Who Will Win: Goffin Vs Sonego? Prediction For ATP Winston-salem Open 2024

What Time Will David Goffin Play Against Lorenzo Sonego?

Goffin and Sonego are on the Day 6 Schedule at Winston-salem Open 2024 on Friday 23 August 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?

David Goffin from Belgium and Lorenzo Sonego from Italy are facing each other in a tennis match. Goffin currently leads the head-to-head between them with a score of 1-0. In their previous meeting, Goffin defeated Sonego in the quarterfinals of the Montpellier tournament with a score of 6-4 6-4. However, Sonego also had a victory against Goffin in the qualifying round of the ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo tournament in Monaco, winning with a score of 4-6 6-4 6-4.

Some facts about David Goffin include:
– His age is 33 and he is currently ranked as the world number 90.
– He reached his career-high ranking of number 7 in 2017, after achieving a career-high of 59 wins that year.
– Goffin defeated Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in the 2017 Nitto ATP Finals championship match, becoming the 6th and final player to beat both Nadal and Federer at the same event.
– He was the first Belgian to break into the top 10, qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals, defeat the world number 1, and reach an ATP Masters 1000 final in 2019.
– In 2022, Goffin earned his 300th victory, won his 6th ATP Tour title, and recorded his 3rd win over the world number 1.
– He has reached 4 Grand Slam quarterfinals, with his most recent one being at Wimbledon in 2022.
– Goffin led Belgium to the Davis Cup finals in 2015 and 2017.

David Goffin is seeking his 16th ATP Tour final and his 11th on hard courts. He is aiming to reach his first final since winning the 2022 Marrakech title. Goffin is the first Belgian semi-finalist in the tournament’s history,

after previously losing in the quarterfinals in 2012 and 2014.

As for Lorenzo Sonego, here are some facts about him:
– He is 29 years old and currently ranked as the world number 58, with a career-high ranking of number 21.
– Sonego achieved his personal-best of 30 wins in 2021 and reached his career-high ranking after winning the Cagliari titles, becoming the first Italian champion on home soil in singles since 2006 and in doubles since 2005.
– He broke into the top 50 after winning his first ATP Tour title at the 2019 Antalya tournament, where he saved a championship point against Kecmanovic.
– Sonego won his third singles title at the 2022 Metz tournament, where he did not drop a set and defeated former champions Simon and Hurkacz.
– He upset the world number 1, Novak Djokovic, with a score of 6-2 6-1 on his way to the 2020 Vienna final, becoming the first lucky loser to defeat Djokovic and conceding the fewest games to Djokovic in a match.
– Sonego saved one match point against Dominic Thiem on his way to the 2021 ATP Masters 1000 Rome semifinals, becoming the first Italian semifinalist at the Foro Italico since 2007.

Lorenzo Sonego is aiming for his 6th ATP Tour final, with his previous record being 3 wins and 2 losses. He has reached his 3rd final on hard courts and is looking to become the first Italian finalist in the tournament’s history. Additionally, if he reaches the final, Sonego will become the sixth different Italian ATP Tour finalist in 2024, which would be a record for Italy in the Open Era.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Goffin will win.
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