Ulises Blanch and Emilio Nava will play each other in the semifinal of the Shymkent 1 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on CENTER 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 Emilio Nava who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emilio Nava is the pick to win this match.
Emilio Nava -> 1.333
Ulises Blanch -> 3.3
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Prediction and head to head Ulises Blanch vs. Emilio Nava
This will be the 3rd time that Ulises Blanch and Emilio Nava play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Blanch and Nava (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Nava won 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in the Forli 4 Challenger back in February 2022.
Ulises Blanch
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-9 | 10-4 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-23 | 14-11 | 7-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-29 | 10-12 | 6-5 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 16-21 | 11-13 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-15 | 7-6 | 3-5 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 338, Blanch reached the semifinal after beating Yshai Oliel 7-5 7-65, Nicolas Alvarez Varona 7-5 6-72 7-63 and Alexandar Lazarov 4-2 ret..
In the quarter, Ulises had a good straight sets win against Lazarov (4-2 ret.). During the match, Blanch scored 28 points vs Lazarov’s 18. The American was very aggressive to blast 5 winners.
Regarding the service games, Blanch scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Ulises Blanch lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Blanch put 43% of his first serves in, winning 56% (5/9) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Lazarov twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Blanch has dropped 1 set in this event to win 50% of the points he played.
Blanch has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 53% of his matches (159-141). 6-3 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Blanch has a compiled72-60 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
The American has a composed 13-11 win-loss record in 2022, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shymkent 1 Challenger
Ulises has never competed in this tournament before.
Emilio Nava
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-29 | 15-14 | 8-8 | 4-2 | 2-5 | 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. 358, the American reached the semifinal after defeating Tennys Sandgren 6-3 6-4, Evan Zhu 6-4 6-4 and Viktor Durasovic 6-1 6-2.
In the quarter, Emilio had a good straight sets win against Durasovic (6-1 6-2). During the match Nava scored 61 points vs Durasovic’s 38. Nava was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Nava bagged 4 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Emilio Nava conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Nava put 65% of his first serves in, winning 84% (26/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. Nava broke Durasovic 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Emilio has an overall 19-10 win-loss record in 2022, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blanch | Nava |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 69 | 54 |
| Pts | 238-226 | 190-145 |
| Total Points | 464 | 335 |
| Winners | 99 | 79 |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% |
Both Blanch and Nava played 3 matches. At the moment, Ulises Blanch conceded 1 set while Emilio Nava hasn’t lost a set so far. Blanch has played 1 set more than Nava (7 vs 6). Therefore, Blanch played 15 games more than Nava. Ulises scored 99 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 79 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blanch | Nava |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 6.3 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 139/244 | 101/148 |
| %1st in | 57% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 99/139 | 79/101 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 49/105 | 25/47 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 53% |
Blanch struck 19 aces (6.3 per match). Nava fired 11 aces (3.7 per match). Blanch won 71% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Nava won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blanch | Nava |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 11 |
| Converted | 11/23 | 11/21 |
| % Converted | 48% | 52% |
| Conceded | 23 | 6 |
| Saved | 15 | 4 |
| % Saved | 65% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 2 |
Ulises broke his opponents 11 times with a 48% conversion rate. Ulises surrendered his serve 8 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Emilio conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Blanch | |||||
| R1 Oliel |
R2 Alvarez |
1/4 Lazarov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-65 | 7-5 6-72 7-63 | 4-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 38 | 6 | 69 | |
| pts | 84-80 | 126-128 | 28-18 | 238-226 | |
| Total points | 164 | 254 | 46 | 464 | |
| Winners | 39 | 55 | 5 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 44% | 18% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 12 | 1 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 9 | 1 | 18 | |
| 1st in | 49/81 | 81/142 | 9/21 | 139/244 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 57% | 43% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 39/49 | 55/81 | 5/9 | 99/139 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 68% | 56% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/32 | 27/61 | 8/12 | 49/105 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | 67% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 6/11 | 2/5 | 11/23 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 55% | 40% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 13 | 4 | 23 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 8/13 | 3/4 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 62% | 75% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
| Nava | |||||
| R1 Sandgren |
R2 Zhu |
1/4 Durasovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 15 | 54 | |
| pts | 67-54 | 62-53 | 61-38 | 190-145 | |
| Total points | 121 | 115 | 99 | 335 | |
| Winners | 26 | 27 | 26 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 44% | 43% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/46 | 38/54 | 31/48 | 101/148 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | 65% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 27/38 | 26/31 | 79/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 71% | 84% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/14 | 11/16 | 8/17 | 25/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 69% | 47% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 3/6 | 4/5 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 50% | 80% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 3/4 | 1/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 75% | 100% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWWLLLW Tennis Scores in Shymkent 1 Challenger
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (4-2 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emilio NavaNava – Ulises BlanchBlanch (1-1) – H2H and prediction
