Emilio Gomez and Nicolas Moreno De Alboran will clash against each other in the final of the Salinas Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 7:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emilio Gomez who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emilio Gomez is the pick to win this match.
Emilio Gomez -> 1.44
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran -> 2.79
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Prediction and head to head Emilio Gomez vs. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran
There is no head to head record between Emilio Gomez and Nicolas Moreno De Alboran since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Emilio Gomez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-28 | 8-16 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-26 | 38-15 | 1-3 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-33 | 25-15 | 9-11 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-15 | 2-5 | 4-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 148, Emilio reached the final after beating Alvaro Guillen Meza 6-3 6-3, Daniel Dutra Da Silva 6-3 6-2, Felix Corwin 6-1 7-5 and Alexander Ritschard 6-2 6-2.
In the semifinal, Gomez had a good straight sets win against Ritschard (6-2 6-2). During the match, Gomez scored 66 points vs Ritschard’s 43. Emilio was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gomez bagged 2 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Emilio Gomez was quite effective on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Emilio broke Ritschard 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gomez hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Gomez has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (320-232). 10-6 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gomez has an overall 152-93 match record in the last years on hard.
Gomez’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Salinas Challenger.
The Ecuadorian has an overall 13-9 win-loss record in 2022, 10-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Salinas Challenger
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-20 | 10-8 | 12-9 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-30 | 25-16 | 10-8 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-20 | 8-2 | 28-17 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-20 | 22-11 | 22-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-12 | 14-8 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 288 (career-high), Moreno De Alboran reached the final after defeating Naoki Nakagawa 6-74 6-4 6-4, Christopher Eubanks 3-6 6-3 6-4, Andrea Collarini 6-3 7-64 and Roberto Quiroz 6-73 6-4 6-2.
In the semifinal against Quiroz, The Spaniard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-4 6-2). During the match Moreno De Alboran scored 104 points vs Quiroz’s 97. The Spaniard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.
About the serving games, Moreno De Alboran scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Nicolas Moreno De Alboran was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (46/63) of his 1st serve and 56% (22/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nicolas broke Quiroz 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Nicolas’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Salinas Challenger.
The Spaniard has an overall 12-7 win-loss record in 2022, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Salinas Challenger
Nicolas has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gomez | Moreno De Alboran |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 70 | 114 |
| Pts | 260-179 | 401-356 |
| Total Points | 439 | 757 |
| Winners | 109 | 176 |
| %Winners | 42% | 44% |
Both Gomez and Moreno De Alboran played 4 matches. At the moment, Nicolas Moreno De Alboran lost 3 sets while Emilio Gomez hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gomez has played 3 set(s) less than Moreno De Alboran (8 vs 11). Therefore, Gomez played 44 games less than Moreno De Alboran. The Ecuadorian scored 109 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Nicolas bagged 176 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gomez | Moreno De Alboran |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 145/228 | 233/365 |
| %1st in | 64% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 109/145 | 176/233 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 47/83 | 76/132 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 58% |
Gomez made 12 aces (3 per match). Moreno De Alboran made 12 aces (3 per match). Gomez won 75% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Moreno De Alboran won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gomez | Moreno De Alboran |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 12 |
| Converted | 15/27 | 12/49 |
| % Converted | 56% | 24% |
| Conceded | 14 | 24 |
| Saved | 12 | 19 |
| % Saved | 86% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
The Ecuadorian broke his opponents 15 times with a 56% conversion rate. Emilio conceded his serve twice and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolas broke his opponents 12 times with a 24% conversion rate. Nicolas conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gomez | ||||||
| R1 Guillen |
R2 Dutra Da Silva |
1/4 Corwin |
1/2 Ritschard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-1 7-5 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 70 | |
| pts | 69-47 | 63-42 | 62-47 | 66-43 | 260-179 | |
| Total points | 116 | 105 | 109 | 109 | 439 | |
| Winners | 23 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 109 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 44% | 48% | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 30/51 | 39/55 | 37/63 | 39/59 | 145/228 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 71% | 59% | 66% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 28/39 | 30/37 | 28/39 | 109/145 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 72% | 81% | 72% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 9/16 | 13/26 | 12/20 | 47/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 56% | 50% | 60% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/6 | 3/6 | 4/8 | 15/27 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 67% | 50% | 50% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 3/4 | 1/1 | 8/8 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 75% | 100% | 100% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Moreno De Alboran | ||||||
| R1 Nakagawa |
R2 Eubanks |
1/4 Collarini |
1/2 Quiroz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-4 6-4 | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 7-64 | 6-73 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 28 | 22 | 31 | 114 | |
| pts | 108-93 | 100-87 | 89-79 | 104-97 | 401-356 | |
| Total points | 201 | 187 | 168 | 201 | 757 | |
| Winners | 49 | 43 | 38 | 46 | 176 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 43% | 43% | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 68/106 | 55/82 | 47/75 | 63/102 | 233/365 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 67% | 63% | 62% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 49/68 | 43/55 | 38/47 | 46/63 | 176/233 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 78% | 81% | 73% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/38 | 18/27 | 15/28 | 22/39 | 76/132 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 67% | 54% | 56% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 2/16 | 1/13 | 4/13 | 12/49 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 13% | 8% | 31% | 24% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 4/5 | 4/4 | 4/5 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 80% | 100% | 80% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
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