Steve Johnson victorious over Thiago Moura Monteiro 7-6(6) 6-4 in the qualifications in Adelaide on Monday. Johnson will have to play Alex Bolt in the 1st round. The match lasted 1 hour and 33 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Johnson scored 73 points vs. the Brazilian’s 66.
Johnson
Steve served pretty well to win 93% of the points (37/40) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (13/24) on his second serve. Johnson struck 20 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Steve won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (1/3) of the procured opportunities.
Moura Monteiro
On the other side, Thiago wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Johnson and Moura Monteiro is 2-0 for Steve.
Draw and next match H2H: Steve Johnson vs. Alex Bolt – stats
Johnson will square off with Bolt in the 1st round.
There is no head to head record between Steve Johnson and Alex Bolt since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, the American won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.
Tiebreak
Johnson won 3 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3), 11th (6-5) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Thiago won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1) and 12th (6-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Steve was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 12th game (6-5 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Steve didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 84 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Steve won just 2 more points than the Brazilian (43-41). Steve dropped 9 points on serve (30-9). on the other side of the court, Moura Monteiro conceded 13 points on serve (32-13).
Johnson enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Thiago Moura Monteiro in the 1st game (1-0). That break defined the set and it was sufficient for Johnson to win the set (6-4) as there were no other breaks.
Steve was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 40-A). On the other side, Thiago was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 55 points. Johnson conquered the set after winning 5 points more than the Brazilian (30-25). Johnson dropped 5 points on serve (21-5). On the other side, Moura Monteiro conceded 9 points on serve (20-9).
Tennis Scores in Adelaide
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (7-66 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-4 6-76 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Hugo NysNys (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Luke SavilleSaville (7-64 6-70 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alex BoltBolt – Steve JohnsonJohnson (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Gianluca MagerMager – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Benoit PairePaire (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Marin CilicCilic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Benjamin BonziBonzi (0-0) – H2H details and stats