Borna Gojo and Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera will face off in the 2nd round of the Sibiu Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11 am on Court 7. 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 Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera is the pick to win this match.
Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera -> 1.69
Borna Gojo -> 2.12

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Prediction and head to head Borna Gojo vs. Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera

There is no head to head record between Borna Gojo and Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Borna Gojo

Ranked no. 281, the Croatian got to the 2nd round after beating Nino Serdarusic 7-5 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Serdarusic (7-5 6-4). During the match Gojo scored 70 points vs Serdarusic’s 58. The Croatian was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gojo struck 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Borna Gojo was very efficent on serve to win 78% (29/37) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gojo was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Serdarusic 3 times.

Gojo has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 59% of his matches (111-77). 3-3 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gojo has a 21-21 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.

Gojo has a 11-9 win-loss record in 2020, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Sibiu Challenger

The Croatian didn’t compete in the Sibiu Challenger in 2019.

Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera

Ranked no. 284, Tomas Barrios Vera got to the 2nd round after defeating Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 6-2 6-3.

In the 1st round, Marcelo had a good straight sets win against Menendez-Maceiras (6-2 6-3). During the match Tomas Barrios Vera scored 64 points vs Menendez-Maceiras’s 41. The Chilean was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about serving, Tomas Barrios Vera wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera was exceptionally effective on serve to win 80% (20/25) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Marcelo broke Menendez-Maceiras 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

The Chilean’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Lima.

Tomas Barrios Vera has a 13-6 win-loss record in 2020, 12-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Sibiu Challenger

Marcelo didn’t play in the Sibiu Challenger in 2019.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Gojo Tomas Barrios Vera
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 17
Pts 70-58 64-41
Total Points 128 105
Winners 29 20
%Winners 41% 31%

Both Gojo and Tomas Barrios Vera played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gojo and Tomas Barrios Vera have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gojo played 5 games more than Tomas Barrios Vera. Borna scored 29 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Tomas Barrios Vera blasted 20 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve Gojo Tomas Barrios Vera
Aces 4 0
Avg per match 4 0
1st in 37/63 25/49
%1st in 59% 51%
1st pts 29/37 20/25
%1st pts 78% 80%
2nd pts 15/26 13/24
%2nd pts 58% 54%

Gojo struck 4 aces . Tomas Barrios Vera didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Gojo won 78% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Tomas Barrios Vera won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Gojo Tomas Barrios Vera
Won 3 5
Converted 3/3 5/9
% Converted 100% 56%
Conceded 3 2
Saved 2 1
% Saved 67% 50%
Times Broken 1 1

The Croatian broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Borna dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Marcelo broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Chilean conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Gojo
R1
Serdarusic
Total
Score 7-5 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 70-58 70-58
Total points 128 128
Winners 29 29
%Winners 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 37/63 37/63
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 29/37 29/37
% 1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 15/26 15/26
% 2nd pts 58% 58%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/3 3/3
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 2/3 2
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 1 1
Tomas Barrios Vera
R1
Menendez-Maceiras
Total
Score 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 64-41 64-41
Total points 105 105
Winners 20 20
%Winners 31% 31%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 25/49 25/49
% 1st in 51% 51%
1st pts 20/25 20/25
% 1st pts 80% 80%
2nd pts 13/24 13/24
% 2nd pts 54% 54%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/9 5/9
Converted % 56% 56%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores in Sibiu Challenger

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