Borna Gojo and Pablo Llamas Ruiz will face off in the semifinal of the Murcia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on PISTA CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pablo Llamas Ruiz who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pablo Llamas Ruiz is the pick to win this match.
Pablo Llamas Ruiz -> 1.85
Borna Gojo -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Borna Gojo vs. Pablo Llamas Ruiz
There is no head to head record between Borna Gojo and Pablo Llamas Ruiz since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Borna Gojo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19-18 | 4-6 | 12-8 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 10-8 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-25 | 22-9 | 12-7 | 6-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-28 | 19-9 | 5-5 | 14-10 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-22 | 8-7 | 3-6 | 7-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 117, the Croatian got to the semifinal after defeating Nicolas Alvarez Varona 6-3 6-2, Ivan Gakhov 7-66 3-6 7-65 and Jesper De Jong 6-1 2-6 6-3.
In the quarter, Borna defeated De Jong (6-1 2-6 6-3). During the match, Gojo scored 79 points vs De Jong’s 72. The Croatian was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gojo recorded 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Borna Gojo lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gojo put 65% of his first serves in, winning 73% (37/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (11/27) on the 2nd serve. Gojo broke De Jong 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Borna has dropped 2 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.
Gojo has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (202-139). 3-0 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Gojo has a compiled39-35 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Gojo’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Monterrey Challenger.
Gojo has a compiled 18-7 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.
Pablo Llamas Ruiz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-21 | 5-5 | 23-13 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 16-16 | 2-5 | 10-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-21 | 12-6 | 33-12 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-23 | 2-4 | 35-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-16 | 2-2 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 274 (career-high), Llamas got to the semifinal after defeating Clement Tabur 6-2 7-65, Viktor Durasovic 6-3 6-0, Lorenzo Giustino 6-2 6-2, Abedallah Shelbayh 7-64 7-65 and Daniel Dutra Da Silva 6-3 6-1.
In the quarter, Llamas had a good straight sets win against Dutra Da Silva (6-3 6-1). During the match Llamas scored 65 points vs Dutra Da Silva’s 41. Pablo was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Llamas wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Pablo Llamas Ruiz was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Llamas broke Dutra Da Silva 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Llamas’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Palmanova.
Pablo has an aggregate 18-5 win-loss record in 2023, 13-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gojo | Llamas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 76 | 94 |
| Pts | 240-215 | 365-275 |
| Total Points | 455 | 640 |
| Winners | 121 | 157 |
| %Winners | 50% | 43% |
Gojo played 3 matches while Llamas competed in 5 matches. Llamas started his run from the qualifications while Gojo had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Borna Gojo conceded 2 sets while Pablo Llamas Ruiz hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gojo has played 2 set(s) less than Llamas (8 vs 10). Therefore, Gojo played 18 games less than Llamas. The Croatian scored 121 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Llamas managed to score 157 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gojo | Llamas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1.2 |
| 1st in | 164/233 | 216/299 |
| %1st in | 70% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 121/164 | 157/216 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 37/69 | 42/83 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 51% |
Gojo bagged 18 aces (6 per match). Llamas scored 6 aces (1.2 per match). Gojo won 74% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Llamas won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gojo | Llamas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 22 |
| Converted | 9/14 | 22/42 |
| % Converted | 64% | 52% |
| Conceded | 12 | 25 |
| Saved | 7 | 17 |
| % Saved | 58% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 8 |
The Croatian broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Gojo surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 22 times with a 52% conversion rate. Llamas conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gojo | |||||
| R1 Alvarez |
R2 Gakhov |
1/4 De |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-66 3-6 7-65 | 6-1 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 35 | 24 | 76 | |
| pts | 57-37 | 104-106 | 79-72 | 240-215 | |
| Total points | 94 | 210 | 151 | 455 | |
| Winners | 28 | 56 | 37 | 121 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 54% | 47% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 38/49 | 75/106 | 51/78 | 164/233 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 71% | 65% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 28/38 | 56/75 | 37/51 | 121/164 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 75% | 73% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/11 | 19/31 | 11/27 | 37/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 61% | 41% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 1/2 | 4/7 | 9/14 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 50% | 57% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 2/4 | 5/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 71% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Llamas | |||||||
| Q1 Tabur |
Q3 Durasovic |
R1 Giustino |
R2 Shelbayh |
1/4 Dutra Da Silva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-65 | 6-3 6-0 | 6-2 6-2 | 7-64 7-65 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 15 | 16 | 26 | 16 | 94 | |
| pts | 78-63 | 60-38 | 69-45 | 93-88 | 65-41 | 365-275 | |
| Total points | 141 | 98 | 114 | 181 | 106 | 640 | |
| Winners | 33 | 28 | 31 | 40 | 25 | 157 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 47% | 45% | 43% | 38% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 48/66 | 37/48 | 45/56 | 56/83 | 30/46 | 216/299 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 77% | 80% | 67% | 65% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 33/48 | 28/37 | 31/45 | 40/56 | 25/30 | 157/216 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 76% | 69% | 71% | 83% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 6/11 | 5/11 | 13/27 | 10/16 | 42/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 55% | 45% | 48% | 63% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/6 | 5/10 | 4/8 | 4/10 | 22/42 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 67% | 50% | 50% | 40% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 25 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1/1 | 6/7 | 6/10 | 3/3 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 100% | 86% | 60% | 100% | 124% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWWWLWW Tennis Scores in Murcia Challenger
- Borna GojoGojo – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-1 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-1 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
