Flavio Cobolli vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Prediction Vienna Open Tennis Picks 10/21/24

Flavio Cobolli and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina meet in the first round of the 2024 Vienna Open in Austria on Monday, October 21, 2024. Here’s our Flavio Cobolli vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina prediction. This article will also contain a Flavio Cobolli vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina pick.

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Flavio Cobolli is ranked 30th in the ATP rankings, which is his career-high mark after a personal best season at the Tour level. He is 43-28 across all competitions and has made the quarterfinals or better in six tournaments, on all three surfaces.

Cobolli’s best achievement this year was in reaching the final of the Citi Open in Washington in a run that saw him beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Alex Michelsen, and Ben Shelton before losing out to Sebastian Korda.

Cobolli is coming off a third-round defeat at the Shanghai Masters to eventual finalist Novak Djokovic. He has not lost a first-round match at an ATP tournament since Halle in June.

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina is ranked 64th in the ATP rankings, which is a massive drop from No. 23 at the start of the season. Davidovich Fokina has a negative win-loss record of 18 wins and 21 losses this year. 

He last competed on the indoor hard courts of Stockholm this past week, losing in the second round to the veteran Stan Wawrinka in three sets. The Spaniard has won only three of his last nine matches and hasn’t recorded back-to-back victories in that time.

Davidovich Fokina has achieved three quarterfinal finishes among his best results this year, the most recent being in Atlanta.

Flavio Cobolli vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Head-To-Head

• Flavio Cobolli and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina are tied at 1-1 in their head-to-head.

• Their most recent clash was only just a few months ago, as Cobolli downed the Spaniard in a thriller, 1-6, 7-6, 7-6.

Flavio Cobolli vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Prediction

Cobolli has three wins from his last five matches, including a quarterfinal run in Beijing. His two defeats at that time were against Daniil Medvedev and Novak Djokovic. That does not mean he will be cruising in this match. He is 19-26 on indoor hard courts in his career, suggesting he has a lot to learn. Thankfully for him, Davidovich Fokina is having a poor season, with only 18 wins from January. Backing Cobolli, who is the underdog in this match, is the value pick.