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.

See updated oddsAs 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

Denis Yevseyev

12 - 17win/loss

Hard
1-3
I Hard
6-7
Clay
5-7
Rank
271
High
153
LLWLWLWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 14-20 1-3 7-10 6-7 0-0 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.

Estoril Challenger
Yevseyev's Record

Giovanni Fonio

Giovanni Fonio

17 - 9win/loss

Hard
6-3
I Hard
3-2
Clay
8-4
Rank
347
High
269
WLWWLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 23-12 6-3 14-7 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).

Estoril Challenger
Fonio's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

D.Yevseyev
G.Fonio
1h:03
1h:03
Time on court​
1h:25
1h:25
1h:03
1h:03
Last match​
1h:25
1h:25
1
1
Match played
1
1
15
15
Games Played​
19
19
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
58
58
Total points​
73
73
58
58
Avg point​
73
73
21
21
Winners
28
28
21
21
Avg Winners​
28
28
36%
36%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
2
2
4
4
Avg Aces
2
2
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
0
0
Avg Double Faults
1
1
21/28
21/28
1st won total​
28/43
28/43
!
75%
75%
1st won %
65%
65%
11/17
11/17
2nd won total​
13/19
13/19
!
65%
65%
2nd won %
!
68%
68%
-- Break Points --
5/8
5/8
BP won
3/8
3/8
5/8
5/8
Avg BP won
3/8
3/8
!
63%
63%
Won
38%
38%
3
3
Conceded
3
3
3
3
Avg Conceded
3
3
1
1
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
2
2
Saved
2
2

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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