Alexei Popyrin and Jacob Fearnley will face off in the 2^nd round of the Gonet Geneva Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jacob Fearnley who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jacob Fearnley is the pick to win this match.
Jacob Fearnley -> 1.88
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.92

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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Jacob Fearnley

There is no head to head record between Alexei Popyrin and Jacob Fearnley since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Alexei Popyrin

Ranked no. 25, Alexei got to the 2^nd round after beating Nicolas Jarry 6-4 3-6 7-5.

In the 1^st round, The Australian defeated Jarry (6-4 3-6 7-5). During the match, Popyrin and Jarry scored the same amount of points (97). However, the world no. 25 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Popyrin was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about the service games, Popyrin managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexei Popyrin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Popyrin put 63% of his first serves in, winning 73% (43/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (16/35) on the 2nd serve. Popyrin broke Jarry 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Popyrin has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (280-224). 5-4 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Popyrin has a composed 80-60 record in the last years on clay.

Popyrin has a composed 7-11 win-loss record in 2025, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Geneva

The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.

Jacob Fearnley

Ranked no. 54 (career-high), the Brit reached the 2^nd round after defeating Dusan Lajovic 6-4 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Lajovic (6-4 6-1). During the match Fearnley scored 63 points vs Lajovic’s 47. Jacob was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.

About the serving games, Fearnley scored 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jacob Fearnley lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Fearnley put 58% of his first serves in, winning 72% (23/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (9/23) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Lajovic 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Jacob’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger.

The Brit has an aggregate 20-11 win-loss record in 2025, 8-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Popyrin	Fearnley
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	31	17
Pts	97-97	63-47
Total Points	194	110
Winners	43	23
%Winners	44%	37%

Both Popyrin and Fearnley played 1 match. At the moment, Alexei Popyrin lost 1 set while Jacob Fearnley hasn’t lost a set so far. Popyrin has played 1 set more than Fearnley (3 vs 2). Therefore, Popyrin played 14 games more than Fearnley. Popyrin scored 43 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit recorded 23 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Popyrin	Fearnley
Aces	5	5
Avg per match	5	5
1st in	59/94	32/55
%1st in	63%	58%
1st pts	43/59	23/32
%1st pts	73%	72%
2nd pts	16/35	9/23
%2nd pts	46%	39%

Popyrin made 5 aces . Fearnley fired 5 aces . Popyrin won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Fearnley won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Popyrin	Fearnley
Won	4	6
Converted	4/10	6/10
% Converted	40%	60%
Conceded	9	5
Saved	6	3
% Saved	67%	60%
Times Broken	3	2

Alexei broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Jacob broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Fearnley conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Popyrin
	R1 Jarry	Total
Score	6-4 3-6 7-5
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	97-97	97-97
Total points	194	194
Winners	43	43
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	59/94	59/94
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	43/59	43/59
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	16/35	16/35
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/10	4/10
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	6/9	6
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	3	3

Fearnley
	R1 Lajovic	Total
Score	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	63-47	63-47
Total points	110	110
Winners	23	23
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	32/55	32/55
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	23/32	23/32
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	9/23	9/23
% 2nd pts	39%	39%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/10	6/10
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Geneva

• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Karue SellSell (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Arthur CazauxCazaux (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Kei NishikoriNishikori – Learner TienTien (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Dominic StrickerStricker (7-6² 6-3) – See score progression
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Quentin HalysHalys – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (4-6 6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Hugo GastonGaston (6-7⁶ 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Zizou BergsBergs (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Quentin Halys/Albano OlivettiHalys/Albano Olivetti – Ivan Dodig/Orlando LuzDodig/Orlando Luz (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Arthur CazauxCazaux (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Karue SellSell (6-1 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-5) – H2H and prediction
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Kei NishikoriNishikori (2-5) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Nuno BorgesBorges (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Tomas MachacMachac (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Quentin HalysHalys (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (0-0) – H2H and prediction