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H2H. Steve Johnson vs Jack Sock | Indian Wells Challenger prediction, odds, preview, pick

Indian Wells Challenger. Johnson and Sock will fight against each other in final of the Indian Wells Challenger. See the H2H stats, odds, preview and predictions of their next match

Mark Hall

8 March 2020

Prediction and head to head Steve Johnson vs. Jack Sock

Steve Johnson and Jack Sock will clash against each other in the final of the Indian Wells Challenger for the 4^th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:30 pm on STADIUM 5. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Steve Johnson who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Steve Johnson is the pick to win this match.
Steve Johnson -> 1.50
Jack Sock -> 2.50

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Prediction and head to head Steve Johnson vs. Jack Sock

This will be the 4^th time that Steve Johnson and Jack Sock fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Johnson (see full H2H stats), but Sock has a winning record of 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Johnson won 6-4 5-7 6-1 in the 2^nd round in Delray beach back in February 2020.

Highlights Steve Johnson vs Steve Johnson – Delray beach 20-February-2020

Steve Johnson

Ranked no. 75, the American reached the 2^nd round after defeating Marc Polmans 6-1 3-6 6-2, Taro Daniel 7-6³ 6-2, Noah Rubin 6-3 6-3 and Mitchell Krueger 6-4 6-4.

In the semifinal, Johnson had a good straight sets win against Krueger (6-4 6-4). During the match Johnson scored 59 points vs Krueger’s 51. Steve was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about serving, Johnson blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Steve Johnson was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (18/25) of his 1st serve and 76% (22/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Johnson was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Krueger twice.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has lost 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.

Johnson has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (966-666). 16-5 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Johnson has a 293-213 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.

Johnson’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Bendigo Challenger.

The American has a 17-6 win-loss record in 2020, 16-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Indian Wells Challenger

Johnson didn’t play in the Indian Wells Challenger in 2019.

Jack Sock

Ranked no. 768, Jack got to the 2^nd round after beating Kaichi Uchida 6-1 5-7 6-2, Ugo Humbert 7-6⁵ 6-4, Evgeny Donskoy 6-4 4-6 7-6³, Denis Kudla 7-6⁵ 5-7 6-4 and Brandon Nakashima 6-7⁵ 6-3 6-4.

In the semifinal against Nakashima, Jack recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁵ 6-3 6-4). During the match Sock scored 96 points vs Nakashima’s 95. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about serving, Sock blasted 12 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Jack Sock lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Sock put 59% of his first serves in, winning 78% (51/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (21/45) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Nakashima 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Sock has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (609-514). 6-1 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sock has a 242-185 record in the last 10 years on hard.

Jack’s best result of the year was getting to the semi-finals in the Indian Wells Challenger.

Jack has a 6-2 win-loss record in 2020, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Indian Wells Challenger

The American didn’t compete in the Indian Wells Challenger in 2019.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Johnson	Sock
Match played	4	5
Tot Set	9	14
Tot Games	83	150
Pts	280-223	477-444
Total Points	503	921
Winners	91	213
%Winners	33%	45%

Johnson played 4 matches while Sock competed in 5 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Steve Johnson conceded 1 set, while Jack Sock dropper 4 sets. Johnson has played 5 sets less than Sock (9 vs 14). Therefore, Johnson played 67 games less than Sock. Steve scored 91 winners (33% on total points). On the other side, Sock blasted 213 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Johnson	Sock
Aces	23	45
Avg per match	5.8	9
1st in	117/242	276/478
%1st in	48%	58%
1st pts	91/117	213/276
%1st pts	78%	77%
2nd pts	80/125	100/202
%2nd pts	64%	50%

Johnson blasted 23 aces (5.8 per match). Sock blasted 45 aces (9 per match). Johnson won 78% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Sock won 77% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Johnson	Sock
Won	13	17
Converted	13/31	17/40
% Converted	42%	43%
Conceded	10	33
Saved	7	22
% Saved	70%	67%
Times Broken	3	11

Johnson broke his opponents 13 times with 42% conversion rate. Johnson conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Sock broke his opponents 17 times with 43% conversion rate. Jack conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

	R2 Polmans	R3 Daniel	1/4 Rubin	1/2 Krueger	Total
Johnson
Score	6-1 3-6 6-2	7-6³ 6-2	6-3 6-3	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	2	2	9
Tot Games	24	21	18	20	83
pts	81-68	72-56	68-48	59-51	280-223
Total points	149	128	116	110	503
Winners	27	27	19	18	91
%Winners	33%	38%	28%	31%	33%
SERVE
Aces	6	5	8	4	23
Double Faults	5	1	1	2	9
1st in	37/81	33/64	22/43	25/54	117/242
% 1st in	46%	52%	51%	46%	48%
1st pts	27/37	27/33	19/22	18/25	91/117
% 1st pts	73%	82%	86%	72%	78%
2nd pts	25/44	19/31	14/21	22/29	80/125
% 2nd pts	57%	61%	67%	76%	64%
Breaks
Won	5	2	4	2	13
Converted	5/9	2/5	4/15	2/2	13/31
Converted %	56%	40%	27%	100%	42%
Conceded	8	1	1	0	10
Saved	6/8	1/1	0/1	0/0	7
Saved %	75%	100%	0%	–	44%
Times Broken	2	0	1	0	-25

	R1 Uchida	R2 Humbert	R3 Donskoy	1/4 Kudla	1/2 Nakashima	Total
Sock
Score	6-1 5-7 6-2	7-6⁵ 6-4	6-4 4-6 7-6³	7-6⁵ 5-7 6-4	6-7⁵ 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	3	3	3	14
Tot Games	27	23	33	35	32	150
pts	86-72	83-66	102-103	110-108	96-95	477-444
Total points	158	149	205	218	191	921
Winners	38	31	42	51	51	213
%Winners	44%	37%	41%	46%	53%	45%
SERVE
Aces	6	7	9	11	12	45
Double Faults	1	6	3	4	9	23
1st in	47/80	39/70	57/103	68/115	65/110	276/478
% 1st in	59%	56%	55%	59%	59%	58%
1st pts	38/47	31/39	42/57	51/68	51/65	213/276
% 1st pts	81%	79%	74%	75%	78%	77%
2nd pts	15/33	16/31	24/46	24/47	21/45	100/202
% 2nd pts	45%	52%	52%	51%	47%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	3	3	3	3	17
Converted	5/7	3/11	3/8	3/10	3/4	17/40
Converted %	71%	27%	38%	30%	75%	43%
Conceded	6	3	6	13	5	33
Saved	4/6	1/3	3/6	10/13	4/5	22
Saved %	67%	33%	50%	77%	80%	77%
Times Broken	2	2	3	3	1	120