Emilio Gomez and Ryan Harrison will play each other in the 2nd round of the Lexington Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 9:30 pm on CENTER COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emilio Gomez who should win in 3 sets.
Emilio Gomez -> 1.533
Ryan Harrison -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Emilio Gomez vs. Ryan Harrison
There is no head to head record between Emilio Gomez and Ryan Harrison since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Emilio Gomez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-11 | 0-2 | 6-9 | 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. 121 (career-high), Gomez got to the 2nd round after defeating Cannon Kingsley 6-4 3-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Ecuadorian defeated Kingsley (6-4 3-6 7-5). During the match, Gomez scored 105 points vs Kingsley’s 96. The Ecuadorian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gomez managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Emilio Gomez was very efficient on serve to win 80% (41/51) of his 1st serve and 57% (25/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gomez broke Kingsley twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Gomez has a favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (336-240). 25-9 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Gomez has a compiled 167-96 match record in the last years on hard.
Gomez’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Salinas Challenger,the Malaga Challenger and the Winnipeg Challenger.
Gomez has a composed 29-17 win-loss record in 2022, 25-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lexington Challenger
Ryan Harrison
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6-7 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-11 | 10-6 | 3-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-9 | 1-4 | 13-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 8-13 | 6-10 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 675, the American got to the 2nd round after defeating Petros Tsitsipas 6-1 6-4, Connor Farren 6-4 3-6 7-5 and Steven Diez 7-64 6-2.
In the 1st round, Ryan had a good straight sets win against Diez (7-64 6-2). During the match Harrison scored 71 points vs Diez’s 55. Harrison was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Harrison blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Ryan Harrison was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (28/38) of his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Diez 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
The American has an overall 9-6 win-loss record in 2022, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lexington Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2009. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gomez | Harrison |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 69 |
| Pts | 105-96 | 220-181 |
| Total Points | 201 | 401 |
| Winners | 41 | 93 |
| %Winners | 39% | 42% |
Gomez played 1 match while Harrison competed in 3 matches. Harrison started his run from the qualifications while Gomez had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Emilio Gomez lost 1 set, while Ryan Harrison dropped 1 set. Gomez has played 4 set(s) less than Harrison (3 vs 7). Therefore, Gomez played 38 games less than Harrison. Emilio scored 41 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Harrison recorded 93 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gomez | Harrison |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 5 |
| 1st in | 51/95 | 124/202 |
| %1st in | 54% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 41/51 | 93/124 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 25/44 | 46/78 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 59% |
Gomez recorded 8 aces . Harrison struck 15 aces (5 per match). Gomez won 80% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Harrison won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gomez | Harrison |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 10 |
| Converted | 2/9 | 10/23 |
| % Converted | 22% | 43% |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 80% | 44% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
The Ecuadorian broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. Gomez conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Ryan broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. Ryan conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gomez | |||
| R1 Kingsley | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 105-96 | 105-96 | |
| Total points | 201 | 201 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 51/95 | 51/95 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 41/51 | 41/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/44 | 25/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/9 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Harrison | |||||
| Q1 Tsitsipas | Q3 Farren | R1 Diez | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 3-6 7-5 | 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 31 | 21 | 69 | |
| pts | 62-44 | 87-82 | 71-55 | 220-181 | |
| Total points | 106 | 169 | 126 | 401 | |
| Winners | 27 | 38 | 28 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | 39% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 32/52 | 54/87 | 38/63 | 124/202 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | 60% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 38/54 | 28/38 | 93/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 70% | 74% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 18/33 | 16/25 | 46/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 55% | 64% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/9 | 3/7 | 10/23 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 44% | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/5 | 1/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 20% | 50% | 170% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
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- Juncheng ShangShang – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-65 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Govind NandaNanda – Brandon HoltHolt (6-71 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Keegan SmithSmith (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ryan HarrisonHarrison – Emilio GomezGomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Govind NandaNanda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Billy HarrisHarris – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Nicolas MejiaMejia (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (0-0) – H2H and prediction