Emilio Gomez and Enzo Couacaud will play each other in the semifinal of the Lexington Challenger for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Enzo Couacaud who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Enzo Couacaud is the pick to win this match.
Enzo Couacaud -> 1.77
Emilio Gomez -> 2.01

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Prediction and head to head Emilio Gomez vs. Enzo Couacaud

This will be the 5^th time that Emilio Gomez and Enzo Couacaud face off. The head to head is 2-2 for Gomez and Couacaud (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Gomez won 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in the Winnipeg Challenger back in July 2022.

Emilio Gomez

Ranked no. 121 (career-high), Emilio reached the semifinal after beating Cannon Kingsley 6-4 3-6 7-5, Ryan Harrison 7-5 6-4 and Nicolas Mejia 6-4 7-5.

In the quarter, Gomez had a good straight sets win against Mejia (6-4 7-5). During the match, Gomez scored 66 points vs Mejia’s 58. Emilio was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gomez blasted 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Emilio Gomez lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Gomez put 53% of his first serves in, winning 74% (23/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. The Ecuadorian broke Mejia 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Ecuadorian has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.

Gomez has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (338-240). 27-9 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gomez has an overall 169-96 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Emilio’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Salinas Challenger,the Malaga Challenger and the Winnipeg Challenger.

Emilio has an overall 31-17 win-loss record in 2022, 27-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lexington Challenger

Enzo Couacaud

Ranked no. 203, the French player got to the semifinal after defeating Evan Zhu 6-2 6-1, Keegan Smith 6-2 6-4 and Govind Nanda 3-6 6-1 6-2.

In the quarter against Nanda, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-2). During the match Couacaud scored 89 points vs Nanda’s 75. Couacaud was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about serving, Couacaud scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Enzo Couacaud lost the serve 5 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Couacaud put 60% of his first serves in, winning 65% (35/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (12/36) on the 2nd serve. Couacaud broke Nanda 8 times after converting 53% of his break points (8/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Enzo has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.

Couacaud’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Bendigo Challenger.

Couacaud has a compiled 25-18 win-loss record in 2022, 18-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lexington Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd

round in 2015. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gomez	Couacaud
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	7
Tot Games	75	57
Pts	246-214	214-151
Total Points	460	365
Winners	95	73
%Winners	39%	34%

Both Gomez and Couacaud played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Emilio Gomez dropped 1 set, while Enzo Couacaud conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Gomez and Couacaud have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Gomez played 18 games more than Couacaud. Gomez scored 95 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The French player bagged 73 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gomez	Couacaud
Aces	13	4
Avg per match	4.3	1.3
1st in	121/218	102/172
%1st in	56%	59%
1st pts	95/121	73/102
%1st pts	79%	72%
2nd pts	53/97	37/70
%2nd pts	55%	53%

Gomez fired 13 aces (4.3 per match). Couacaud fired 4 aces (1.3 per match). Gomez won 79% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Couacaud won 72% of the points on 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	Gomez	Couacaud
Won	10	17
Converted	10/28	17/30
% Converted	36%	57%
Conceded	14	16
Saved	9	10
% Saved	64%	63%
Times Broken	5	6

The Ecuadorian broke his opponents 10 times with a 36% conversion rate. Gomez surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Couacaud broke his opponents 17 times with a 57% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Gomez
	R1 Kingsley	R2 Harrison	1/4 Mejia	Total
Score	6-4 3-6 7-5	7-5 6-4	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	31	22	22	75
pts	105-96	75-60	66-58	246-214
Total points	201	135	124	460
Winners	41	31	23	95
%Winners	39%	41%	35%	39%
SERVE
Aces	8	3	2	13
Double Faults	3	1	4	8
1st in	51/95	39/65	31/58	121/218
% 1st in	54%	60%	53%	56%
1st pts	41/51	31/39	23/31	95/121
% 1st pts	80%	79%	74%	79%
2nd pts	25/44	15/26	13/27	53/97
% 2nd pts	57%	58%	48%	55%
Breaks
Won	2	3	5	10
Converted	2/9	3/9	5/10	10/28
Converted %	22%	33%	50%	36%
Conceded	5	5	4	14
Saved	4/5	4/5	1/4	9
Saved %	80%	80%	25%	62%
Times Broken	1	1	3	5

Couacaud
	R1 Zhu	R2 Smith	1/4 Nanda	Total
Score	6-2 6-1	6-2 6-4	3-6 6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	15	18	24	57
pts	56-28	69-48	89-75	214-151
Total points	84	117	164	365
Winners	19	19	35	73
%Winners	34%	28%	39%	34%
SERVE
Aces	0	3	1	4
Double Faults	0	1	2	3
1st in	23/34	25/48	54/90	102/172
% 1st in	68%	52%	60%	59%
1st pts	19/23	19/25	35/54	73/102
% 1st pts	83%	76%	65%	72%
2nd pts	9/11	16/23	12/36	37/70
% 2nd pts	82%	70%	33%	53%
Breaks
Won	5	4	8	17
Converted	5/7	4/8	8/15	17/30
Converted %	71%	50%	53%	57%
Conceded	0	1	15	16
Saved	0/0	0/1	10/15	10
Saved %	–	0%	67%	22%
Times Broken	0	1	5	6

Tennis Scores in Lexington Challenger

• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Enzo Couacaud/Andrew HarrisCouacaud/Andrew Harris – Julian Cash/Henry PattenCash/Henry Patten (6-4 3-6 11-9) – See score progression
• Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Govind NandaNanda (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Yuki Bhambri/Saketh-Sai MyneniBhambri/Saketh-Sai Myneni – Nicolas Mejia/Andres UrreaMejia/Andres Urrea (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Emilio GomezGomez – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Juncheng ShangShang – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Emilio GomezGomez (2-2) – H2H and prediction