Emilio Gomez and Nicola Kuhn will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Columbus Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

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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 -> 1.63
Nicola Kuhn -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Emilio Gomez vs. Nicola Kuhn

This will be the 3^rd time that Emilio Gomez and Nicola Kuhn face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Gomez (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they locked horns, Gomez won 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in at the Australian Open back in January 2022.

Emilio Gomez

Ranked no. 153, the Ecuadorian reached the 2^nd round after defeating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 7-5 7-5.

In the 1^st round, The Ecuadorian had a good straight sets win against Blancaneaux (7-5 7-5). During the match, Gomez scored 78 points vs Blancaneaux’s 71. The Ecuadorian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Gomez bagged 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Emilio Gomez lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gomez put 68% of his first serves in, winning 70% (35/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Emilio broke Blancaneaux 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Gomez has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (311-224). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gomez has an aggregate 22-21 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Gomez has a composed 4-1 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Nicola Kuhn

Ranked no. 251, Kuhn reached the 2^nd round after defeating Yasutaka Uchiyama 7-6⁶ 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Nicola had a good straight sets win against Uchiyama (7-6⁶ 6-4). During the match Kuhn scored 69 points vs Uchiyama’s 66. Kuhn was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Kuhn struck 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Nicola Kuhn was pretty effective on serve to win 73% (27/37) of his 1st serve and 67% (22/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kuhn broke Uchiyama twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Kuhn has an aggregate 3-2 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gomez	Kuhn
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	24	23
Pts	78-71	69-66
Total Points	149	135
Winners	35	27
%Winners	45%	39%

Both Gomez and Kuhn played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gomez and Kuhn have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gomez played 1 game more than Kuhn. Gomez scored 35 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Nicola fired 27 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gomez	Kuhn
Aces	2	8
Avg per match	2	8
1st in	50/74	37/70
%1st in	68%	53%
1st pts	35/50	27/37
%1st pts	70%	73%
2nd pts	11/24	22/33
%2nd pts	46%	67%

Gomez made 2 aces . Kuhn fired 8 aces . Gomez won 70% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Kuhn won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Gomez	Kuhn
Won	4	2
Converted	4/9	2/4
% Converted	44%	50%
Conceded	7	3
Saved	5	2
% Saved	71%	67%
Times Broken	2	1

The Ecuadorian broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Gomez lost his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Gomez
	R1 Blancaneaux	Total
Score	7-5 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	24	24
pts	78-71	78-71
Total points	149	149
Winners	35	35
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	50/74	50/74
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	35/50	35/50
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	11/24	11/24
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Kuhn
	R1 Uchiyama	Total
Score	7-66 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	69-66	69-66
Total points	135	135
Winners	27	27
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	37/70	37/70
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	27/37	27/37
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	22/33	22/33
% 2nd pts	67%	67%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Columbus Challenger

• Denis IstominIstomin – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (7-5 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Ulises BlanchBlanch – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (7-6⁷ 6-4) – See score progression
• Nick HardtHardt – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Michael MmohMmoh (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Jeff WolfWolf – Jack AnthropAnthrop (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (2-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Jason JungJung (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Brayden SchnurSchnur (6-4 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
• Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (6-4 6-7³ 7-6⁰) – See score progression
• Nicola KuhnKuhn – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Emilio GomezGomez – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Go SoedaSoeda – Tung-Lin WuWu (7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Jack SockSock – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-6⁷ 6-7⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Stefan KozlovKozlov – Alexander BernardBernard (6-2 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jack SockSock – Go SoedaSoeda (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Jeff WolfWolf (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Stefan KozlovKozlov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ulises BlanchBlanch – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nick HardtHardt – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Denis IstominIstomin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicola KuhnKuhn – Emilio GomezGomez (0-2) – H2H and prediction