Alex Bolt and Emilio Nava will face off in the qualifications of the Phoenix Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emilio Nava who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emilio Nava is the pick to win this match.
Emilio Nava -> 1.80
Alex Bolt -> 1.90
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Prediction and head to head Alex Bolt vs. Emilio Nava
There is no head to head record between Alex Bolt and Emilio Nava since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Alex Bolt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-12 | 19-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 11-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-22 | 22-17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-10 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-18 | 7-6 | 0-7 | 2-2 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-12 | 12-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 188, the Australian got to the qualifications after beating Ulises Blanch 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, Bolt had a good straight sets win against Blanch (6-4 6-3). During the match, Bolt scored 65 points vs Blanch’s 53. Alex was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bolt recorded 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alex Bolt was quite efficient on serve to win 82% (31/38) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Bolt broke Blanch 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Bolt has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (254-194). 1-4 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bolt has an overall 152-120 record in the last years on hard.
The Australian has an aggregate 1-4 win-loss record in 2022, 1-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Bolt has never competed in this tournament before.
Emilio Nava
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-16 | 11-7 | 4-6 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-31 | 24-14 | 12-8 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-27 | 15-15 | 14-6 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-16 | 9-6 | 27-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 10-7 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 309, Emilio reached the qualifications after beating Hugo Grenier 6-0 6-1.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Grenier (6-0 6-1). During the match Nava scored 52 points vs Grenier’s 24. Nava was very aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Talking about serving, Nava recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Emilio Nava was very efficient on serve to win 71% (15/21) of his 1st serve and 79% (15/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Grenier 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
The American has a composed 10-5 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bolt | Nava |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 13 |
| Pts | 65-53 | 52-24 |
| Total Points | 118 | 76 |
| Winners | 31 | 15 |
| %Winners | 48% | 29% |
Both Bolt and Nava played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bolt and Nava have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bolt played 6 games more than Nava. Bolt scored 31 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The American made 15 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bolt | Nava |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 38/55 | 21/40 |
| %1st in | 69% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 15/21 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 15/19 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 79% |
Bolt recorded 4 aces . Nava struck 3 aces . Bolt won 82% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Nava won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 79% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bolt | Nava |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 83% |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. The American broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Bolt | |||
| Q1 Blanch |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 65-53 | 65-53 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/55 | 38/55 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 31/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Nava | |||
| Q1 Grenier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 52-24 | 52-24 | |
| Total points | 76 | 76 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 21/40 | 21/40 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 15/21 | 15/21 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/19 | 15/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 79% | 79% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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