Martin Klizan and Borna Gojo will play each other in the semifinal of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:00 pm 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 -> 1.6
Martin Klizan -> 2.34

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Prediction and head to head Martin Klizan vs. Borna Gojo

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

Martin Klizan

Ranked no. 168, Klizan reached the semifinal after beating Illya Marchenko 7-66 6-3, Roberto Marcora 7-63 6-1 and Mackenzie Mcdonald 4-6 6-4 6-3.

In the quarter against Mcdonald, Martin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-3).-87) than Mcdonald. In fact, the world no. 168 won 87 points vs Mcdonald’s. That means that Klizan was more focused during the important points. The Slovakian was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Regarding the service games, Klizan bagged 4 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Martin Klizan lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Klizan put 59% of his first serves in, winning 71% (42/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 34% (14/41) on the 2nd serve. Martin broke Mcdonald 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Slovakian has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 52% of the points he played.

Klizan has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (297-215). 5-3 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Klizan has a 45-59 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Slovakian has a 11-10 win-loss record in 2020, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Istanbul Challenger

Martin didn’t play in the Istanbul Challenger in 2019.

Borna Gojo

Ranked no. 245 (career high), the Croatian got to the semifinal after defeating Cengiz Aksu 7-5 7-5, Andrea Arnaboldi 6-76 6-3 6-2, Taro Daniel 2-6 7-64 7-63, Jay Clarke 6-75 7-5 6-2 and Sebastian Ofner 6-3 1-0 ret..

In the quarter, Borna had a good straight sets win against Ofner (6-3 1-0 ret.). During the match Gojo scored 37 points vs Ofner’s 22. The Croatian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 9 winners.

Talking about serving, Gojo blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Borna Gojo lost the serve once. Furthermore, Gojo put 52% of his first serves in, winning 69% (9/13) of the points behind his 1st serve and 75% (9/12) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Ofner 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Croatian has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Borna’s best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in the Split Challenger.

The Croatian has a 23-12 win-loss record in 2020, 11-5 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 Klizan Gojo
Match played 3 4
Tot Set 7 11
Tot Games 71 121
Pts 226-210 403-370
Total Points 436 773
Winners 101 187
%Winners 45% 46%

Klizan played 3 matches while Gojo competed in 4 matches. Gojo started his run from the qualifications while Klizan had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Martin Klizan conceded 1 set, while Borna Gojo dropper 3 sets. Klizan has played 4 set(s) less than Gojo (7 vs 11). Therefore, Klizan played 50 games less than Gojo. The Slovakian scored 101 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Gojo scored 187 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Klizan Gojo
Aces 12 37
Avg per match 4 9.3
1st in 136/242 251/386
%1st in 56% 65%
1st pts 101/136 187/251
%1st pts 74% 75%
2nd pts 47/106 68/135
%2nd pts 44% 50%

Klizan made 12 aces (4 per match). Gojo bagged 37 aces (9.3 per match). Klizan won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 44% 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 Klizan Gojo
Won 11 15
Converted 11/19 15/29
% Converted 58% 52%
Conceded 23 28
Saved 16 19
% Saved 70% 68%
Times Broken 7 9

Martin broke his opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. Martin conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Gojo 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.

Klizan
R1
Marchenko		 R2
Marcora		 1/4
Mcdonald		 Total
Score 7-66 6-3 7-63 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 22 20 29 71
pts 73-65 66-53 87-92 226-210
Total points 138 119 179 436
Winners 28 31 42 101
%Winners 38% 47% 48% 45%
SERVE
Aces 1 7 4 12
Double Faults 7 4 7 18
1st in 38/73 39/69 59/100 136/242
% 1st in 52% 57% 59% 56%
1st pts 28/38 31/39 42/59 101/136
% 1st pts 74% 79% 71% 74%
2nd pts 20/35 13/30 14/41 47/106
% 2nd pts 57% 43% 34% 44%
Breaks
Won 2 4 5 11
Converted 2/2 4/8 5/9 11/19
Converted % 100% 50% 56% 58%
Conceded 4 10 9 23
Saved 3/4 8/10 5/9 16
Saved % 75% 80% 56% 70%
Times Broken 1 2 4 7
Gojo
Q1
Aksu		 Q3
Arnaboldi		 R1
Daniel		 R2
Clarke		 1/4
Ofner		 Total
Score 7-5 7-5 6-76 6-3 6-2 2-6 7-64 7-63 6-75 7-5 6-2 6-3 1-0 ret.
Tot Set 2 3 3 3 3 14
Tot Games 24 30 34 33 10 131
pts 78-76 97-76 114-118 114-100 37-22 440-392
Total points 154 173 232 214 59 832
Winners 36 46 52 53 9 196
%Winners 46% 47% 46% 46% 24% 45%
SERVE
Aces 4 14 7 12 2 39
Double Faults 7 3 7 3 1 21
1st in 43/76 56/89 77/116 75/105 13/25 264/411
% 1st in 57% 63% 66% 71% 52% 64%
1st pts 36/43 46/56 52/77 53/75 9/13 196/264
% 1st pts 84% 82% 68% 71% 69% 74%
2nd pts 14/33 21/33 16/39 17/30 9/12 77/147
% 2nd pts 42% 64% 41% 57% 75% 52%
Breaks
Won 3 3 4 5 3 18
Converted 3/6 3/5 4/8 5/10 3/6 18/35
Converted % 50% 60% 50% 50% 50% 51%
Conceded 4 0 14 10 1 29
Saved 3/4 0/0 8/14 8/10 0/1 19
Saved % 75% – 57% 80% 0% 71%
Times Broken 1 0 6 2 1 10

Tennis Scores in Istanbul Challenger

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