Sebastian Ofner and Borna Gojo will face off in the quarter of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on LIMAK 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 -> 1.55
Sebastian Ofner -> 2.45
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Ofner vs. Borna Gojo
There is no head to head record between Sebastian Ofner and Borna Gojo since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Sebastian Ofner
Ranked no. 176, Ofner reached the quarter after defeating Marsel Ilhan 6-77 6-4 6-4 and Altug Celikbilek 4-6 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Celikbilek, The Austrian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-3). During the match Ofner scored 97 points vs Celikbilek’s 92. The Austrian was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ofner managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Sebastian Ofner was pretty effective on serve to win 72% (46/64) of his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Ofner broke Celikbilek 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Austrian has lost 2 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Ofner has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 57% of his matches (182-135). 3-4 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ofner has a 69-35 record in the last 5 years on hard.
Ofner has a 11-12 win-loss record in 2020, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Istanbul Challenger
Sebastian didn’t compete in the Istanbul Challenger in 2019.
Borna Gojo
Ranked no. 245 (career high), the Croatian reached the quarter after defeating Cengiz Aksu 7-5 7-5, Andrea Arnaboldi 6-76 6-3 6-2, Taro Daniel 2-6 7-64 7-63 and Jay Clarke 6-75 7-5 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Clarke, Borna recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 7-5 6-2). During the match Gojo scored 114 points vs Clarke’s 100. The Croatian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Talking about serving, Gojo scored 12 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Borna Gojo was extremely efficent on serve to win 71% (53/75) of his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Gojo broke Clarke 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gojo has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Gojo’s best result of the current season was getting to the semi-finals in the Split Challenger.
Gojo has a 22-12 win-loss record in 2020, 10-5 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 | Ofner | Gojo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 64 | 121 |
| Pts | 201-185 | 403-370 |
| Total Points | 386 | 773 |
| Winners | 88 | 187 |
| %Winners | 44% | 46% |
Ofner played 2 matches while Gojo competed in 4 matches. Gojo started his run from the qualifications while Ofner had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Sebastian Ofner conceded 2 sets, while Borna Gojo dropper 3 sets. Ofner has played 5 set(s) less than Gojo (6 vs 11). Therefore, Ofner played 57 games less than Gojo. Sebastian scored 88 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian fired 187 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ofner | Gojo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 37 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 9.3 |
| 1st in | 118/200 | 251/386 |
| %1st in | 59% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 88/118 | 187/251 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 48/82 | 68/135 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 50% |
Ofner struck 14 aces (7 per match). Gojo blasted 37 aces (9.3 per match). Ofner won 75% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Gojo won 75% of the 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 | Ofner | Gojo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 15 |
| Converted | 7/15 | 15/29 |
| % Converted | 47% | 52% |
| Conceded | 11 | 28 |
| Saved | 7 | 19 |
| % Saved | 64% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 9 |
Sebastian broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Sebastian dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The Croatian broke his opponents 15 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ofner | ||||
| R1 Ilhan |
R2 Celikbilek |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-77 6-4 6-4 | 4-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 31 | 64 | |
| pts | 104-93 | 97-92 | 201-185 | |
| Total points | 197 | 189 | 386 | |
| Winners | 42 | 46 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 47% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 5 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 54/100 | 64/100 | 118/200 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 64% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 42/54 | 46/64 | 88/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 72% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/46 | 20/36 | 48/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 56% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/6 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 50% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 4/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 67% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Gojo | ||||||
| Q1 Aksu |
Q3 Arnaboldi |
R1 Daniel |
R2 Clarke |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | 6-76 6-3 6-2 | 2-6 7-64 7-63 | 6-75 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 30 | 34 | 33 | 121 | |
| pts | 78-76 | 97-76 | 114-118 | 114-100 | 403-370 | |
| Total points | 154 | 173 | 232 | 214 | 773 | |
| Winners | 36 | 46 | 52 | 53 | 187 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 47% | 46% | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 37 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 | |
| 1st in | 43/76 | 56/89 | 77/116 | 75/105 | 251/386 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 63% | 66% | 71% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 36/43 | 46/56 | 52/77 | 53/75 | 187/251 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 82% | 68% | 71% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/33 | 21/33 | 16/39 | 17/30 | 68/135 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 64% | 41% | 57% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/5 | 4/8 | 5/10 | 15/29 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 60% | 50% | 50% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 28 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 0/0 | 8/14 | 8/10 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 57% | 80% | 106% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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