Steve Johnson and Daniel Elahi Galan will fight against each other in the final of the Sarasota Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on ELIZABETH MOORE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniel Elahi Galan who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daniel Elahi Galan is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Elahi Galan -> 1.9
Steve Johnson -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Steve Johnson vs. Daniel Elahi Galan
This will be the 2nd time that Steve Johnson and Daniel Elahi Galan play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Elahi Galan Riveros (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Elahi Galan Riveros won 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Houston back in 2019.
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. 107, the American reached the final after beating Andrea Collarini 6-3 6-4, Yosuke Watanuki 3-6 6-4 6-1, Mitchell Krueger 7-64 3-6 6-3 and Denis Kudla 6-2 7-5.
In the semifinal, Steve had a good straight sets win against Kudla (6-2 7-5). During the match, Johnson scored 59 points vs Kudla’s 43. The American was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Johnson blasted 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Steve Johnson was exceptionally effective on serve to win 86% (19/22) of his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Johnson broke Kudla 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has lost 2 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Johnson has a positive match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (272-220). 5-1 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Johnson has a compiled 45-39 record in the last years on clay.
Steve’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Sarasota Challenger.
Steve has a compiled 14-9 win-loss record in 2022, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sarasota Challenger
Daniel Elahi Galan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-19 | 3-5 | 9-12 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-34 | 4-12 | 23-19 | 0-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-28 | 14-7 | 33-17 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-32 | 6-9 | 19-16 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 31-18 | 14-8 | 17-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 128, the Colombian reached the final after defeating Max Purcell 7-5 7-64, Jason Murray Kubler 6-3 4-6 6-3, Adrian Andreev 2-0 ret. and Alejandro Tabilo 7-63 6-1.
In the semifinal, The Colombian had a good straight sets win against Tabilo (7-63 6-1). During the match Elahi Galan Riveros scored 69 points vs Tabilo’s 55. Elahi Galan Riveros was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Elahi Galan Riveros made 4 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Daniel Elahi Galan was pretty effective on serve to win 72% (31/43) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Elahi Galan Riveros broke Tabilo 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Elahi Galan Riveros has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Colombian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Concepcion Challenger.
The Colombian has a composed 19-9 win-loss record in 2022, 14-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Johnson | Elahi Galan Riveros |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 96 | 75 |
| Pts | 304-263 | 255-211 |
| Total Points | 567 | 466 |
| Winners | 114 | 109 |
| %Winners | 38% | 43% |
Both Johnson and Elahi Galan Riveros played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Steve Johnson lost 2 sets, while Daniel Elahi Galan dropped 1 set. Johnson has played 1 set more than Elahi Galan Riveros (10 vs 9). Therefore, Johnson played 21 games more than Elahi Galan Riveros. Johnson scored 114 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Daniel made 109 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Johnson | Elahi Galan Riveros |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 31 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 7.8 | 2.8 |
| 1st in | 138/278 | 148/226 |
| %1st in | 50% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 114/138 | 109/148 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 78/140 | 53/78 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 68% |
Johnson struck 31 aces (7.8 per match). Elahi Galan Riveros struck 11 aces (2.8 per match). Johnson won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Elahi Galan Riveros won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Johnson | Elahi Galan Riveros |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 9 |
| Converted | 14/23 | 9/23 |
| % Converted | 61% | 39% |
| Conceded | 21 | 14 |
| Saved | 14 | 11 |
| % Saved | 67% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 3 |
Steve broke his opponents 14 times with a 61% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve 7 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Elahi Galan Riveros broke his opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Colombian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Johnson | ||||||
| R1 Collarini |
R2 Watanuki |
1/4 Krueger |
1/2 Kudla |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 3-6 6-4 6-1 | 7-64 3-6 6-3 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 26 | 31 | 20 | 96 | |
| pts | 71-54 | 85-78 | 89-88 | 59-43 | 304-263 | |
| Total points | 125 | 163 | 177 | 102 | 567 | |
| Winners | 24 | 29 | 42 | 19 | 114 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | 47% | 32% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 31 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | |
| 1st in | 28/58 | 38/75 | 50/95 | 22/50 | 138/278 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 51% | 53% | 44% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 29/38 | 42/50 | 19/22 | 114/138 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 76% | 84% | 86% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 22/37 | 21/45 | 18/28 | 78/140 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 59% | 47% | 64% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/7 | 3/4 | 4/5 | 14/23 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 57% | 75% | 80% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 21 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 3/5 | 6/9 | 1/2 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 60% | 67% | 50% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Elahi Galan Riveros | ||||||
| R1 Purcell |
R2 Murray Kubler |
1/4 Andreev |
1/2 Tabilo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-64 | 6-3 4-6 6-3 | 2-0 ret. | 7-63 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 28 | 2 | 20 | 75 | |
| pts | 84-73 | 93-79 | 9-4 | 69-55 | 255-211 | |
| Total points | 157 | 172 | 13 | 124 | 466 | |
| Winners | 37 | 39 | 2 | 31 | 109 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 42% | 22% | 45% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 47/72 | 55/87 | 3/7 | 43/60 | 148/226 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 63% | 43% | 72% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 37/47 | 39/55 | 2/3 | 31/43 | 109/148 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 71% | 67% | 72% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/25 | 21/32 | 3/4 | 12/17 | 53/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 66% | 75% | 71% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 1/7 | 4/9 | 1/1 | 3/6 | 9/23 | |
| Converted % | 14% | 44% | 100% | 50% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 60% | – | 75% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
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