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H2H. Daniel Elahi Galan vs Thai Kwiatkowski | Newport Beach Challenger prediction, odds, preview, pick

Newport Beach Challenger. Elahi Galan Riveros and Kwiatkowski will fight against each other in the final of the the Newport Beach Challenger. See the H2H stats, odds, preview and predictions of their next match

Mark Hall

2 February 2020

Prediction and head to head Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Thai Kwiatkowski

Daniel Elahi Galan and Thai Kwiatkowski will face off in the final of the the Newport Beach Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thai Kwiatkowski who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Thai Kwiatkowski is the pick to win this match.
Thai Kwiatkowski -> 1.80
Daniel Elahi Galan -> 1.90

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Prediction and head to head Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Thai Kwiatkowski

There is no head to head record between Daniel Elahi Galan and Thai Kwiatkowski since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Daniel Elahi Galan

Ranked no. 186, Elahi Galan Riveros reached the final after beating James Ward 6-4 3-6 6-2, Rudolf Molleker 6-3 6-1, Miomir Kecmanovic 6-3 6-7⁶ 6-3, Christopher Eubanks 4-6 7-6⁵ 6-3 and Mitchell Krueger 6-2 7-6³.

In the semifinal, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Krueger (6-2 7-6³). During the match Elahi Galan Riveros scored 84 points vs Krueger’s 68. The Colombian was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Elahi Galan Riveros blasted 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Daniel Elahi Galan lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Elahi Galan Riveros put 65% of his first serves in, winning 72% (34/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. The Colombian broke Krueger 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Colombian has conceded 3 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.

Elahi Galan Riveros has a losing record in the last 8 years having won 45% of his matches (212-173). 10-2 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Elahi Galan Riveros has a 118-111 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

The Colombian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in the Newport Beach Challenger.

Daniel has a 10-2 win-loss record in 2020, 10-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Newport Beach Challenger

Elahi Galan Riveros lost in the 1^st round 4-6 6-4 6-2 to Danilo Petrovic.

Thai Kwiatkowski

Ranked no. 271, Thai reached the final after defeating Collin Altamirano 6-1 6-3, Emilio Gomez 7-5 6-3, Brayden Schnur 3-6 6-3 6-2, Denis Istomin 7-6⁶ 6-4 and Steve Johnson 3-6 7-6⁴ 6-1.

In the semifinal against Johnson, Kwiatkowski recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-6⁴ 6-1). During the match Kwiatkowski scored 106 points vs Johnson’s 92. Thai was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about serving, Kwiatkowski blasted 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Thai Kwiatkowski was extremely effective on serve to win 88% (45/51) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Thai broke Johnson 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Thai has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Kwiatkowski has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (235-167). 7-2 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kwiatkowski has a 49-45 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

Kwiatkowski’s best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in the Newport Beach Challenger.

The American has a 7-2 win-loss record in 2020, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Newport Beach Challenger

Kwiatkowski lost in the 1^st round 6-3 6-4 to Victor Estrella.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Elahi Galan Riveros	Kwiatkowski
Match played	5	5
Tot Set	13	12
Tot Games	127	115
Pts	461-393	399-338
Total Points	854	737
Winners	184	163
%Winners	40%	41%

Both Elahi Galan Riveros and Kwiatkowski played 5 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Daniel Elahi Galan conceded 3 sets, while Thai Kwiatkowski dropper 2 sets. Elahi Galan Riveros has played 1 sets more than Kwiatkowski (13 vs 12). Therefore, Elahi Galan Riveros played 12 games more than Kwiatkowski. Daniel scored 184 winners (40% on total points). On the other side, The American blasted 163 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Elahi Galan Riveros	Kwiatkowski
Aces	47	37
Avg per match	9.4	7.4
1st in	262/416	194/340
%1st in	63%	57%
1st pts	184/262	163/194
%1st pts	70%	84%
2nd pts	83/154	81/146
%2nd pts	54%	55%

Elahi Galan Riveros blasted 47 aces (9.4 per match). Kwiatkowski blasted 37 aces (7.4 per match). Elahi Galan Riveros won 70% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Kwiatkowski won 84% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Elahi Galan Riveros	Kwiatkowski
Won	21	16
Converted	21/49	16/52
% Converted	43%	31%
Conceded	30	17
Saved	20	12
% Saved	67%	71%
Times Broken	10	5

Elahi Galan Riveros broke his opponents 21 times with 43% conversion rate. Elahi Galan Riveros conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Kwiatkowski broke his opponents 16 times with 31% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

	R1 Ward	R2 Molleker	R3 Kecmanovic	1/4 Eubanks	1/2 Krueger	Total
Elahi Galan Riveros
Score	6-4 3-6 6-2	6-3 6-1	6-3 6-7⁶ 6-3	4-6 7-6⁵ 6-3	6-2 7-6³
Tot Set	3	2	3	3	2	13
Tot Games	27	16	31	32	21	127
pts	93-81	63-37	112-105	109-102	84-68	461-393
Total points	174	100	217	211	152	854
Winners	37	19	53	41	34	184
%Winners	40%	30%	47%	38%	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	14	9	10	6	8	47
Double Faults	1	1	4	2	2	10
1st in	49/73	22/40	85/126	59/105	47/72	262/416
% 1st in	67%	55%	67%	56%	65%	63%
1st pts	37/49	19/22	53/85	41/59	34/47	184/262
% 1st pts	76%	86%	62%	69%	72%	70%
2nd pts	14/24	11/18	21/41	26/46	11/25	83/154
% 2nd pts	58%	61%	51%	57%	44%	54%
Breaks
Won	4	5	5	3	4	21
Converted	4/16	5/9	5/7	3/9	4/8	21/49
Converted %	25%	56%	71%	33%	50%	43%
Conceded	5	1	8	13	3	30
Saved	3/5	0/1	5/8	11/13	1/3	20
Saved %	60%	0%	63%	85%	33%	48%
Times Broken	2	1	3	2	2	100

	R1 Altamirano	R2 Gomez	R3 Schnur	1/4 Istomin	1/2 Johnson	Total
Kwiatkowski
Score	6-1 6-3	7-5 6-3	3-6 6-3 6-2	7-6⁶ 6-4	3-6 7-6⁴ 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	3	12
Tot Games	16	21	26	23	29	115
pts	65-43	65-58	87-79	76-66	106-92	399-338
Total points	108	123	166	142	198	737
Winners	23	32	30	33	45	163
%Winners	35%	49%	34%	43%	42%	41%
SERVE
Aces	5	8	9	5	10	37
Double Faults	1	2	3	1	1	8
1st in	26/41	41/69	36/83	40/69	51/78	194/340
% 1st in	63%	59%	43%	58%	65%	57%
1st pts	23/26	32/41	30/36	33/40	45/51	163/194
% 1st pts	88%	78%	83%	83%	88%	84%
2nd pts	9/15	14/28	22/47	21/29	15/27	81/146
% 2nd pts	60%	50%	47%	72%	56%	55%
Breaks
Won	4	3	5	1	3	16
Converted	4/17	3/4	5/17	1/3	3/11	16/52
Converted %	24%	75%	29%	33%	27%	31%
Conceded	0	5	4	4	4	17
Saved	0/0	4/5	1/4	4/4	3/4	12
Saved %	–	80%	25%	100%	75%	56%
Times Broken	0	1	3	0	1	0