Emilio Gomez and Mukund Sasikumar will face off in the 2nd round of the Gwangju Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emilio Gomez who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emilio Gomez is the pick to win this match.
Emilio Gomez -> 1.25
Mukund Sasikumar -> 3.78
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Prediction and head to head Emilio Gomez vs. Mukund Sasikumar
There is no head to head record between Emilio Gomez and Mukund Sasikumar 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 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 6-8 | 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. 102 (career-high), Gomez reached the 2nd round after beating Ben Patael 7-67 6-2.
In the 1st round, Emilio had a good straight sets win against Fatael (7-67 6-2). During the match, Gomez scored 74 points vs Fatael’s 60. Gomez was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gomez made 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Emilio Gomez lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Gomez put 65% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the 2nd serve. Gomez broke Fatael 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Gomez has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (347-244). 32-12 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gomez has a compiled 174-99 record in the last years on hard.
Gomez’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Salinas Challenger,the Malaga Challenger,the Winnipeg Challenger,the Lexington Challenger and the Columbus 2 Challenger.
Emilio has an overall 40-21 win-loss record in 2022, 32-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Emilio has never competed in this tournament before.
Mukund Sasikumar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-17 | 21-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-31 | 21-25 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-35 | 33-21 | 6-7 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-32 | 25-24 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-9 | 4-4 | 0-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 371, Sasi reached the 2nd round after defeating Ji Hoon Son 6-1 6-4 and Seong Chan Hong 4-6 6-1 7-5.
In the 1st round against Chan Hong, The Indian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 7-5). During the match Kumar Mukund scored 99 points vs Chan Hong’s 88. The Indian was quite aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Kumar Mukund fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mukund Sasikumar lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kumar Mukund put 70% of his first serves in, winning 68% (48/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Sasi broke Chan Hong 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Sasi’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Forli 1 Challenger,M15 Jakarta and M25 Sintra.
Kumar Mukund has an overall 35-25 win-loss record in 2022, 21-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gomez | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 46 |
| Pts | 74-60 | 156-128 |
| Total Points | 134 | 284 |
| Winners | 31 | 71 |
| %Winners | 42% | 46% |
Gomez played 1 match while Kumar Mukund competed in 2 matches. Kumar Mukund started his run from the qualifications while Gomez had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Mukund Sasikumar conceded 1 set while Emilio Gomez hasn’t lost a set so far. Gomez has played 3 set(s) less than Kumar Mukund (2 vs 5). Therefore, Gomez played 25 games less than Kumar Mukund. The Ecuadorian scored 31 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Indian made 71 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gomez | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 44/68 | 98/155 |
| %1st in | 65% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 71/98 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 28/57 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 49% |
Gomez recorded 2 aces . Kumar Mukund struck 4 aces (2 per match). Gomez won 70% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Kumar Mukund won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gomez | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 8 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 8/14 |
| % Converted | 80% | 57% |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Gomez broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Gomez surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Sasi broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Kumar Mukund conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gomez | |||
| R1 Fatael |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 74-60 | 74-60 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 44/68 | 44/68 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 31/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 13/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kumar Mukund | ||||
| Q3 Hoon Son |
R1 Chan Hong |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 4-6 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 29 | 46 | |
| pts | 57-40 | 99-88 | 156-128 | |
| Total points | 97 | 187 | 284 | |
| Winners | 23 | 48 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 48% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 27/54 | 71/101 | 98/155 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 70% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 48/71 | 71/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 68% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 15/30 | 28/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 50% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 4/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 117% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWLLL Tennis Scores in Gwangju Challenger
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Keegan SmithSmith – Joris De LooreDe Loore (1-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-4 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Li TuTu – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-72 7-69 6-1) – See score progression
- Jason JungJung – Nicolas BarrientosBarrientos (6-1 4-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Uisung ParkPark – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Marek GengelGengel (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Emilio GomezGomez – Ben PataelPatael (7-67 6-2) – See score progression
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (7-5 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Duckhee LeeLee (4-6 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Yunseong ChungChung (1-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Mukund SasikumarSasikumar – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (4-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Yibing WuWu – Sanhui ShinShin (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – John MillmanMillman (6-4 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Uisung ParkPark – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Emilio GomezGomez – Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Ryan PenistonPeniston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Yibing WuWu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Jason JungJung (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Keegan SmithSmith (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Skander MansouriMansouri – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Li TuTu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
