Borna Gojo and Jay Clarke will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Nur-Sultan 3 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:30 pm on CENTER 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 Borna Gojo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Borna Gojo is the pick to win this match.
Borna Gojo -> 1.61
Jay Clarke -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Borna Gojo vs. Jay Clarke
This will be the 2nd time that Borna Gojo and Jay Clarke play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gojo (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Gojo won 6-7(5) 7-5 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Istanbul Challenger back in 2020.
Borna Gojo
Ranked no. 235, the Croatian reached the semifinal after beating Khumoun Sultanov 7-63 6-1, Chun Hsin Tseng 6-1 6-2 and Mirza Basic 2-6 7-62 6-2.
In the quarter against Basic, Gojo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-62 6-2). During the match, Gojo scored 101 points vs Basic’s 96. Gojo was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gojo bagged 3 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Borna Gojo lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Gojo put 63% of his first serves in, winning 71% (47/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (17/38) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Basic 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Borna started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Gojo has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 59% of his matches (134-92). 5-2 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gojo has an overall73-42 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
The Croatian has a compiled 11-10 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sultan 3 Challenger
The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.
Jay Clarke
Ranked no. 243, Jay reached the semifinal after beating Artem Dubrivnyy 7-5 7-63, Beibit Zhukayev 6-3 6-3 and Jason Murray Kubler 3-6 7-5 7-61.
In the quarter against Murray Kubler, The Brit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 7-61).-108) than Murray Kubler. In fact, the world no. 235 won 108 points vs Murray Kubler’s. That means that Clarke was more focused during the important points. The Brit was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Clarke struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jay Clarke lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Clarke put 51% of his first serves in, winning 65% (36/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (31/52) on the 2nd serve. Clarke broke Murray Kubler 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jay started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Clarke has an aggregate 10-16 win-loss record in 2021, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gojo | Clarke |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 64 | 77 |
| Pts | 233-191 | 251-221 |
| Total Points | 424 | 472 |
| Winners | 102 | 89 |
| %Winners | 44% | 35% |
Both Gojo and Clarke played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Borna Gojo conceded 1 set, while Jay Clarke lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Gojo and Clarke have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Gojo played 13 games less than Clarke. Borna scored 102 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit managed to score 89 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gojo | Clarke |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 6.3 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 132/223 | 119/218 |
| %1st in | 59% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 102/132 | 89/119 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 41/91 | 62/99 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 63% |
Gojo fired 19 aces (6.3 per match). Clarke struck 10 aces (3.3 per match). Gojo won 77% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Clarke won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gojo | Clarke |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 9 |
| Converted | 11/29 | 9/24 |
| % Converted | 38% | 38% |
| Conceded | 17 | 15 |
| Saved | 12 | 10 |
| % Saved | 71% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
Borna broke his opponents 11 times with a 38% conversion rate. Borna surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Brit broke his opponents 9 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gojo | |||||
| R1 Sultanov |
R2 Hsin |
1/4 Basic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-1 | 6-1 6-2 | 2-6 7-62 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 15 | 29 | 64 | |
| pts | 77-61 | 55-34 | 101-96 | 233-191 | |
| Total points | 138 | 89 | 197 | 424 | |
| Winners | 31 | 24 | 47 | 102 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% | 47% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 12 | 4 | 3 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 | |
| 1st in | 37/72 | 29/47 | 66/104 | 132/223 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 62% | 63% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 31/37 | 24/29 | 47/66 | 102/132 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 83% | 71% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/35 | 7/18 | 17/38 | 41/91 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 39% | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 5/9 | 3/10 | 11/29 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 56% | 30% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 3/4 | 7/10 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 75% | 70% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Clarke | |||||
| R1 Dubrivnyy |
R2 Zhukayev |
1/4 Murray Kubler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-63 | 6-3 6-3 | 3-6 7-5 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 18 | 34 | 77 | |
| pts | 76-62 | 67-48 | 108-111 | 251-221 | |
| Total points | 138 | 115 | 219 | 472 | |
| Winners | 28 | 25 | 36 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | 33% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 33/63 | 31/48 | 55/107 | 119/218 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 65% | 51% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 25/31 | 36/55 | 89/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 81% | 65% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/30 | 12/17 | 31/52 | 62/99 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 71% | 60% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/8 | 3/12 | 9/24 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 38% | 25% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 2/2 | 7/10 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 100% | 70% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWWLWWW Tennis Scores in Sultan 3 Challenger
- Borna GojoGojo – Mirza BasicBasic (2-6 7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (3-6 7-5 7-61) – See score progression
- Peter PolanskyPolansky – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-2 1-6 7-64) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Peter PolanskyPolansky – Max PurcellPurcell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Borna GojoGojo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
