Borna Gojo and Tung-Lin Wu will square off in the semifinal of the Istanbul 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE 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 -> 1.66
Tung-Lin Wu -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Borna Gojo vs. Tung-Lin Wu
There is no head to head record between Borna Gojo and Tung-Lin Wu since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Borna Gojo
Ranked no. 225, Borna got to the semifinal after beating Daniel Elahi Galan 6-4 3-6 6-2, Evgeny Karlovskiy 6-1 6-74 7-65 and Geoffrey Blancaneaux 7-66 6-4.
In the quarter, Gojo had a good straight sets win against Blancaneaux (7-66 6-4). During the match, Gojo scored 74 points vs Blancaneaux’s 65. Gojo was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gojo made 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Borna Gojo was pretty efficient on serve to win 77% (33/43) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Borna broke Blancaneaux 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Borna started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 2 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Gojo has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 59% of his matches (138-97). 8-5 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gojo has a compiled76-45 record in the last 6 years on hard.
Borna’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Sultan 3 Challenger.
Borna has an aggregate 15-15 win-loss record in 2021, 8-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2020. See his history.
Tung-Lin Wu
Ranked no. 295, Wu got to the semifinal after defeating Tatsuma Ito 6-3 6-2, Marc Polmans 6-2 3-6 6-1 and Aldin Setkic 6-3 6-2.
In the quarter, Tung-Lin had a good straight sets win against Setkic (6-3 6-2). During the match Wu scored 59 points vs Setkic’s 48. Tung-Lin was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Wu managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Tung-Lin Wu was very efficient on serve to win 75% (30/40) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Tung-Lin broke Setkic 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Wu started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Tung-Lin has a compiled 16-21 win-loss record in 2021, 8-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gojo | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 83 | 58 |
| Pts | 274-240 | 214-172 |
| Total Points | 514 | 386 |
| Winners | 123 | 93 |
| %Winners | 45% | 43% |
Both Gojo and Wu played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Borna Gojo surrendered 2 sets, while Tung-Lin Wu lost 1 set. Gojo has played 1 set more than Wu (8 vs 7). Therefore, Gojo played 25 games more than Wu. Borna scored 123 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Wu recorded 93 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gojo | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 25 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 8.3 | 6.7 |
| 1st in | 160/247 | 123/194 |
| %1st in | 65% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 123/160 | 93/123 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 52/87 | 36/71 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 51% |
Gojo recorded 25 aces (8.3 per match). Wu managed to score 20 aces (6.7 per match). Gojo won 77% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Wu won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gojo | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 11 |
| Converted | 8/23 | 11/27 |
| % Converted | 35% | 41% |
| Conceded | 8 | 11 |
| Saved | 5 | 9 |
| % Saved | 63% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
The Croatian broke his opponents 8 times with a 35% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Tung-Lin broke his opponents 11 times with a 41% conversion rate. Tung-Lin conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gojo | |||||
| R1 Elahi Galan Riveros |
R2 Karlovskiy |
1/4 Blancaneaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-2 | 6-1 6-74 7-65 | 7-66 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 33 | 23 | 83 | |
| pts | 89-83 | 111-92 | 74-65 | 274-240 | |
| Total points | 172 | 203 | 139 | 514 | |
| Winners | 38 | 52 | 33 | 123 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 47% | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 11 | 8 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 51/82 | 66/97 | 43/68 | 160/247 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 68% | 63% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 38/51 | 52/66 | 33/43 | 123/160 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 79% | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 21/31 | 14/25 | 52/87 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 68% | 56% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 2/9 | 3/7 | 8/23 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 22% | 43% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 3/3 | 1/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 33% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Wu | |||||
| R1 Ito |
R2 Polmans |
1/4 Setkic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 3-6 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 24 | 17 | 58 | |
| pts | 66-50 | 89-74 | 59-48 | 214-172 | |
| Total points | 116 | 163 | 107 | 386 | |
| Winners | 27 | 36 | 30 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 40% | 51% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 34/56 | 49/75 | 40/63 | 123/194 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 65% | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 27/34 | 36/49 | 30/40 | 93/123 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 73% | 75% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 14/26 | 12/23 | 36/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 54% | 52% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/9 | 3/7 | 11/27 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 44% | 43% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 4/5 | 2/2 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 80% | 100% | 85% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWLWLLWW Tennis Scores in Istanbul 2 Challenger
- Borna GojoGojo – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Aldin SetkicSetkic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Quentin HalysHalys (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Tung-Lin WuWu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
