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H2H, PREDICTION Evgeny Donskoy vs Federico Gaio | Biella 2 Challenger odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Biella 2 Challenger. Donskoy and Gaio will square off in the quarter of the Biella 2 Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match

Mark Hall

19 February 2021

Prediction and head to head Evgeny Donskoy vs. Federico Gaio

Evgeny Donskoy and Federico Gaio will clash against each other in the quarter of the Biella 2 Challenger for the 3^rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on PALAPAJETTA COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Federico Gaio who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Federico Gaio is the pick to win this match.
Federico Gaio -> 1.83
Evgeny Donskoy -> 1.83

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Prediction and head to head Evgeny Donskoy vs. Federico Gaio

This will be the 3^rd time that Evgeny Donskoy and Federico Gaio play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Donskoy (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they locked horns, Donskoy won 6-3 6-2 in the 1^st round in the Recanati Challenger back in 2016.

Evgeny Donskoy

Ranked no. 123, Evgeny got to the 1^st round after defeating Mohamed Safwat 6-3 6-4 and Constant Lestienne 6-4 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Evgeny had a good straight sets win against Lestienne (6-4 6-2). During the match Donskoy scored 70 points vs Lestienne’s 53. Donskoy was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Donskoy scored 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Evgeny Donskoy lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Donskoy put 50% of his first serves in, winning 79% (26/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Evgeny broke Lestienne 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Evgeny hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Donskoy has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (314-263). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Donskoy has a 73-64 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

The Russian has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Biella 2 Challenger

The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.

Biella 2 Challenger

Donskoy's Record

Federico Gaio

Ranked no. 140, the Italian reached the 1^st round after beating Hiroki Moriya 6-3 6-1 and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-6² 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Gaio had a good straight sets win against Davidovich Fokina (7-6² 6-4). During the match Gaio scored 81 points vs Davidovich Fokina’s 73. Federico was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about serving, Gaio scored 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Federico Gaio lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Gaio put 60% of his first serves in, winning 72% (38/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (17/35) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Davidovich Fokina 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Federico hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Gaio’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Biella 1 Challenger.

Gaio has a 9-5 win-loss record in 2021, 9-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Donskoy	Gaio
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	37	39
Pts	128-96	138-112
Total Points	224	250
Winners	46	58
%Winners	36%	42%

Both Donskoy and Gaio played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Donskoy and Gaio have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Donskoy played 2 games less than Gaio. Donskoy scored 46 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian managed to score 58 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Donskoy	Gaio
Aces	13	12
Avg per match	6.5	6
1st in	55/117	82/138
%1st in	47%	59%
1st pts	46/55	58/82
%1st pts	84%	71%
2nd pts	37/62	30/56
%2nd pts	60%	54%

Donskoy scored 13 aces (6.5 per match). Gaio blasted 12 aces (6 per match). Donskoy won 84% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Gaio won 71% of the points behind 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	Donskoy	Gaio
Won	6	8
Converted	6/10	8/18
% Converted	60%	44%
Conceded	7	13
Saved	6	10
% Saved	86%	77%
Times Broken	1	3

The Russian broke his opponents 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. Gaio conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.

	R1 Safwat	R2 Lestienne	Total
Donskoy
Score	6-3 6-4	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	19	18	37
pts	58-43	70-53	128-96
Total points	101	123	224
Winners	20	26	46
%Winners	34%	37%	36%
SERVE
Aces	5	8	13
Double Faults	0	4	4
1st in	22/51	33/66	55/117
% 1st in	43%	50%	47%
1st pts	20/22	26/33	46/55
% 1st pts	91%	79%	84%
2nd pts	21/29	16/33	37/62
% 2nd pts	72%	48%	60%
Breaks
Won	2	4	6
Converted	2/4	4/6	6/10
Converted %	50%	67%	60%
Conceded	1	6	7
Saved	1/1	5/6	6
Saved %	100%	83%	92%
Times Broken	0	1	1

	R1 Moriya	R2 Davidovich Fokina	Total
Gaio
Score	6-3 6-1	7-6² 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	16	23	39
pts	57-39	81-73	138-112
Total points	96	154	250
Winners	20	38	58
%Winners	35%	47%	42%
SERVE
Aces	5	7	12
Double Faults	3	1	4
1st in	29/50	53/88	82/138
% 1st in	58%	60%	59%
1st pts	20/29	38/53	58/82
% 1st pts	69%	72%	71%
2nd pts	13/21	17/35	30/56
% 2nd pts	62%	49%	54%
Breaks
Won	5	3	8
Converted	5/10	3/8	8/18
Converted %	50%	38%	44%
Conceded	3	10	13
Saved	2/3	8/10	10
Saved %	67%	80%	74%
Times Broken	1	2	3