
| Winners | 21 | 28 |
| %Winners | 36% | 38% |
Both Yevseyev and Fonio played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Yevseyev and Fonio have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Yevseyev played 4 games less than Fonio. Denis scored 21 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian managed to score 28 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Yevseyev | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 28/45 | 43/62 |
| %1st in | 62% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 28/43 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 13/19 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 68% |
Yevseyev scored 4 aces . Fonio scored 2 aces . Yevseyev won 75% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Fonio won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Yevseyev | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 63% | 38% |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Yevseyev broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Denis dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Fonio broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Yevseyev | |||
| Q1 Manoj |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 58-32 | 58-32 | |
| Total points | 90 | 90 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 28/45 | 28/45 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 21/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 11/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Fonio | |||
| Q1 Gakhov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 73-61 | 73-61 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 43/62 | 43/62 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 28/43 | 28/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 13/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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