Ilya Ivashka and Joao Sousa will play each other in the quarter of the Gonet Geneva Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 8:30 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 Ilya Ivashka who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ilya Ivashka is the pick to win this match.
Ilya Ivashka -> 1.58
Joao Sousa -> 2.51
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Prediction and head to head Ilya Ivashka vs. Joao Sousa
This will be the 3rd time that Ilya Ivashka and Joao Sousa clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Sousa (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Sousa won 6-4 7-6(3) in the qualifications in Rome back in 2020.
Ilya Ivashka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 12-24 | 5-12 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-24 | 8-6 | 5-7 | 6-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-20 | 14-6 | 13-5 | 6-4 | 10-5 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-13 | 12-4 | 3-5 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
Ranked no. 50, the Belarussian reached the quarter after defeating Marcos Giron 4-6 6-3 6-2 and Denis Shapovalov 6-4 6-72 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Ivashka defeated Shapovalov (6-4 6-72 6-3). During the match, Ivashka scored 99 points vs Shapovalov’s 96. The Belarussian was quite aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ivashka fired 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ilya Ivashka was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (53/68) of his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ilya broke Shapovalov twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ivashka has surrendered 2 set in this competition to win 52% of the points he played.
Ivashka has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (330-205). 4-5 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ivashka has an aggregate 37-33 match record in the last years on clay.
Ilya has an aggregate 7-9 win-loss record in 2022, 4-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Geneva
Joao Sousa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-33 | 6-8 | 10-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 25-34 | 10-12 | 10-11 | 5-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-31 | 11-9 | 4-11 | 11-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-13 | 0-5 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 79, Sousa reached the quarter after beating Pablo Andujar 6-1 6-4 and Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Sousa had a good straight sets win against Basilashvili (6-4 6-3). During the match Sousa scored 68 points vs Basilashvili’s 50. The Portuguese was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Sousa bagged 8 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Joao Sousa was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (27/38) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Joao broke Basilashvili 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Joao hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in in Pune where he defeated Emil Ruusuvuori in the final 7-6(9) 4-6 6-1.
The Portuguese has a composed 17-16 win-loss record in 2022, 6-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Geneva
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2015. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ivashka | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 59 | 36 |
| Pts | 186-170 | 131-90 |
| Total Points | 356 | 221 |
| Winners | 98 | 53 |
| %Winners | 53% | 40% |
Both Ivashka and Sousa played 2 matches. At the moment, Ilya Ivashka dropped 2 sets while Joao Sousa hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Ivashka has played 2 sets more than Sousa (6 vs 4). Therefore, Ivashka played 23 games more than Sousa. Ilya scored 98 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, Joao made 53 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ivashka | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 122/179 | 72/107 |
| %1st in | 68% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 98/122 | 53/72 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 27/57 | 24/35 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 69% |
Ivashka managed to score 13 aces (6.5 per match). Sousa struck 13 aces (6.5 per match). Ivashka won 80% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Sousa won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ivashka | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/17 | 7/14 |
| % Converted | 29% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 75% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Ivashka broke his opponents 5 times with a 29% conversion rate. Ilya surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Portuguese broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sousa conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ivashka | ||||
| R1 Giron |
R2 Shapovalov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-72 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 32 | 59 | |
| pts | 87-74 | 99-96 | 186-170 | |
| Total points | 161 | 195 | 356 | |
| Winners | 45 | 53 | 98 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 54% | 53% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 54/78 | 68/101 | 122/179 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 67% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 45/54 | 53/68 | 98/122 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 78% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 17/33 | 27/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 52% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 2/8 | 5/17 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 25% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sousa | ||||
| R1 Andujar |
R2 Basilashvili |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 36 | |
| pts | 63-40 | 68-50 | 131-90 | |
| Total points | 103 | 118 | 221 | |
| Winners | 26 | 27 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/49 | 38/58 | 72/107 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 66% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 27/38 | 53/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 71% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 14/20 | 24/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 70% | 69% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/5 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 60% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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