Emilio Gomez and Ulises Blanch will fight against each other in the quarter of the Little Rock Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.57
Ulises Blanch -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Emilio Gomez vs. Ulises Blanch
This will be the 2nd time that Emilio Gomez and Ulises Blanch square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Gomez (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Gomez won 3-6 7-5 6-1 in the final in USA F37 (Pensacola) back in 2017.
Emilio Gomez
Ranked no. 179, Gomez reached the quarter after beating Agustin Velotti 7-62 6-3 and Alexis Galarneau 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Gomez had a good straight sets win against Galarneau (6-4 6-4). During the match, Gomez scored 69 points vs Galarneau’s 59. Emilio was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gomez fired 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Emilio Gomez lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gomez put 64% of his first serves in, winning 66% (27/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the 2nd serve. Emilio broke Galarneau 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Ecuadorian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Gomez has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (304-209). 8-4 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gomez has a composed 137-78 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Emilio’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Salinas 2 Challenger.
Emilio has an aggregate 19-15 win-loss record in 2021, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
Emilio has never competed in this tournament before.
Ulises Blanch
Ranked no. 254, Ulises reached the quarter after defeating Zachary Svajda 5-7 6-3 6-3 and Christopher Eubanks 6-4 7-64.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Eubanks (6-4 7-64). During the match Blanch scored 77 points vs Eubanks’s 73. The American was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Blanch recorded 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ulises Blanch lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Blanch put 56% of his first serves in, winning 67% (30/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 66% (23/35) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Eubanks twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ulises started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 50% of the points he played.
The American has an aggregate 8-9 win-loss record in 2021, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gomez | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 53 |
| Pts | 146-124 | 169-168 |
| Total Points | 270 | 337 |
| Winners | 53 | 83 |
| %Winners | 36% | 49% |
Both Gomez and Blanch played 2 matches. At the moment, Ulises Blanch lost 1 set while Emilio Gomez hasn’t conceded a set so far. Gomez has played 1 set(s) less than Blanch (4 vs 5). Therefore, Gomez played 11 games less than Blanch. The Ecuadorian scored 53 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Blanch scored 83 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gomez | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 10 |
| 1st in | 73/121 | 114/183 |
| %1st in | 60% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 53/73 | 83/114 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 33/48 | 36/69 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 52% |
Gomez fired 10 aces (5 per match). Blanch made 20 aces (10 per match). Gomez won 73% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Blanch won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gomez | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/18 | 6/15 |
| % Converted | 28% | 40% |
| Conceded | 6 | 13 |
| Saved | 5 | 10 |
| % Saved | 83% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Ecuadorian broke his opponents 5 times with a 28% conversion rate. The Ecuadorian lost his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Ulises conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gomez | ||||
| R1 Velotti |
R2 Galarneau |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 20 | 42 | |
| pts | 77-65 | 69-59 | 146-124 | |
| Total points | 142 | 128 | 270 | |
| Winners | 26 | 27 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 39% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/57 | 41/64 | 73/121 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 64% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 27/41 | 53/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 66% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/25 | 15/23 | 33/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 65% | 69% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/12 | 3/6 | 5/18 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 50% | 28% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 83% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Blanch | ||||
| R1 Svajda |
R2 Eubanks |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 23 | 53 | |
| pts | 92-95 | 77-73 | 169-168 | |
| Total points | 187 | 150 | 337 | |
| Winners | 53 | 30 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 58% | 39% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 15 | 5 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 69/103 | 45/80 | 114/183 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 56% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 53/69 | 30/45 | 83/114 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 67% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/34 | 23/35 | 36/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 66% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 2/5 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5/6 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 83% | 77% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
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