John Isner and Steve Johnson will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 11th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 8:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is John Isner who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, John Isner is the pick to win this match.
John Isner -> 1.73
Steve Johnson -> 2.16
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Prediction and head to head John Isner vs. Steve Johnson
This will be the 11th time that John Isner and Steve Johnson fight against each other. The head to head is 6-4 for Johnson (see full H2H stats), but Isner has a winning record of 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Johnson won 6-7(5) 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(3) in the 1st round in at the U.S. Open back in 2020.
Highlights Steve Johnson vs John Isner – U.S. Open 31-August-2020
John Isner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9-14 | 2-9 | 0-2 | 4-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 9-9 | 7-4 | 3-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-13 | 18-7 | 5-2 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-10 | 9-8 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 30-18 | 22-14 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 27, John will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 7-6(5) 6-4 to Gaston in the 2nd round on the 25th of March.
The American has an overall 6-8 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
John’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Dallas.
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 528-323 record. He has a positive 80-64 record on clay.
Previously in Houston
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2013. See his history.
Steve Johnson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-20 | 15-11 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-28 | 20-18 | 6-4 | 2-2 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-17 | 8-12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-11 | 18-7 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 108, Steve got to the 2nd round after beating Denis Kudla 6-3 4-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, The American defeated Kudla (6-3 4-6 6-4). During the match Johnson scored 84 points vs Kudla’s 78. The American was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Johnson fired 16 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Steve Johnson was exceptionally effective on serve to win 88% (38/43) of his 1st serve and 53% (24/45) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Kudla twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Steve has a compiled 10-8 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – John IsnerIsner (6-4) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Pablo CuevasCuevas (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Jeff WolfWolf (0-1) – H2H and prediction
