Evgeny Donskoy and Federico Gaio will clash against each other in the quarter of the Biella 2 Challenger for the 3rd 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 3rd 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 1st round in the Recanati Challenger back in 2016.
Evgeny Donskoy
Ranked no. 123, Evgeny got to the 1st round after defeating Mohamed Safwat 6-3 6-4 and Constant Lestienne 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd 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.
Federico Gaio
Ranked no. 140, the Italian reached the 1st round after beating Hiroki Moriya 6-3 6-1 and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-62 6-4.
In the 2nd 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.
| Donskoy | ||||
| R1 Safwat |
R2 Lestienne |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Gaio | ||||
| R1 Moriya |
R2 Davidovich Fokina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Head 2 Head
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