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.

As per the initial odds, Alex De Minaur is the pick to win this match.
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

Alex De Minaur

35 - 13win/loss

Hard
17-5
I Hard
5-1
Clay
10-5
Grass
3-2
Rank
7
High
6
LWLLLWWLWW
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

Washington
De Minaur's Record

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

32 - 18win/loss

Hard
17-9
I Hard
1-1
Clay
9-6
Grass
5-2
Rank
14
High
14
LWWLWWWWLW
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.

Washington
Davidovich Fokina's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.De Minaur
A.Davidovich Fokina
7h:53
7h:53
Time on court​
7h:00
7h:00
1h:44
1h:44
Last match​
1h:19
1h:19
4
4
Match played
4
4
96
96
Games Played​
88
88
9
9
Set played​​
9
9
332
332
Total points​
312
312
83
83
Avg point​
78
78
120
120
Winners
129
129
30
30
Avg Winners​
32.3
32.3
36%
36%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
16
16
Aces
14
14
4
4
Avg Aces
3.5
3.5
9
9
Double Faults
11
11
2.3
2.3
Avg Double Faults
2.8
2.8
120/161
120/161
1st won total​
129/187
129/187
!
75%
75%
1st won %
69%
69%
76/128
76/128
2nd won total​
57/101
57/101
59%
59%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
15/29
15/29
BP won
17/31
17/31
3.8/7.3
3.8/7.3
Avg BP won
4.3/7.8
4.3/7.8
!
52%
52%
Won
!
55%
55%
18
18
Conceded
25
25
4.5
4.5
Avg Conceded
6.3
6.3
7
7
Broken
8
8
1.8
1.8
Avg Broken
2
2
11
11
Saved
17
17

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

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