Emilio Gomez and Stefan Kozlov will play each other in the quarter of the Las Vegas Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 7. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.79
Stefan Kozlov -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Emilio Gomez vs. Stefan Kozlov
This will be the 2nd time that Emilio Gomez and Stefan Kozlov face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Gomez (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Gomez won 6-3 6-2 in the qualifications in Delray beach back in 2020.
Emilio Gomez
Ranked no. 149, Emilio got to the quarter after beating Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 7-62 6-0 and Jason Murray Kubler 2-6 6-0 7-68.
In the 2nd round against Murray Kubler, Gomez recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-0 7-68). During the match, Gomez scored 96 points vs Murray Kubler’s 85. The Ecuadorian was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gomez blasted 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Emilio Gomez lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Gomez put 50% of his first serves in, winning 68% (30/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (23/44) on the 2nd serve. Gomez broke Murray Kubler 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Ecuadorian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Gomez has a good record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (322-221). 25-13 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Gomez has a composed 154-87 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in the Salinas 2 Challenger where he defeated Nicolas Jarry in the final 4-6 7-6(6) 6-4.
Gomez has an aggregate 37-27 win-loss record in 2021, 25-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Las Vegas Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See his history.
Stefan Kozlov
Ranked no. 247, Stefan reached the quarter after beating Sasi Kumar Mukund 6-2 6-4 and Aidan Mchugh 6-2 5-7 7-613.
In the 2nd round, The American defeated Mchugh (6-2 5-7 7-613). During the match Kozlov scored 122 points vs Mchugh’s 111. Kozlov was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Kozlov blasted 9 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Stefan Kozlov was very efficient on serve to win 74% (45/61) of his 1st serve and 51% (23/45) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. Kozlov broke Mchugh 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kozlov 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.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in the Columbus Challenger where he beat Max Purcell in the final 4-6 6-2 6-4.
Stefan has an aggregate 28-13 win-loss record in 2021, 18-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gomez | Kozlov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 51 |
| Pts | 162-128 | 192-171 |
| Total Points | 290 | 363 |
| Winners | 54 | 72 |
| %Winners | 33% | 38% |
Both Gomez and Kozlov played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Emilio Gomez conceded 1 set, while Stefan Kozlov surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Gomez and Kozlov have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Gomez played 5 games less than Kozlov. Gomez scored 54 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The American managed to score 72 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gomez | Kozlov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5 |
| 1st in | 73/141 | 98/160 |
| %1st in | 52% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 54/73 | 72/98 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 34/68 | 29/62 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 47% |
Gomez fired 4 aces (2 per match). Kozlov fired 10 aces (5 per match). Gomez won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Kozlov won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gomez | Kozlov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 10 |
| Converted | 9/20 | 10/21 |
| % Converted | 45% | 48% |
| Conceded | 13 | 9 |
| Saved | 8 | 3 |
| % Saved | 62% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 6 |
Emilio broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Ecuadorian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. Kozlov broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Stefan conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gomez | ||||
| R1 Stebe |
R2 Murray Kubler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-0 | 2-6 6-0 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 27 | 46 | |
| pts | 66-43 | 96-85 | 162-128 | |
| Total points | 109 | 181 | 290 | |
| Winners | 24 | 30 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 31% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 29/53 | 44/88 | 73/141 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 50% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 30/44 | 54/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 68% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 23/44 | 34/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 52% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/13 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 31% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 11 | 13 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 8/11 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 73% | 37% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Kozlov | ||||
| R1 Kumar Mukund |
R2 Mchugh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 5-7 7-613 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 33 | 51 | |
| pts | 70-60 | 122-111 | 192-171 | |
| Total points | 130 | 233 | 363 | |
| Winners | 27 | 45 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 37% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 9 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 37/54 | 61/106 | 98/160 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 58% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 45/61 | 72/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 74% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/17 | 23/45 | 29/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 51% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/9 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 56% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 2/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
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