Prediction Of Safiullin Vs Fognini H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Belgrade Open 2024?

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Safiullin and Fognini are on the Day 3 Schedule at Belgrade Open 2024 on Tuesday 5 November 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?

1R: Roman Safiullin vs Fabio Fognini (ITA)

This will be the second meeting between Roman Safiullin and Fabio Fognini. Safiullin currently leads their head-to-head record 1-0. Their previous encounter took place in the R32 of the Chengdu tournament in China on a hard court. Safiullin emerged victorious in a close battle, winning 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

Roman Safiullin, aged 27, is currently ranked 60th in the world. He reached a career-high ranking of 36 in January 2024. Safiullin’s performance in 2024 includes a semifinal appearance in Brisbane, contributing to his record of 17 wins and 24 losses this year. Throughout his career, Safiullin has accumulated a total record of 49 wins and 55 losses, with one runner-up finish.

Safiullin holds a notable achievement as a former World No. 2 junior. He broke into the Top 100 in August 2022 and reached his career-high ranking in January 2024. In 2023, he achieved his personal-best of 20 wins, which included his first ATP Tour final at Chengdu. Additionally, he defeated World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Paris, reaching the third round as a qualifier. Notably, Safiullin made headlines at Wimbledon as the lowest-ranked quarter-finalist since Nick Kyrgios in 2014 when he was ranked 92nd. He has also reached the semifinals at the 2022 Marseille tournament, where he defeated 2-time champion Stefanos Tsitsipas, and the 2022 Tel Aviv tournament on indoor hard courts.

Before turning professional, Safiullin had a successful junior career, with a record of 105 wins and 21 losses. He clinched 11 titles on the ITF Junior Circuit and even defeated top players such as Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, and Karen Khachanov. Safiullin’s junior career culminated in him becoming the 2015 Australian Open champion.

In this upcoming match, Safiullin will be looking to secure his 50th tour-level win and his first ATP Tour victory on indoor hard courts since defeating Carlos Alcaraz in the second round of the ATP Masters 1000 Paris last year. He enters the event with confidence after winning his sixth Challenger title in Bratislava on indoor hard courts last week, without losing a set. Notably, he defeated Aslan Karatsev in the quarterfinals and Kei Nishikori in the semifinals.

Fabio Fognini, aged 37, is currently ranked 74th in the world. The Italian player reached a career-high ranking of 9 in his career. Fognini is known for several significant achievements, including becoming the oldest player to break into the Top 10 for the first time when he was 32 years old in 2019. He is also the first Italian player to enter the Top 10 since Adriano Panatta achieved it in 1979. Fognini’s outstanding performance includes winning the 2019 Monte Carlo title, where he defeated Rafael Nadal on clay, becoming the first Italian ATP Masters 1000 champion. He holds the record for the most victories by any Italian male player in the Open Era, with 426 wins. One of his biggest victories came against World No. 1 Andy Murray at the 2017 Rome tournament. Fognini has a total of 9 singles titles and 8 doubles titles, including a win in the Australian Open doubles event. He also reached three ATP Masters 1000 finals and qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals with Simone Bolelli.

Off the court, Fognini is married to Flavia Pennetta, the 2015 US Open women’s singles champion. They have three children together named Federico, Farah, and Flaminia.

In this upcoming match, Fognini will be aiming for his first ATP Tour win on indoor hard courts since reaching the semifinals in Metz last year. However, he has struggled against higher-ranked players on hard courts this season, with a 1-5 record. His sole victory against a higher-ranked player on hard courts came against Darderi, who was ranked 42nd, in the ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai in October.

Overall, this promises to be an exciting encounter between Roman Safiullin and Fabio Fognini, as both players seek to advance in the tournament and improve their records on indoor hard courts.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Safiullin will win.
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