Who Will Win: Fokina Vs Krueger? Prediction For ATP Mubadala Citi Dc Open 2024

What Time Will Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Play Against Mitchell Krueger?

Fokina and Krueger are on the Day 3 Schedule at Mubadala Citi Dc Open 2024 on Wednesday 31 July 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?

In the upcoming match, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina from Spain will be facing Mitchell Krueger from the USA. This will be their first meeting on the court.

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, aged 25, is currently ranked as the World No. 44 in the ATP rankings. His career-high ranking was No. 21, achieved in August 2023. In 2024, he has a win-loss record of 12-14, with 3 quarter-finals reached. This will be his debut appearance at the Washington event.

One of Davidovich Fokina’s notable achievements was breaking Novak Djokovic’s serve 9 times in a match at the 2022 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo, setting a record for the most breaks of Djokovic in a best-of-3-set match. He went on to reach his first ATP Tour final of his career at that event.

He also reached his first Grand Slam quarter-final at the 2021 Roland Garros and his first ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final at the 2021 Monte Carlo. In the Roland Garros tournament, he had an impressive 5-set win over Casper Ruud in the third round.

During his junior career, Davidovich Fokina ended as the World No. 2 after winning the Wimbledon boys’ singles title and achieving a 20-1 record in 2017. Additionally, he is the proud owner of two cats and launched a pet adoption platform called Adoptas.org in 2021, which aims to connect people interested in adopting or fostering a pet with shelters and rescues in Spain.

It is worth noting that Davidovich Fokina has had a successful season on hard courts, with 10 of his 12 wins coming on this surface. He reached the quarter-finals in Marseille, Dubai, and Atlanta last week. In 2024, he has a record of 9-2 against players ranked outside the Top 50 on

hard courts.

On the other hand, Mitchell Krueger, aged 30, currently holds the World No. 192 spot in the rankings. His career-high ranking was No. 135, achieved in October 2021. In the 2024 season, he has a win-loss record of 1-1, with his best result being reaching the second round in Washington. Overall, he has a 1-3 win-loss record in the 2024 season.

Krueger had a successful junior career, reaching the World No. 5 ranking. He broke into the Top 200 in February 2017 and achieved his career-high ranking of No. 147 in October 2021. He had notable victories in his early career, qualifying for and defeating Paire in the first round of the 2017 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati and the 2018 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells events. He also qualified for the 2018 US Open and the 2019 Australian Open before earning his first Grand Slam win at the 2020 US Open against P. Sousa.

In addition, Krueger has won 5 Challenger championships, with his hometown title in 2019 Dallas being a highlight. During his junior career, he earned two wins over future ATP No. 3, Dominic Thiem, reached the semi-finals at the 2012 Roland Garros and Wimbledon boys’ singles, and ended as the runner-up in the 2011 Roland Garros boys’ doubles with partner Vinsant.

Notably, Krueger recorded his first ATP Tour win of the season in the first round against Nardi. He now aims to achieve consecutive tour-level wins for the first time in his career. Krueger has a record of 2-9 against Top 50 players at the tour-level, with both wins coming against Paire when he was ranked No. 41 at the 2017 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati and No. 46 at the 2018 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Fokina will win.
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