Steve Johnson and Peter Gojowczyk will face off in the qualifications of the Truist Atlanta Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am 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 Steve Johnson who should win in 2 sets.
Steve Johnson -> 1.42
Peter Gojowczyk -> 2.875
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Prediction and head to head Steve Johnson vs. Peter Gojowczyk
This will be the 2nd time that Steve Johnson and Peter Gojowczyk face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Gojowczyk (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Gojowczyk won 7-6(3) 6-3 in the semifinal in Delray Beach back in 2018.
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. 85, Steve reached the qualifications after defeating Bruno Kuzuhara 4-6 7-66 6-3.
In the qualifications against Kuzuhara, Johnson recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-66 6-3). During the match, Johnson scored 107 points vs Kuzuhara’s 100. Steve was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Johnson recorded 12 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Steve Johnson was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (44/59) of his 1st serve and 58% (22/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Johnson broke Kuzuhara 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Johnson has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (279-227). 10-7 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Johnson has an aggregate 165-126 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The American’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Sarasota Challenger.
The American has a composed 21-16 win-loss record in 2022, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Atlanta
Peter Gojowczyk
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 29-21 | 21-12 | 5-3 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-25 | 6-10 | 0-4 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-26 | 9-4 | 3-7 | 16-12 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-8 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 21-35 | 9-16 | 1-6 | 8-7 | 1-5 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 93, Gojowczyk reached the qualifications after beating Ernesto Escobedo 3-6 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications against Escobedo, The German recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-1). During the match Gojowczyk scored 79 points vs Escobedo’s 68. Peter was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Gojowczyk scored 17 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Peter Gojowczyk lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Gojowczyk put 57% of his first serves in, winning 85% (40/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (18/36) on the 2nd serve. Peter was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Escobedo 3 times.
Gojowczyk has an overall 8-17 win-loss record in 2022, 4-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Atlanta
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2017 and 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Johnson | Gojowczyk |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 26 |
| Pts | 107-100 | 79-68 |
| Total Points | 207 | 147 |
| Winners | 44 | 40 |
| %Winners | 41% | 51% |
Both Johnson and Gojowczyk played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Steve Johnson surrendered 1 set, while Peter Gojowczyk lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Johnson and Gojowczyk have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Johnson played 6 games more than Gojowczyk. The American scored 44 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Gojowczyk blasted 40 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Johnson | Gojowczyk |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 17 |
| 1st in | 59/97 | 47/83 |
| %1st in | 61% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 44/59 | 40/47 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 22/38 | 18/36 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 50% |
Johnson bagged 12 aces . Gojowczyk made 17 aces . Johnson won 75% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Gojowczyk won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Johnson | Gojowczyk |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/3 |
| % Converted | 67% | 100% |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 |
| Saved | 5 | 7 |
| % Saved | 63% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Steve broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The American lost his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Gojowczyk broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Johnson | |||
| Q1 Kuzuhara | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-66 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 107-100 | 107-100 | |
| Total points | 207 | 207 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 59/97 | 59/97 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 44/59 | 44/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/38 | 22/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Gojowczyk | |||
| Q1 Escobedo | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 79-68 | 79-68 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 17 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 47/83 | 47/83 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 40/47 | 40/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 18/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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