

What Time Will Fabio Fognini Play Against Raphael Collignon?
Fognini and Collignon are on the Day 1 Schedule at Grand Prix Hassan Ii 2025 on Monday 31 March 2025. 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?
Fabio Fognini, an Italian tennis player, will be facing Raphael Collignon from Belgium in their first meeting. Fognini is 37 years old and currently ranked at No. 99 in the world. He achieved his career-high ranking of No. 9 in 2019 at the age of 32, becoming the oldest player to break into the Top 10 for the first time. He also became the first Italian player to enter the Top 10 since Barazzutti in 1979.
In 2019, Fognini made history as the first Italian ATP Masters 1000 champion by defeating Nadal for the third time on clay, leading him to win the Monte Carlo title. He holds the record for the most victories by any Italian man in the Open Era, with a total of 426 wins. One of his notable wins was against the No. 1 player Murray at the 2017 Rome tournament. Fognini has 9 singles and 8 doubles titles to his name, and he achieved success as a doubles player in 2015 by winning the Australian Open and reaching three ATP Masters 1000 finals. He also qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals with his partner, Bolelli. Off the court, Fognini is married to Flavia Pennetta, the 2015 US Open women’s singles champion, and they have three children together.
It is important to note that Fognini, who is the oldest player in the draw, is playing in his first ATP Tour main draw match since the 2024 Belgrade tournament, where he lost to Safiullin in the first round. He is aiming to break a four-match losing streak since his victory over Darderi at the 2024 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai.
Moyuka Uchijima
Kamilla Rakhimova
Sebastian Baez
Damir Dzumhur
Anhelina Kalinina
Nao Hibino
Varvara Gracheva
Sonay Kartal
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Liudmila Samsonova
Elsa Jacquemot
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Jelena Ostapenko
Dayana Yastremska
Ugo Humbert
Nicolas Jarry
Yannick Hanfmann
Jakub Mensik
Maria Sakkari
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
Frances Tiafoe
Jaume Antoni Munar Clar
Veronika Kudermetova
Diana Shnaider
Tatjana Maria
Ella Seidel
Mccartney Kessler
Fiona Ferro
Margaux Rouvroy
Alize Cornet
On the other side, Raphael Collignon, a 23-year-old Belgian player, currently holds the world No. 92 ranking. He reached his career-high ranking of No. 91 in March 2025 after winning his third Challenger title in Pau and reaching the final in Lugano in back-to-back weeks. Collignon made his tour-level debut in the 2024 Davis Cup Finals Group Stage, where he lost to van de Zandschulp and Fonseca. He won his first Challenger title by defeating No. 84 van de Zandschulp at the 2024 Luedenscheid tournament and his second title by defeating No. 97 Coric at Lyon (Décines-Charpieu). Collignon is coached by Belgium’s Davis Cup captain and former World No. 38, Steve Darcis.
Collignon has an impressive ITF Tour record of 105 wins and 42 losses, with eight titles. Seven of his titles were won on clay at the M25 level, including tournaments in Arlon, Marburg, Koksijde, Hammamet, Angers, and Kassel, while one title was won on hard courts at the M15 level in Monastir.
It is worth mentioning that Collignon is seeking his first ATP Tour win after his losses to van de Zandschulp and Fonseca at the 2024 Davis Cup, Fucsovics at the 2024 Antwerp, and Medjedovic at the 2025 Marseille. However, he went on a impressive nine-match winning streak on the Challenger level in February, which included winning the title in Pau and reaching the final in Lugano (where he lost to Coric).
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Fognini will win.
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