H2H, PREDICTION Jay Clarke vs Borna Gojo | Istanbul Challenger odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Jay Clarke vs. Borna Gojo

Jay Clarke and Borna Gojo will square off in the 2nd round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:30 am on LIMAK COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Borna Gojo who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Borna Gojo is the pick to win this match.
Borna Gojo -> 1.6
Jay Clarke -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Jay Clarke vs. Borna Gojo

There is no head to head record between Jay Clarke and Borna Gojo since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Jay Clarke

Ranked no. 189, Jay reached the 2nd round after beating Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-4 6-0.

In the 1st round, Clarke had a good straight sets win against Stakhovsky (6-4 6-0). During the match Clarke scored 62 points vs Stakhovsky’s 37. Jay was exceptionally aggressive to blast 14 winners.

Regarding the service games, Clarke wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Jay Clarke lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Clarke put 41% of his first serves in, winning 70% (14/20) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (20/29) on the 2nd serve. Jay broke Stakhovsky 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Clarke has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 60% of his matches (162-107). 4-4 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Clarke has a 71-41 record in the last 5 years on hard.

Jay’s best result of the year was reaching the semi-finals in the Burnie Challenger.

Clarke has a 5-8 win-loss record in 2020, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Istanbul Challenger

The Brit lost in the 2nd round to Lucas Miedler.

Borna Gojo

Ranked no. 245 (career high), Borna reached the 2nd round after beating Cengiz Aksu 7-5 7-5, Andrea Arnaboldi 6-76 6-3 6-2 and Taro Daniel 2-6 7-64 7-63.

In the 1st round against Daniel, Borna recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-64 7-63).-114) than Daniel. In fact, the world no. 189 won 114 points vs Daniel’s. That means that Gojo was more focused during the important points. Gojo was quite aggressive to blast 52 winners.

Talking about serving, Gojo made 7 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Borna Gojo lost the serve 6 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Gojo put 66% of his first serves in, winning 68% (52/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (16/39) on the 2nd serve. Gojo broke Daniel 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Borna’s best result of the current season was reaching the semi-finals in the Split Challenger.

Borna has a 21-12 win-loss record in 2020, 9-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Istanbul Challenger

Gojo didn’t compete in the Istanbul Challenger in 2019.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Clarke Gojo
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 8
Tot Games 16 88
Pts 62-37 289-270
Total Points 99 559
Winners 14 134
%Winners 23% 46%

Clarke played 1 match while Gojo competed in 3 matches. Gojo started his run from the qualifications while Clarke had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Borna Gojo lost 2 sets while Jay Clarke hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Clarke has played 6 set(s) less than Gojo (2 vs 8). Therefore, Clarke played 72 games less than Gojo. The Brit scored 14 winners (23% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian managed to score 134 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Clarke Gojo
Aces 0 25
Avg per match 0 8.3
1st in 20/49 176/281
%1st in 41% 63%
1st pts 14/20 134/176
%1st pts 70% 76%
2nd pts 20/29 51/105
%2nd pts 69% 49%

Clarke didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Gojo bagged 25 aces (8.3 per match). Clarke won 70% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Gojo won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Clarke Gojo
Won 5 10
Converted 5/9 10/19
% Converted 56% 53%
Conceded 3 18
Saved 2 11
% Saved 67% 61%
Times Broken 1 7

Jay broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Brit surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Croatian broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Gojo conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.

Clarke
R1
Stakhovsky
Total
Score 6-4 6-0
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 62-37 62-37
Total points 99 99
Winners 14 14
%Winners 23% 23%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 20/49 20/49
% 1st in 41% 41%
1st pts 14/20 14/20
% 1st pts 70% 70%
2nd pts 20/29 20/29
% 2nd pts 69% 69%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/9 5/9
Converted % 56% 56%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 2/3 2
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 1 1
Gojo
Q1
Aksu
Q3
Arnaboldi
R1
Daniel
Total
Score 7-5 7-5 6-76 6-3 6-2 2-6 7-64 7-63
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 24 30 34 88
pts 78-76 97-76 114-118 289-270
Total points 154 173 232 559
Winners 36 46 52 134
%Winners 46% 47% 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 4 14 7 25
Double Faults 7 3 7 17
1st in 43/76 56/89 77/116 176/281
% 1st in 57% 63% 66% 63%
1st pts 36/43 46/56 52/77 134/176
% 1st pts 84% 82% 68% 76%
2nd pts 14/33 21/33 16/39 51/105
% 2nd pts 42% 64% 41% 49%
Breaks
Won 3 3 4 10
Converted 3/6 3/5 4/8 10/19
Converted % 50% 60% 50% 53%
Conceded 4 0 14 18
Saved 3/4 0/0 8/14 11
Saved % 75% 57% 132%
Times Broken 1 0 6 7

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Clarke
LLWWLWWLWW
Gojo
LWLWLWLLLL
2024 2023 2022
46 - 25
2 - 7
6-3
Hard
1-6
3-3
I Hard
1-1
36-17
Clay
0-0
1-2
Grass
0-0

Tennis Scores in Istanbul Challenger

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