Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Fabio Fognini Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Swiss Open Gstaad

Prediction published on 18/07/2024, 03:03  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 18/07/2024 at 03:05 in Tennis Predictions

Top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas will be going for a second victory in Gstaad when he faces seventh seed Fabio Fognini. Their fifth career meeting is a quarter-final duel slated for Friday. The winner will play Felix Auger-Aliassime, Yannick Hanfmann, Daniel Elahi Galan or Matteo Berrettini next. Here’s a look at the stats and a prediction for the match.

Tsitsipas had the perfect start to his Swiss Open debut, outdueling the unseeded Hamad Medjedovic in straight sets. After an unconvincing grasscourt campaign, he will be relieved to be back on clay. The Greek number one has won 18 of 22 matches on clay surfaces, resulting in a title in Monte-Carlo and a runners-up finish in Barcelona.

Currently ranked 12th in the ATP, Tsitsipas is a clear favourite for the title here. If this ends up being the case, he will earn a return to the ATP’s top 10. Tsitsipas has never lost against Fognini.

Fabio Fognini lost all four of his encounters against Tsitsipas, with the most recent being two seasons ago. This will be a major bump as he seeks to advance to the last four at a tour event for the first time this year.

He has been alternating between the tour and challenger circuits and has so far compiled a 21-16 record. The veteran Italian, a former Gstaad champion, will hope to replicate the form that led him to triumph here in 2017.

To advance to this round, he defeated qualifier Juan Pablo Varillas after coming from a set down to win in three. Both of his outings here have been against qualifiers. Advancing to the last eight here has bumped him up to 68th in the live ranking, his best placing so far in 2024.