Goncalo Oliveira and Johan Nikles will face off in the 2nd round of the Gran Canaria Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. 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 Johan Nikles who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Johan Nikles is the pick to win this match.
Johan Nikles -> 1.66
Goncalo Oliveira -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Goncalo Oliveira vs. Johan Nikles
There is no head to head record between Goncalo Oliveira and Johan Nikles since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Goncalo Oliveira
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-17 | 3-8 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 92-29 | 48-15 | 40-11 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-27 | 7-7 | 10-16 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-34 | 8-6 | 14-27 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-16 | 2-5 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 273, Goncalo got to the 2nd round after beating Mathias Bourgue 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, Goncalo had a good straight sets win against Bourgue (6-4 6-1). During the match, Oliveira scored 59 points vs Bourgue’s 46. Goncalo was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Oliveira was unable to score even 1 ace in the match and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Goncalo Oliveira lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Oliveira put 72% of his first serves in, winning 67% (24/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the 2nd serve. Oliveira broke Bourgue 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Oliveira has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 52% of his matches (372-337). 1-1 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Oliveira has a composed282-218 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Portuguese has a compiled 3-3 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gran Canaria Challenger
Johan Nikles
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-16 | 3-2 | 25-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-23 | 2-2 | 19-19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-28 | 1-3 | 42-21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 320 (career-high), the Swiss got to the 2nd round after beating Sadio Doumbia 6-2 7-5, Fabien Reboul 6-1 6-1 and Federico Gaio 2-6 7-66 6-3.
In the 1st round against Gaio, The Swiss recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-66 6-3).During the match Nikles scored less points (5) than Gaio. In fact, the world no. 273 won 108 points vs Gaio’s. That means that Nikles was more focused during the important points. Nikles was very aggressive to blast 47 winners.
About the serving games, Nikles scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Johan Nikles lost the serve 5 times and he saved 16 break points. Furthermore, Nikles put 64% of his first serves in, winning 62% (47/76) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (18/42) on the 2nd serve. Nikles broke Gaio 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
The Swiss has a composed 5-2 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Oliveira | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 64 |
| Pts | 59-46 | 239-205 |
| Total Points | 105 | 444 |
| Winners | 24 | 102 |
| %Winners | 41% | 43% |
Oliveira played 1 match while Nikles competed in 3 matches. Nikles started his run from the qualifications while Oliveira had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Johan Nikles surrendered 1 set while Goncalo Oliveira hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Oliveira has played 5 set(s) less than Nikles (2 vs 7). Therefore, Oliveira played 47 games less than Nikles. The Portuguese scored 24 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Nikles managed to score 102 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Oliveira | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1 |
| 1st in | 36/50 | 157/224 |
| %1st in | 72% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 24/36 | 102/157 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 29/67 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 43% |
Oliveira didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Nikles struck 3 aces (1 per match). Oliveira won 67% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Nikles won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Oliveira | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 16 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 16/33 |
| % Converted | 36% | 48% |
| Conceded | 2 | 28 |
| Saved | 1 | 20 |
| % Saved | 50% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 8 |
Goncalo broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Portuguese dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponents 16 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Oliveira | |||
| R1 Bourgue |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 59-46 | 59-46 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 36/50 | 36/50 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 24/36 | 24/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 9/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Nikles | |||||
| Q1 Doumbia |
Q3 Reboul |
R1 Gaio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-1 6-1 | 2-6 7-66 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 14 | 30 | 64 | |
| pts | 72-61 | 59-31 | 108-113 | 239-205 | |
| Total points | 133 | 90 | 221 | 444 | |
| Winners | 30 | 25 | 47 | 102 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | 44% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 48/60 | 33/46 | 76/118 | 157/224 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 72% | 64% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 30/48 | 25/33 | 47/76 | 102/157 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 76% | 62% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 4/13 | 18/42 | 29/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 31% | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 6/13 | 5/9 | 16/33 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 46% | 56% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 21 | 28 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2/3 | 16/21 | 20 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 76% | 193% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
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