Emilio Gomez and Hiroki Moriya will face off in the quarter of the Salinas 2 Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:00 am on CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emilio Gomez who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emilio Gomez is the pick to win this match.
Emilio Gomez -> 1.64
Hiroki Moriya -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Emilio Gomez vs. Hiroki Moriya
This will be the 2nd time that Emilio Gomez and Hiroki Moriya face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Moriya (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Moriya won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in the Granby Challenger back in 2016.
Emilio Gomez
Ranked no. 204, Gomez reached the quarter after defeating Vladyslav Orlov 6-1 6-1 and Camilo Ugo Carabelli 7-62 7-61.
In the 2nd round, Gomez had a good straight sets win against Ugo Carabelli (7-62 7-61). During the match Gomez scored 84 points vs Ugo Carabelli’s 70. Emilio was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gomez managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Emilio Gomez was extremely effective on serve to win 85% (41/48) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Ecuadorian broke Ugo Carabelli once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Emilio started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.
Gomez has a good record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (295-206). 3-4 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gomez has a 132-78 record in the last years on hard.
Gomez’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Cleveland Challenger.
Emilio has a 10-12 win-loss record in 2021, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Salinas 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2014. See his history.
Hiroki Moriya
Ranked no. 266, Moriya got to the quarter after beating Denis Yevseyev 7-61 6-2 and Tak Khunn Wang 6-0 7-63.
In the 2nd round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Khunn Wang (6-0 7-63). During the match Moriya scored 72 points vs Khunn Wang’s 53. Moriya was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Moriya made 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Hiroki Moriya lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Moriya put 49% of his first serves in, winning 66% (19/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the 2nd serve. Hiroki broke Khunn Wang 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Moriya started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.
Moriya has a 4-8 win-loss record in 2021, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gomez | Moriya |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 40 |
| Pts | 145-105 | 142-107 |
| Total Points | 250 | 249 |
| Winners | 60 | 39 |
| %Winners | 41% | 27% |
Both Gomez and Moriya played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gomez and Moriya have played the same amount of sets 4. They also played the same amount of games (40). Emilio scored 60 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese scored 39 winners (27%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gomez | Moriya |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 72/110 | 59/112 |
| %1st in | 65% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 60/72 | 39/59 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 25/38 | 29/53 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 55% |
Gomez recorded 12 aces (6 per match). Moriya recorded 6 aces (3 per match). Gomez won 83% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Moriya won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gomez | Moriya |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 12 |
| Converted | 6/15 | 12/27 |
| % Converted | 40% | 44% |
| Conceded | 3 | 11 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 67% | 36% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
Gomez broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Ecuadorian lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Moriya broke his opponents 12 times with a 44% conversion rate. Moriya conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 36% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gomez | ||||
| R1 Orlov |
R2 Ugo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 7-62 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 26 | 40 | |
| pts | 61-35 | 84-70 | 145-105 | |
| Total points | 96 | 154 | 250 | |
| Winners | 19 | 41 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 49% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 24/39 | 48/71 | 72/110 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 68% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 19/24 | 41/48 | 60/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 85% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 14/23 | 25/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 61% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 1/3 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 33% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Moriya | ||||
| R1 Yevseyev |
R2 Khunn Wang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-2 | 6-0 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 19 | 40 | |
| pts | 70-54 | 72-53 | 142-107 | |
| Total points | 124 | 125 | 249 | |
| Winners | 20 | 19 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 26% | 27% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 30/53 | 29/59 | 59/112 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 49% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 20/30 | 19/29 | 39/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 16/30 | 29/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 53% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/15 | 12/27 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 40% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 1/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 25% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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