Prediction Of Cobolli Vs Fokina H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Erste Bank Open 2024?

What Time Will Flavio Cobolli Play Against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina?

Cobolli and Fokina are on the Day 1 Schedule at Erste Bank Open 2024 on Monday 21 October 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

Flavio Cobolli from Italy and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina from Spain have faced each other once before, with Cobolli leading the head-to-head series 1-0. Their previous encounter took place at the 2024 Washington tournament on hard court, where Cobolli emerged victorious after a tough battle. The match ended with a scoreline of 1-6, 7-6(0), 7-6(7). In another meeting at the 2021 ATP Masters 1000 Rome qualifying round on clay, Davidovich Fokina defeated Cobolli when the latter retired while trailing 6-2, 2-0.

Flavio Cobolli, 22 years old and ranked 31st in the world, achieved his career-high ranking of 30th in September 2024. He made his breakthrough into the top 200 in January 2022 and entered the top 100 in October 2023. Cobolli reached his first ATP Tour final in Washington in 2024, where he achieved a win-loss record of 34-26. He is making his debut appearance at the Vienna tournament. Throughout the year, Cobolli achieved significant victories, including defeating Americans Shelton, Paul, and Giron, who were ranked 15th, 14th, and 13th, respectively. He also reached the third round of the Australian Open and the US Open. Cobolli won two Challenger titles in 2022 and 2023 and was a finalist in three other Challenger tournaments. In his junior career, he was ranked as high as 8th and won the Roland Garros boys’ doubles title in 2020.

Cobolli has had a successful year in terms of winning opening round matches, with a record of 20-5 in 2024. Since June, he has been undefeated in his first matches, winning all ten of them. Notably, he saved five match points against Davidovich Fokina in their previous encounter at the Washington tournament, a match that propelled him to his first ATP Tour final. Cobolli currently leads the ATP Tour in deciding sets won.

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, 25 years old and ranked 62nd in the world, achieved his highest-ever ranking of 21st in August 2023. In 2023, he improved his year-end ranking for the eighth consecutive year, finishing at 26th. Davidovich Fokina had a noteworthy performance at the 2022 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo, where he defeated Djokovic by breaking him nine times, setting a record for the most breaks of Djokovic in a best-of-three-set match. This victory led him to reach his first ATP Tour final. He also reached the quarterfinals at the 2021 Roland Garros and 2021 Monte Carlo tournaments. In his junior career, Davidovich Fokina ranked as high as second in the world and won the Wimbledon boys’ singles title in 2017.

Besides his tennis achievements, Davidovich Fokina has a passion for animals. He owns two cats and launched Adoptas.org in 2021, a pet adoption platform aimed at connecting people interested in adopting or fostering pets with shelters and rescues in Spain. In terms of his performance this year, Davidovich Fokina has struggled against top 50 players, with a record of 3-15. However, he has managed notable victories over players like Hurkacz and Medvedev. He aims to end his six-match losing streak against Italian opponents, as his last victory against an Italian player was over Cobolli in the qualifying round of the 2021 ATP Masters 1000 Rome. Additionally, out of his 18 wins in 2024, 16 have been achieved on hard courts.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Cobolli will win.
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