Carlos Gimeno Valero and Johan Nikles will face off in the qualifications of the Campinas Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:30 am on QUADRA 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Johan Nikles who should win in 3 sets.
Johan Nikles -> 1.64
Carlos Gimeno Valero -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Gimeno Valero vs. Johan Nikles
This will be the 3rd time that Carlos Gimeno Valero and Johan Nikles face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Gimeno Valero (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Gimeno Valero won 6-4 6-2 in the final in Roja de Turia back in 2019.
Carlos Gimeno Valero
Ranked no. 318,he will start his run in the Campinas Challenger after he played his last match in the Campinas Challenger where he beat 6-0 6-2 to Almeida in the qualifications on the 14th of November.
Gimeno Valero has a compiled 23-15 win-loss record in 2021, 19-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Gran Canaria 2 Challenger where he beat Kimmer Coppejans in the final 6-4 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, The Spaniard has an overall 54-24 record. He has a positive 45-19 record on clay.
Previously in the Campinas Challenger
Carlos has never competed in this tournament before.
Johan Nikles
Ranked no. 359, Johan reached the qualifications after defeating Mateus Alves 6-4 6-2
.In the qualifications, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Alves (6-4 6-2). During the match Nikles scored 71 points vs Alves’s 57. Johan was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Nikles scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Johan Nikles conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Nikles put 68% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. Nikles broke Alves 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Johan’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Majadahonda and M15 Genova.
Johan has a composed 41-23 win-loss record in 2021, 39-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gimeno Valero | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 18 |
| Pts | 61-30 | 71-57 |
| Total Points | 91 | 128 |
| Winners | 23 | 30 |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% |
Both Gimeno Valero and Nikles played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gimeno Valero and Nikles have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gimeno Valero played 4 games less than Nikles. Gimeno Valero scored 23 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Nikles recorded 30 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gimeno Valero | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 25/49 | 43/63 |
| %1st in | 51% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 23/25 | 30/43 |
| %1st pts | 92% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 9/24 | 12/20 |
| %2nd pts | 38% | 60% |
Gimeno Valero struck 2 aces . Nikles bagged 1 ace . Gimeno Valero won 92% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Nikles won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gimeno Valero | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 67% | 30% |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 |
| Saved | 8 | 2 |
| % Saved | 89% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Spaniard broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. Johan broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Swiss was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Gimeno Valero | ||
| Total | ||
|---|---|---|
| Score | ||
| Tot Set | 0 | |
| Tot Games | 0 | |
| pts | 0-0 | |
| Total points | 0 | |
| Winners | 0 | |
| %Winners | – | |
| SERVE | ||
| Aces | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | |
| 1st in | 0/0 | |
| % 1st in | NAN% | |
| 1st pts | 0/0 | |
| % 1st pts | NAN% | |
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | |
| % 2nd pts | NAN% | |
| Breaks | ||
| Won | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/0 | |
| Converted % | NAN% | |
| Conceded | 0 | |
| Saved | 0 | |
| Saved % | NAN% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | |
| Nikles | |||
| Q1 Alves | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 71-57 | 71-57 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 43/63 | 43/63 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 30/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 12/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | INF% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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