Pedro Sousa and Borna Gojo will square off in the semifinal of the Split Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Borna Gojo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Borna Gojo is the pick to win this match.
Borna Gojo -> 1.82
Pedro Sousa -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Sousa vs. Borna Gojo
There is no head to head record between Pedro Sousa and Borna Gojo since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Pedro Sousa
Ranked no. 113, Pedro got to the semifinal after defeating Hugo Grenier 6-4 6-4, Zdenek Kolar 6-1 3-6 6-2 and Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-4 7-67.
In the quarter, Pedro had a good straight sets win against Martin Etcheverry (6-4 7-67). During the match Sousa scored 74 points vs Martin Etcheverry’s 70. Pedro was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sousa was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Pedro Sousa lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Sousa put 86% of his first serves in, winning 57% (38/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (5/11) on the 2nd serve. Sousa broke Martin Etcheverry 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Portuguese has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Sousa has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (372-212). 9-7 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sousa has a 339-179 record in the last years on clay.
Sousa’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Buenos Aires.
Sousa has a 10-9 win-loss record in 2020, 9-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Split Challenger
Pedro didn’t play in the Split Challenger in 2019.
Borna Gojo
Ranked no. 270, Borna reached the semifinal after beating Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera 4-6 6-3 6-4, Botic Van De Zandschulp 7-68 2-6 6-4 and Alessandro Giannessi 6-3 6-3.
In the quarter, Borna had a good straight sets win against Giannessi (6-3 6-3). During the match Gojo scored 57 points vs Giannessi’s 39. Borna was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Gojo recorded 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Borna Gojo was extremely efficent on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Gojo broke Giannessi 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Borna has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Gojo has a 15-10 win-loss record in 2020, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Split Challenger
Gojo didn’t play in the Split Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sousa | Gojo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 67 | 78 |
| Pts | 235-206 | 244-232 |
| Total Points | 441 | 476 |
| Winners | 103 | 98 |
| %Winners | 44% | 40% |
Both Sousa and Gojo played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Pedro Sousa conceded 1 set, while Borna Gojo dropper 2 sets. Sousa has played 1 set(s) less than Gojo (7 vs 8). Therefore, Sousa played 11 games less than Gojo. The Portuguese scored 103 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Gojo fired 98 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sousa | Gojo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 1.7 | 7.7 |
| 1st in | 172/227 | 137/232 |
| %1st in | 76% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 103/172 | 98/137 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 28/55 | 48/95 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 51% |
Sousa managed to score 5 aces (1.7 per match). Gojo fired 23 aces (7.7 per match). Sousa won 60% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Gojo won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sousa | Gojo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 11 |
| Converted | 15/26 | 11/21 |
| % Converted | 58% | 52% |
| Conceded | 20 | 16 |
| Saved | 11 | 8 |
| % Saved | 55% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 8 |
The Portuguese broke his opponents 15 times with a 58% conversion rate. Sousa conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. The Croatian broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Gojo conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sousa | |||||
| R1 Grenier |
R2 Kolar |
1/4 Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-1 3-6 6-2 | 6-4 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 24 | 23 | 67 | |
| pts | 69-56 | 92-80 | 74-70 | 235-206 | |
| Total points | 125 | 172 | 144 | 441 | |
| Winners | 23 | 42 | 38 | 103 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 46% | 51% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 36/51 | 69/98 | 67/78 | 172/227 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 70% | 86% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 23/36 | 42/69 | 38/67 | 103/172 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 61% | 57% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 12/29 | 5/11 | 28/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 41% | 45% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 7/9 | 4/5 | 15/26 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 78% | 80% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 13 | 4 | 20 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 9/13 | 1/4 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 69% | 25% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
| Gojo | |||||
| R1 Tomas Barrios Vera |
R2 Van De Zandschulp |
1/4 Giannessi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | 7-68 2-6 6-4 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 31 | 18 | 78 | |
| pts | 88-83 | 99-110 | 57-39 | 244-232 | |
| Total points | 171 | 209 | 96 | 476 | |
| Winners | 39 | 37 | 22 | 98 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 37% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 8 | 4 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 51/91 | 58/96 | 28/45 | 137/232 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 60% | 62% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 39/51 | 37/58 | 22/28 | 98/137 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 64% | 79% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/40 | 19/38 | 9/17 | 48/95 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | 53% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/9 | 5/8 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 33% | 63% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 | 4 | 16 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 5/9 | 2/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 56% | 50% | 46% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
LL Tennis Scores in Split Challenger
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Maximilian MartererMarterer (7-66 3-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Pedro SousaSousa – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-4 7-67) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pedro SousaSousa – Borna GojoGojo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
