Steve Johnson and Aleksandar Vukic will square off in the 3rd round of the the Newport Beach Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Steve Johnson who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Steve Johnson is the pick to win this match.
Steve Johnson -> 1.12
Aleksandar Vukic -> 6.00
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Prediction and head to head Steve Johnson vs. Aleksandar Vukic
There is no head to head record between Steve Johnson and Aleksandar Vukic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Steve Johnson
Ranked no. 75, the American reached the 3rd round after defeating Roberto Quiroz 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Steve had a good straight sets win against Quiroz (6-3 6-2). During the match Johnson scored 62 points vs Quiroz’s 41. Johnson was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Johnson blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Steve Johnson was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Quiroz 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Johnson has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (768-607). 8-2 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Johnson has a 245-201 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Steve’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Bendigo Challenger.
Johnson has a 8-2 win-loss record in 2020, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Newport Beach Challenger
The American didn’t compete in the Newport Beach Challenger in 2019.
Aleksandar Vukic
Ranked no. 272, Vukic reached the 3rd round after beating Ulises Blanch 6-2 7-5 and Peter Polansky 6-75 7-66 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Polansky, Aleksandar recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 7-66 6-4). During the match Vukic scored 121 points vs Polansky’s 113. Vukic was extremely aggressive to blast 58 winners.
Talking about serving, Vukic blasted 15 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Aleksandar Vukic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Vukic put 64% of his first serves in, winning 78% (58/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (17/42) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Polansky 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Vukic has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 57% of his matches (157-118). 5-2 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vukic has a 47-38 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Vukic has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2020, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Newport Beach Challenger
The Australian didn’t play in the Newport Beach Challenger in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Johnson | Vukic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 56 |
| Pts | 62-41 | 189-169 |
| Total Points | 103 | 358 |
| Winners | 23 | 87 |
| %Winners | 37% | 46% |
Johnson played 1 match while Vukic competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Aleksandar Vukic lost 1 set while Steve Johnson hasn’t conceded a set so far. Johnson has played 3 sets less than Vukic (2 vs 5). Therefore, Johnson played 39 games less than Vukic. Johnson scored 23 winners (37% on total points). On the other side, Vukic blasted 87 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Johnson | Vukic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 10.5 |
| 1st in | 29/56 | 111/178 |
| %1st in | 52% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 87/111 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 32/67 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 48% |
Johnson blasted 4 aces . Vukic blasted 21 aces (10.5 per match). Johnson won 79% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Vukic won 78% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Johnson | Vukic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 7 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 7/21 |
| % Converted | 50% | 33% |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Johnson broke his opponent 3 times with 50% conversion rate. Johnson was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. Vukic broke his opponents 7 times with 33% conversion rate. Aleksandar conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Johnson | |||
| R2 Quiroz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 62-41 | 62-41 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/56 | 29/56 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 23/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 17/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | -100 | |
| Vukic | ||||
| R1 Blanch |
R2 Polansky |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-75 7-66 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 36 | 56 | |
| pts | 68-56 | 121-113 | 189-169 | |
| Total points | 124 | 234 | 358 | |
| Winners | 29 | 58 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 48% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 15 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 37/62 | 74/116 | 111/178 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 64% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 58/74 | 87/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 17/42 | 32/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 40% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 4/12 | 7/21 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 6/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 167% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 50 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Donald YoungYoung (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
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Upcoming matches
- Denis IstominIstomin – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-0) – See H2H details
- Raymond SarmientoSarmiento – Jc AragoneAragone (0-1) – See H2H details
- Michael RedlickiRedlicki – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – See H2H details
- Brayden SchnurSchnur – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (0-1) – See H2H details
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Steve JohnsonJohnson (0-0) – See H2H details
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (0-0) – See H2H details
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – See H2H details
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Bradley KlahnKlahn (0-0) – See H2H details
