Radu Albot and Borna Gojo will face off in the quarter of the Chicago Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Radu Albot who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Radu Albot is the pick to win this match.
Radu Albot -> 1.67
Borna Gojo -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Radu Albot vs. Borna Gojo
There is no head to head record between Radu Albot and Borna Gojo since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Radu Albot
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-19 | 3-3 | 17-11 | 4-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-34 | 10-13 | 13-8 | 12-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-30 | 25-14 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-27 | 4-9 | 2-8 | 13-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-18 | 0-8 | 2-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 116, Albot got to the quarter after defeating Enzo Couacaud 6-2 6-3 and Antoine Escoffier 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Albot had a good straight sets win against Escoffier (6-4 6-2). During the match, Albot scored 66 points vs Escoffier’s 51. Radu was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Albot couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Radu Albot was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (29/41) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Radu broke Escoffier 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Albot hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Albot has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (359-284). 13-8 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Albot has an aggregate 153-110 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Radu has an overall 28-23 win-loss record in 2022, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
The Moldovan has never competed in this tournament before.
Borna Gojo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-25 | 22-9 | 12-7 | 6-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-28 | 19-9 | 5-5 | 14-10 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-22 | 8-7 | 3-6 | 7-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-14 | 11-6 | 10-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 187, Gojo got to the quarter after beating Henri Laaksonen 3-6 7-65 6-4 and Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3 6-71 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Croatian defeated Kukushkin (6-3 6-71 6-1). During the match Gojo scored 102 points vs Kukushkin’s 82. The Croatian was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Gojo bagged 14 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Borna Gojo was very efficient on serve to win 75% (44/59) of his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Croatian broke Kukushkin 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Croatian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Gojo’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Bengalaru 1 Challenger.
Gojo has an aggregate 27-20 win-loss record in 2022, 14-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Albot | Gojo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 61 |
| Pts | 138-107 | 201-180 |
| Total Points | 245 | 381 |
| Winners | 63 | 83 |
| %Winners | 46% | 41% |
Both Albot and Gojo played 2 matches. At the moment, Borna Gojo surrendered 2 sets while Radu Albot hasn’t lost a set so far. Albot has played 2 set(s) less than Gojo (4 vs 6). Therefore, Albot played 26 games less than Gojo. Albot scored 63 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Gojo struck 83 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Albot | Gojo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 12 |
| 1st in | 88/133 | 116/178 |
| %1st in | 66% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 63/88 | 83/116 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 21/45 | 39/62 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 63% |
Albot recorded 5 aces (2.5 per match). Gojo blasted 24 aces (12 per match). Albot won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Gojo won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Albot | Gojo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 7 |
| Converted | 9/13 | 7/18 |
| % Converted | 69% | 39% |
| Conceded | 14 | 13 |
| Saved | 11 | 9 |
| % Saved | 79% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Albot broke his opponents 9 times with a 69% conversion rate. The Moldovan lost his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. The Croatian broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Borna conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Albot | ||||
| R1 Couacaud |
R2 Escoffier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 18 | 35 | |
| pts | 72-56 | 66-51 | 138-107 | |
| Total points | 128 | 117 | 245 | |
| Winners | 34 | 29 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 44% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 47/72 | 41/61 | 88/133 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 67% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 34/47 | 29/41 | 63/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 71% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/25 | 11/20 | 21/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 55% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/5 | 9/13 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 80% | 69% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 6/7 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 86% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Gojo | ||||
| R1 Laaksonen |
R2 Kukushkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-65 6-4 | 6-3 6-71 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 29 | 61 | |
| pts | 99-98 | 102-82 | 201-180 | |
| Total points | 197 | 184 | 381 | |
| Winners | 39 | 44 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 43% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 14 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 57/94 | 59/84 | 116/178 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 70% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 39/57 | 44/59 | 83/116 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 75% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/37 | 16/25 | 39/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 64% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 4/7 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 57% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 3/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 75% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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