Emilio Gomez and Aleksandar Vukic will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Columbus Challenger for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emilio Gomez who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Emilio Gomez is the pick to win this match.
Emilio Gomez -> 1.66
Aleksandar Vukic -> 2.10

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Prediction and head to head Emilio Gomez vs. Aleksandar Vukic

This will be the 3rd time that Emilio Gomez and Aleksandar Vukic square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Vukic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they locked horns, Vukic won 7-5 7-64 in the 1st round in Canberra Challenger back in January 2020.

Emilio Gomez

Ranked no. 149, Emilio reached the 1st round after beating Ricardo Rodriguez-Pace 6-4 6-0

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In the 2nd round, Emilio had a good straight sets win against Rodriguez (6-4 6-0). During the match Gomez scored 64 points vs Rodriguez’s 45. The Ecuadorian was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Gomez blasted 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Emilio Gomez conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Gomez put 55% of his first serves in, winning 91% (29/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (9/26) on the 2nd serve. Gomez broke Rodriguez 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Gomez has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (135-85). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gomez has a 186-154 win-loss record in the last 10 years on indoor hard courts.

Gomez’s best result of the current season was getting to the semi-finals in the Dallas Challenger.

Emilio has a 6-5 win-loss record in 2020, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Columbus Challenger

Gomez lost in the semifinal 6-2 7-65 to Jeff Wolf.

Aleksandar Vukic

Ranked no. 254, Vukic got to the 1st round after defeating Antoine Escoffier 6-3 7-66.

In the 2nd round, Vukic had a good straight sets win against Escoffier (6-3 7-66). During the match Vukic scored 71 points vs Escoffier’s 60. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Vukic blasted 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Aleksandar Vukic was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (30/36) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Escoffier 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Vukic has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 56% of his matches (63-50). 2-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vukic has a 49-41 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.

The Australian has a 7-5 win-loss record in 2020, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Columbus Challenger

Aleksandar didn’t compete in the Columbus Challenger in 2019.

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Gomez Vukic
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 22
Pts 64-45 71-60
Total Points 109 131
Winners 29 30
%Winners 45% 42%

Both Gomez and Vukic played 1 matche. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gomez and Vukic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gomez played 6 games less than Vukic. The Ecuadorian scored 29 winners (45% on total points). On the other side, The Australian blasted 30 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Gomez Vukic
Aces 2 11
Avg per match 2 11
1st in 32/58 36/63
%1st in 55% 57%
1st pts 29/32 30/36
%1st pts 91% 83%
2nd pts 9/26 16/27
%2nd pts 35% 59%

Gomez blasted 2 aces . Vukic blasted 11 aces . Gomez won 91% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 35% of the points. On the other side, Vukic won 83% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Gomez Vukic
Won 4 3
Converted 4/8 3/7
% Converted 50% 43%
Conceded 3 1
Saved 3 0
% Saved 100% 0%
Times Broken 0 1

The Ecuadorian broke his opponent 4 times with 50% conversion rate. The Ecuadorian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. Vukic broke his opponent 3 times with 43% conversion rate. Aleksandar conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Gomez
R2
Rodriguez
Total
Score 6-4 6-0
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 64-45 64-45
Total points 109 109
Winners 29 29
%Winners 45% 45%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 32/58 32/58
% 1st in 55% 55%
1st pts 29/32 29/32
% 1st pts 91% 91%
2nd pts 9/26 9/26
% 2nd pts 35% 35%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/8 4/8
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 3/3 3
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 -100
Vukic
R2
Escoffier
Total
Score 6-3 7-66
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 71-60 71-60
Total points 131 131
Winners 30 30
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 11 11
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 36/63 36/63
% 1st in 57% 57%
1st pts 30/36 30/36
% 1st pts 83% 83%
2nd pts 16/27 16/27
% 2nd pts 59% 59%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/7
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 0/1 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 1 0

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