Alex De Minaur and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina will square off in the final of the Citi Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 5:00 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex De Minaur who should win in 3 sets.
Alex De Minaur -> 1.48
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina -> 2.65
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Prediction and head to head Alex De Minaur vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
This will be the 6th time that Alex De Minaur and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina face off. The head to head is 3-2 for Davidovich Fokina (see full H2H stats), but De Minaur has a winning record of 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, De Minaur won 6-1 6-3 in the semifinal in Toronto back in 2023.
Highlights Alex De Minaur vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – Toronto 12-August-2023
Alex De Minaur
35 - 13win/loss
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56-24 | 30-11 | 10-5 | 13-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-21 | 19-6 | 10-5 | 11-9 | 7-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-26 | 26-12 | 4-5 | 10-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-25 | 19-10 | 9-6 | 12-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-25 | 10-10 | 4-5 | 3-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 13, Alex reached the final after beating Bu Yunchaokete 7-6(5) 6-2
, Jiri Lehecka 7-6(4) 6-7(6) 6-4, Brandon Nakashima 6-4 6-4 and Corentin Moutet 6-4 6-3.In the semifinal, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Moutet (6-4 6-3). During the match, De Minaur scored 71 points vs Moutet’s 53. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, De Minaur couldn’t to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex De Minaur lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, De Minaur put 59% of his first serves in, winning 71% (24/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Moutet 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.
De Minaur has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (393-218). 16-5 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, De Minaur has an overall 187-91 record in the last years on hard.
De Minaur’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Rotterdam.
Alex has an overall 34-13 win-loss record in 2025, 16-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
32 - 18win/loss
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44-26 | 22-14 | 9-6 | 8-4 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 20-22 | 13-12 | 2-5 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-28 | 18-11 | 9-8 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-26 | 7-9 | 11-8 | 0-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-25 | 4-6 | 16-7 | 9-10 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 26, Alejandro got to the final after beating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 6-4 6-2, Learner Tien 6-2 6-2, Taylor Fritz 7-6(3) 3-6 7-5 and Ben Shelton 6-2 7-5.
In the semifinal, Alejandro had a good straight sets win against Shelton (6-2 7-5). During the match Davidovich Fokina scored 61 points vs Shelton’s 46. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Davidovich Fokina scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (29/37) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Davidovich Fokina broke Shelton 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Davidovich Fokina’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Delray Beach and Acapulco.
The Spaniard has an overall 32-17 win-loss record in 2025, 17-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | De Minaur | Davidovich Fokina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 96 | 88 |
| Pts | 332-264 | 312-260 |
| Total Points | 596 | 572 |
| Winners | 120 | 129 |
| %Winners | 36% | 41% |
Both De Minaur and Davidovich Fokina played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alex De Minaur surrendered 1 set, while Alejandro Davidovich Fokina conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, De Minaur and Davidovich Fokina have played the same amount of sets 9. However, De Minaur played 8 games more than Davidovich Fokina. De Minaur scored 120 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Alejandro struck 129 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | De Minaur | Davidovich Fokina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 161/289 | 187/288 |
| %1st in | 56% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 120/161 | 129/187 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 76/128 | 57/101 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 56% |
De Minaur managed to score 16 aces (4 per match). Davidovich Fokina managed to score 14 aces (3.5 per match). De Minaur won 75% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Davidovich Fokina won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | De Minaur | Davidovich Fokina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 17 |
| Converted | 15/29 | 17/31 |
| % Converted | 52% | 55% |
| Conceded | 18 | 25 |
| Saved | 11 | 17 |
| % Saved | 61% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 8 |
The Australian broke his opponents 15 times with a 52% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded. Davidovich Fokina broke his opponents 17 times with a 55% conversion rate. Alejandro conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| De Minaur | ||||||
| R2 Yunchaokete | R3 Lehecka | 1/4 Nakashima | 1/2 Moutet | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 | 7-64 6-76 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 36 | 20 | 19 | 96 | |
| pts | 73-58 | 118-101 | 70-52 | 71-53 | 332-264 | |
| Total points | 131 | 219 | 122 | 124 | 596 | |
| Winners | 29 | 41 | 26 | 24 | 120 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 35% | 37% | 34% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 40/67 | 48/98 | 39/66 | 34/58 | 161/289 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 49% | 59% | 59% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 29/40 | 41/48 | 26/39 | 24/34 | 120/161 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 85% | 67% | 71% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 30/50 | 16/27 | 12/24 | 76/128 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 60% | 59% | 50% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/9 | 4/6 | 5/7 | 15/29 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 33% | 67% | 71% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 60% | 60% | 60% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Davidovich Fokina | ||||||
| R2 Munar Clar | R3 Tien | 1/4 Fritz | 1/2 Shelton | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | 7-63 3-6 7-5 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 | 34 | 20 | 88 | |
| pts | 62-49 | 62-41 | 127-124 | 61-46 | 312-260 | |
| Total points | 111 | 103 | 251 | 107 | 572 | |
| Winners | 23 | 20 | 57 | 29 | 129 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 32% | 45% | 48% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 35/57 | 27/48 | 88/131 | 37/52 | 187/288 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 56% | 67% | 71% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 23/35 | 20/27 | 57/88 | 29/37 | 129/187 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 74% | 65% | 78% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 14/21 | 20/43 | 9/15 | 57/101 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 67% | 47% | 60% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | 5/15 | 4/6 | 17/31 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | 33% | 67% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 25 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 1/1 | 11/17 | 0/1 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 100% | 65% | 0% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | |
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (3-2) – H2H and prediction