Sergey Fomin and Maximilian Homberg will square off in the 2^nd round of the Manama 2 Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sergey Fomin who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sergey Fomin is the pick to win this match.
Sergey Fomin -> 1.22
Maximilian Homberg -> 3.74

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Prediction and head to head Sergey Fomin vs. Maximilian Homberg

This will be the 2^nd time that Sergey Fomin and Maximilian Homberg play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fomin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Fomin won 6-4 6-1 in the semifinal in M25 Manama back in November 2025.

Sergey Fomin

Ranked no. 358, the Uzbek reached the 2^nd round after defeating Dali Blanch 6-7(2) 7-6(1) 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Blanch, The Uzbek recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7² 7-6¹ 6-3). During the match, Fomin scored 109 points vs Blanch’s 104. Sergey was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, Fomin blasted 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Sergey Fomin lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Fomin put 53% of his first serves in, winning 63% (37/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (31/53) on the 2nd serve. Fomin broke Blanch 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Fomin has good match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (221-187). 29-15 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Fomin has a compiled 96-85 record in the last years on hard.

Sergey’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,M25 Antalya,M15 Shymkent,M25 Qian Daohu and M25 Manama.

Fomin has an overall 60-29 win-loss record in 2025, 29-15 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Manama 2 Challenger

The Uzbek has never competed in this tournament before.

Maximilian Homberg

Ranked no. 868, Maximilian got to the 2^nd round after beating Michael Bassem Sobhy 6-2 6-2, Matthew Summers 6-3 6-0 and Aziz Ouakaa 6-2 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Homberg had a good straight sets win against Ouakaa (6-2 7-5). During the match Homberg scored 72 points vs Ouakaa’s 56. Homberg was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Homberg struck 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Maximilian Homberg lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Homberg put 59% of his first serves in, winning 73% (27/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Maximilian broke Ouakaa 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

The German’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Manama.

The German has an overall 24-20 win-loss record in 2025, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Fomin	Homberg
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	6
Tot Games	35	51
Pts	109-104	191-131
Total Points	213	322
Winners	37	70
%Winners	34%	37%

Fomin played 1 match while Homberg competed in 3 matches. Homberg started his run from the qualifications while Fomin had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Sergey Fomin conceded 1 set while Maximilian Homberg hasn’t dropped a set so far. Fomin has played 3 set(s) less than Homberg (3 vs 6). Therefore, Fomin played 16 games less than Homberg. Fomin scored 37 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The German bagged 70 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Fomin	Homberg
Aces	2	6
Avg per match	2	2
1st in	59/112	92/161
%1st in	53%	57%
1st pts	37/59	70/92
%1st pts	63%	76%
2nd pts	31/53	34/69
%2nd pts	58%	49%

Fomin bagged 2 aces . Homberg managed to score 6 aces (2 per match). Fomin won 63% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Homberg won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Fomin	Homberg
Won	5	15
Converted	5/11	15/27
% Converted	45%	56%
Conceded	9	12
Saved	5	8
% Saved	56%	67%
Times Broken	4	4

Fomin broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Uzbek conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Maximilian broke his opponents 15 times with a 56% conversion rate. Maximilian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Fomin
	R1 Blanch	Total
Score	6-72 7-61 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	35	35
pts	109-104	109-104
Total points	213	213
Winners	37	37
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	59/112	59/112
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	37/59	37/59
% 1st pts	63%	63%
2nd pts	31/53	31/53
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/11	5/11
Converted %	45%	45%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	5/9	5
Saved %	56%	56%
Times Broken	4	4

Homberg
	Q1 Bassem	Q3 Summers	R1 Ouakaa	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	6-3 6-0	6-2 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	16	15	20	51
pts	61-40	58-35	72-56	191-131
Total points	101	93	128	322
Winners	19	24	27	70
%Winners	31%	41%	38%	37%
SERVE
Aces	3	1	2	6
Double Faults	4	1	6	11
1st in	29/52	26/46	37/63	92/161
% 1st in	56%	57%	59%	57%
1st pts	19/29	24/26	27/37	70/92
% 1st pts	66%	92%	73%	76%
2nd pts	13/23	9/20	12/26	34/69
% 2nd pts	57%	45%	46%	49%
Breaks
Won	6	4	5	15
Converted	6/10	4/5	5/12	15/27
Converted %	60%	80%	42%	56%
Conceded	6	0	6	12
Saved	4/6	0/0	4/6	8
Saved %	67%	–	67%	134%
Times Broken	2	0	2	4

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