Henri Laaksonen and Borna Gojo will face off in the qualifications of the Australian Open Qualifying for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11.30 am on Court B. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Borna Gojo who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Borna Gojo is the pick to win this match.
Borna Gojo -> 1.727
Henri Laaksonen -> 2.11

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Prediction and head to head Henri Laaksonen vs. Borna Gojo

There is no head to head record between Henri Laaksonen and Borna Gojo since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Henri Laaksonen

Ranked no. 133, Laaksonen reached the qualifications after beating Tobias Kamke 7-5 6-3 and Steven Diez 3-6 6-4 6-2.

In the qualifications against Diez, Henri recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-2). During the match Laaksonen scored 92 points vs Diez’s 91. Henri was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Laaksonen blasted 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Henri Laaksonen lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Laaksonen put 54% of his first serves in, winning 67% (34/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (19/43) on the 2nd serve. Henri broke Diez 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Laaksonen has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.

Laaksonen has a positive match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (336-265). 2-0 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Laaksonen has a 73-66 record in the last years on hard.

Henri has a 2-0 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open Qualifying

Henri didn’t play at the Australian Open Qualifying in 2020.

Borna Gojo

Ranked no. 223, the Croatian reached the qualifications after defeating Sebastian Ofner 6-3 6-2 and Lorenzo Giustino 6-3 7-67.

In the qualifications, Gojo had a good straight sets win against Giustino (6-3 7-67). During the match Gojo scored 79 points vs Giustino’s 64. Borna was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Gojo recorded 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Borna Gojo was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (37/47) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gojo broke Giustino twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Borna hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

The Croatian has a 2-0 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Laaksonen Gojo
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 4
Tot Games 48 39
Pts 174-159 148-112
Total Points 333 260
Winners 68 70
%Winners 39% 47%

Both Laaksonen and Gojo played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Henri Laaksonen surrendered 1 set while Borna Gojo hasn’t lost a set so far. Laaksonen has played 1 set more than Gojo (5 vs 4). Therefore, Laaksonen played 9 games more than Gojo. Laaksonen scored 68 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian scored 70 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve Laaksonen Gojo
Aces 19 20
Avg per match 9.5 10
1st in 93/165 92/127
%1st in 56% 72%
1st pts 68/93 70/92
%1st pts 73% 76%
2nd pts 30/72 19/35
%2nd pts 42% 54%

Laaksonen made 19 aces (9.5 per match). Gojo made 20 aces (10 per match). Laaksonen won 73% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 42% 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 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Laaksonen Gojo
Won 10 6
Converted 10/26 6/15
% Converted 38% 40%
Conceded 16 4
Saved 9 2
% Saved 56% 50%
Times Broken 7 2

The Swiss broke his opponents 10 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Swiss surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. The Croatian broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Laaksonen
Q1
Kamke		 Q2
Diez		 Total
Score 7-5 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 21 27 48
pts 82-68 92-91 174-159
Total points 150 183 333
Winners 34 34 68
%Winners 41% 37% 39%
SERVE
Aces 12 7 19
Double Faults 1 4 5
1st in 42/71 51/94 93/165
% 1st in 59% 54% 56%
1st pts 34/42 34/51 68/93
% 1st pts 81% 67% 73%
2nd pts 11/29 19/43 30/72
% 2nd pts 38% 44% 42%
Breaks
Won 4 6 10
Converted 4/10 6/16 10/26
Converted % 40% 38% 38%
Conceded 7 9 16
Saved 5/7 4/9 9
Saved % 71% 44% 58%
Times Broken 2 5 7
Gojo
Q1
Ofner		 Q2
Giustino		 Total
Score 6-3 6-2 6-3 7-67
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 17 22 39
pts 69-48 79-64 148-112
Total points 117 143 260
Winners 33 37 70
%Winners 48% 47% 47%
SERVE
Aces 13 7 20
Double Faults 0 2 2
1st in 45/57 47/70 92/127
% 1st in 79% 67% 72%
1st pts 33/45 37/47 70/92
% 1st pts 73% 79% 76%
2nd pts 5/12 14/23 19/35
% 2nd pts 42% 61% 54%
Breaks
Won 4 2 6
Converted 4/9 2/6 6/15
Converted % 44% 33% 40%
Conceded 2 2 4
Saved 1/2 1/2 2
Saved % 50% 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1 2

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open Qualifying

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