Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Joao Fonseca will face off in the final of the Swiss Indoors Basel for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joao Fonseca who should win in 3 sets.
Joao Fonseca -> 1.81
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Joao Fonseca
This will be the 2nd time that Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Joao Fonseca square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Fonseca (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Fonseca won 6-7(4) 5-4 ret. in the 2nd round in Cincinnati back in August 2025.
Highlights Joao Fonseca vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – Cincinnati 09-August-2025
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
42 - 25win/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. 18 (career-high), the Spaniard reached the final after defeating Lorenzo Sonego 7-6(2) 6-4, Jenson Brooksby 6-7(6) 6-4 7-5, Casper Ruud 7-6(1) ret. and Ugo Humbert 7-6(4) 3-1 ret..
In the semifinal against Humbert, the Spaniard had a free pass after Humbert retired on a 7-64 3-1 . scoreline.
Davidovich Fokina has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (303-218). 6-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Davidovich Fokina has an aggregate 32-35 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Davidovich Fokina’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Delray Beach, Acapulco and Washington.
Davidovich Fokina has an aggregate 42-24 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Basel
Joao Fonseca
38 - 16win/loss
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-17 | 22-6 | 8-5 | 6-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-23 | 8-3 | 14-11 | 13-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-6 | 1-1 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 46, Fonseca reached the final after beating Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 7-6(6) 6-3, Jakub Mensik w/o, Denis Shapovalov 3-6 6-3 4-1 ret. and Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 7-6(4) 7-5.
In the semifinal, Joao had a good straight sets win against Munar Clar (7-64 7-5). During the match Fonseca scored 83 points vs Munar Clar’s 72. The Brazilian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Fonseca recorded 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Joao Fonseca was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 85% (41/48) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Brazilian broke Munar Clar twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brazilian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Canberra Challenger where he defeated Ethan Quinn in the final 6-4 6-4 and in Buenos Aires where he beat Francisco Cerundolo in the final 6-4 7-6(1) and the Phoenix Challenger where he overcame Alexander Bublik in the final 7-6(5) 7-6(0).
Joao has a composed 37-16 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Davidovich Fokina | Fonseca |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 88 | 70 |
| Pts | 239-217 | 226-197 |
| Total Points | 456 | 423 |
| Winners | 110 | 103 |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% |
Davidovich Fokina played 4 matches while Fonseca competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina lost 1 set, while Joao Fonseca lost 1 set. Davidovich Fokina has played 2 sets more than Fonseca (10 vs 8). Therefore, Davidovich Fokina played 18 games more than Fonseca. The Spaniard scored 110 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Brazilian struck 103 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Davidovich Fokina | Fonseca |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 5.7 |
| 1st in | 145/226 | 134/206 |
| %1st in | 64% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 110/145 | 103/134 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 45/81 | 41/72 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 57% |
Davidovich Fokina fired 10 aces (2.5 per match). Fonseca recorded 17 aces (5.7 per match). Davidovich Fokina won 76% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Fonseca won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Davidovich Fokina | Fonseca |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 8 |
| Converted | 7/23 | 8/15 |
| % Converted | 30% | 53% |
| Conceded | 10 | 8 |
| Saved | 6 | 4 |
| % Saved | 60% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Davidovich Fokina broke his opponents 7 times with a 30% conversion rate. Alejandro conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Brazilian broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Brazilian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Davidovich Fokina | ||||||
| R1 Sonego | R2 Brooksby | 1/4 Ruud | 1/2 Humbert | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-4 | 6-76 6-4 7-5 | 7-61 ret. | 7-64 3-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 35 | 13 | 17 | 88 | |
| pts | 82-72 | 111-106 | 46-39 | – | 239-217 | |
| Total points | 154 | 217 | 85 | 0 | 456 | |
| Winners | 34 | 55 | 21 | 110 | ||
| %Winners | 41% | 50% | 46% | 0% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 1st in | 43/72 | 76/120 | 26/34 | / | 145/226 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 63% | 76% | 0% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 34/43 | 55/76 | 21/26 | / | 110/145 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 72% | 81% | 0% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 23/44 | 6/8 | / | 45/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 52% | 75% | 0% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Converted | 2/8 | 5/8 | 0/7 | / | 7/23 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 63% | 0% | 0% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Saved | 1/2 | 5/8 | 0/0 | 0/ | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 63% | – | – | 28% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Fonseca | ||||||
| R1 Mpetshi | R2 Mensik | 1/4 Shapovalov | 1/2 Munar Clar | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-3 | w/o | 3-6 6-3 4-1 ret. | 7-64 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | – | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | – | 23 | 25 | 70 | |
| pts | 73-61 | – | 70-64 | 83-72 | 226-197 | |
| Total points | 134 | – | 134 | 155 | 423 | |
| Winners | 37 | – | 25 | 41 | 103 | |
| %Winners | 51% | – | 36% | 49% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | – | 2 | 8 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 47/68 | – | 39/63 | 48/75 | 134/206 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | – | 62% | 64% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 37/47 | – | 25/39 | 41/48 | 103/134 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | – | 64% | 85% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | – | 12/24 | 14/27 | 41/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | – | 50% | 52% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 1 | – | 5 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | – | 5/10 | 2/3 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 50% | – | 50% | 67% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | – | 4/7 | 0/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 57% | 0% | 14% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | – | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Upcoming matches in the draw
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