Goncalo Oliveira and Oliver Crawford will square off in the quarter of the Little Rock Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on STADIUM COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Oliver Crawford who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Oliver Crawford is the pick to win this match.
Oliver Crawford -> 1.53
Goncalo Oliveira -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Goncalo Oliveira vs. Oliver Crawford
There is no head to head record between Goncalo Oliveira and Oliver Crawford since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Goncalo Oliveira
Ranked no. 317, Goncalo reached the quarter after beating Ryan Harrison 7-5 7-66 and Sasi Kumar Mukund 4-6 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Kumar Mukund, Oliveira recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-2). During the match, Oliveira scored 100 points vs Kumar Mukund’s 82. Oliveira was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Oliveira struck 13 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Goncalo Oliveira was extremely efficient on serve to win 78% (36/46) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Portuguese broke Kumar Mukund 4 times after converting 25% of his break points (4/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Portuguese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.
Oliveira has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 53% of his matches (356-311). 3-1 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Oliveira has an overall56-68 record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Portuguese’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras 2 Challenger.
Oliveira has a composed 9-11 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
Oliveira has never competed in this tournament before.
Oliver Crawford
Ranked no. 453 (career-high), the American reached the quarter after defeating Peter Polansky 7-5 6-2 and Dayne Kelly 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Oliver had a good straight sets win against Kelly (6-4 6-1). During the match Crawford scored 59 points vs Kelly’s 41. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Crawford scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Oliver Crawford lost the serve once. Furthermore, Crawford put 73% of his first serves in, winning 66% (25/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 79% (11/14) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Kelly 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Oliver started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Crawford’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Pune,M15 New Delhi and M15 Cairo.
The American has a composed 33-10 win-loss record in 2021, 21-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Oliveira | Crawford |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 37 |
| Pts | 179-157 | 122-95 |
| Total Points | 336 | 217 |
| Winners | 75 | 49 |
| %Winners | 42% | 40% |
Both Oliveira and Crawford played 2 matches. At the moment, Goncalo Oliveira lost 1 set while Oliver Crawford hasn’t dropped a set so far. Oliveira has played 1 set more than Crawford (5 vs 4). Therefore, Oliveira played 16 games more than Crawford. Goncalo scored 75 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 49 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Oliveira | Crawford |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 2 |
| 1st in | 94/148 | 73/115 |
| %1st in | 64% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 75/94 | 49/73 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 31/54 | 30/42 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 71% |
Oliveira scored 18 aces (9 per match). Crawford struck 4 aces (2 per match). Oliveira won 80% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Crawford won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Oliveira | Crawford |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 7 |
| Converted | 6/23 | 7/13 |
| % Converted | 26% | 54% |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 40% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Oliveira broke his opponents 6 times with a 26% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Oliver conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Oliveira | ||||
| R1 Harrison |
R2 Kumar Mukund |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-66 | 4-6 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 28 | 53 | |
| pts | 79-75 | 100-82 | 179-157 | |
| Total points | 154 | 182 | 336 | |
| Winners | 39 | 36 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 36% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 13 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 48/75 | 46/73 | 94/148 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 63% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 39/48 | 36/46 | 75/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 78% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 17/27 | 31/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 63% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 4/16 | 6/23 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 25% | 26% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Crawford | ||||
| R1 Polansky |
R2 Kelly |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 | 37 | |
| pts | 63-54 | 59-41 | 122-95 | |
| Total points | 117 | 100 | 217 | |
| Winners | 24 | 25 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 35/63 | 38/52 | 73/115 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 73% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 25/38 | 49/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 66% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 11/14 | 30/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 79% | 71% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/7 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 57% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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