Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Cristian Garin will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alejandro Davidovich Fokina who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina is the pick to win this match.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina -> 1.54
Cristian Garin -> 2.47
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Prediction and head to head Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Cristian Garin
This will be the 4th time that Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Cristian Garin clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Davidovich Fokina (see full H2H stats), but Garin leads 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Davidovich Fokina won 6-3 6-4 in the 4th round in Indian wells back in 2023.
Highlights Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs Cristian Garin – Indian wells 14-March-2023
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
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WLWWWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28-16 | 12-7 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 23, Davidovich Fokina will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in Madrid where he lost 6-3 6-1 to Ruud in the 3rd round on the 27th of April.
Davidovich Fokina has a composed 10-8 win-loss record in 2026, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Davidovich Fokina’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide.
Talking about his overall career, The Spaniard has an overall 315-228 record. He has a positive 116-77 record on clay.
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2021 and 2023. See his history.
Cristian Garin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11-17 | 2-6 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 49-22 | 6-6 | 39-13 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-24 | 3-6 | 13-14 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 22-12 | 18-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-23 | 4-5 | 9-11 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 104, Garin got to the 2nd round after defeating Moez Echargui 6-0 6-2, Jan Choinski 6-2 3-6 6-2 and Juan Manuel Cerundolo 7-6(2) 7-5.
In the 1st round, Christian had a good straight sets win against Manuel Cerundolo (7-62 7-5). During the match Garin scored 90 points vs Manuel Cerundolo’s 79. The Chilean was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Garin blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Cristian Garin lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Garin put 59% of his first serves in, winning 75% (38/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. Christian broke Manuel Cerundolo 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
The Chilean has an overall 9-11 win-loss record in 2026, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Rome
- Casper RuudRuud – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rafael JodarJodar – Nuno BorgesBorges (7-64 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (4-6 7-65 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (7-6(4) 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marin CilicCilic – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Alexander ZverevZverev (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Aleksandar VukicVukic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Sebastian OfnerOfner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Alexander BublikBublik (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas MachacMachac – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – (4-1) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Terence AtmaneAtmane (1-1) – H2H and prediction
