Emilio Gomez and Marc Polmans will face off in the semifinal of the Gwangju Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am 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 -> 1.41
Marc Polmans -> 2.82
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Prediction and head to head Emilio Gomez vs. Marc Polmans
This will be the 2nd time that Emilio Gomez and Marc Polmans square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Gomez (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Gomez won 6-4 6-2 in the 3rd round in the Tallahassee Challenger back in 2019.
Emilio Gomez
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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. 102 (career-high), Gomez reached the semifinal after defeating Ben Patael 7-67 6-2, Mukund Sasikumar 6-4 6-2 and Ji Sung Nam 6-1 1-6 6-1.
In the quarter, Emilio defeated Sung Nam (6-1 1-6 6-1). During the match, Gomez scored 85 points vs Sung Nam’s 72. Emilio was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gomez wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Emilio Gomez lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Gomez put 65% of his first serves in, winning 63% (31/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the 2nd serve. The Ecuadorian broke Sung Nam 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Ecuadorian has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Gomez has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (349-244). 34-12 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gomez has an aggregate 176-99 match record in the last years on hard.
Emilio’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Salinas Challenger,the Malaga Challenger,the Winnipeg Challenger,the Lexington Challenger and the Columbus 2 Challenger.
The Ecuadorian has a composed 42-21 win-loss record in 2022, 34-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Emilio has never competed in this tournament before.
Marc Polmans
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 16-24 | 10-15 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
2023 | 50-35 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
2022 | 18-13 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 15-28 | 1-6 | 8-13 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
2020 | 11-16 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 787, the Australian reached the semifinal after beating John Millman 6-4 0-0 ret., Keegan Smith 6-4 2-6 6-3 and Maximilian Neuchrist 4-6 6-1 6-3.
In the quarter against Neuchrist, Marc recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-3). During the match Polmans scored 90 points vs Neuchrist’s 74. Marc was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Polmans managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Marc Polmans lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Polmans put 68% of his first serves in, winning 69% (36/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Neuchrist 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Marc has an overall 7-7 win-loss record in 2022, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Gomez | Polmans |
---|---|---|
Match played | 3 | 3 |
Tot Set | 7 | 9 |
Tot Games | 60 | 63 |
Pts | 227-183 | 215-191 |
Total Points | 410 | 406 |
Winners | 92 | 94 |
%Winners | 41% | 44% |
Both Gomez and Polmans played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Emilio Gomez lost 1 set, while Marc Polmans conceded 2 sets. Gomez has played 2 set(s) less than Polmans (7 vs 9). Therefore, Gomez played 3 games less than Polmans. The Ecuadorian scored 92 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Marc blasted 94 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Gomez | Polmans |
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Aces | 6 | 7 |
Avg per match | 2 | 2.3 |
1st in | 127/193 | 130/194 |
%1st in | 66% | 67% |
1st pts | 92/127 | 94/130 |
%1st pts | 72% | 72% |
2nd pts | 35/66 | 33/64 |
%2nd pts | 53% | 52% |
Gomez scored 6 aces (2 per match). Polmans made 7 aces (2.3 per match). Gomez won 72% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Polmans won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Gomez | Polmans |
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Won | 11 | 9 |
Converted | 11/24 | 9/24 |
% Converted | 46% | 38% |
Conceded | 13 | 14 |
Saved | 9 | 9 |
% Saved | 69% | 64% |
Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
Gomez broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Ecuadorian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Polmans broke his opponents 9 times with a 38% conversion rate. Polmans conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
Gomez | |||||
R1 Fatael |
R2 Kumar Mukund |
1/4 Sung Nam |
Total | ||
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Score | 7-67 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-1 1-6 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
Tot Games | 21 | 18 | 21 | 60 | |
pts | 74-60 | 68-51 | 85-72 | 227-183 | |
Total points | 134 | 119 | 157 | 410 | |
Winners | 31 | 30 | 31 | 92 | |
%Winners | 42% | 44% | 36% | 41% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
1st in | 44/68 | 34/50 | 49/75 | 127/193 | |
% 1st in | 65% | 68% | 65% | 66% | |
1st pts | 31/44 | 30/34 | 31/49 | 92/127 | |
% 1st pts | 70% | 88% | 63% | 72% | |
2nd pts | 13/24 | 7/16 | 15/26 | 35/66 | |
% 2nd pts | 54% | 44% | 58% | 53% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
Converted | 4/5 | 3/7 | 4/12 | 11/24 | |
Converted % | 80% | 43% | 33% | 46% | |
Conceded | 4 | 0 | 9 | 13 | |
Saved | 2/4 | 0/0 | 7/9 | 9 | |
Saved % | 50% | – | 78% | 43% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Polmans | |||||
R1 Millman |
R2 Smith |
1/4 Neuchrist |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-4 0-0 ret. | 6-4 2-6 6-3 | 4-6 6-1 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
Tot Games | 10 | 27 | 26 | 63 | |
pts | 32-27 | 93-90 | 90-74 | 215-191 | |
Total points | 59 | 183 | 164 | 406 | |
Winners | 13 | 45 | 36 | 94 | |
%Winners | 41% | 48% | 40% | 44% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
1st in | 15/26 | 63/92 | 52/76 | 130/194 | |
% 1st in | 58% | 68% | 68% | 67% | |
1st pts | 13/15 | 45/63 | 36/52 | 94/130 | |
% 1st pts | 87% | 71% | 69% | 72% | |
2nd pts | 7/11 | 14/29 | 12/24 | 33/64 | |
% 2nd pts | 64% | 48% | 50% | 52% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
Converted | 1/2 | 3/9 | 5/13 | 9/24 | |
Converted % | 50% | 33% | 38% | 38% | |
Conceded | 0 | 12 | 2 | 14 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 9/12 | 0/2 | 9 | |
Saved % | – | 75% | 0% | 25% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Gwangju Challenger
- Emilio GomezGomez – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (6-1 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Maximilian MartererMarterer (7-61 7-61) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (4-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Maximilian Marterer/Maximilian NeuchristMarterer/Maximilian Neuchrist – Kimmer Coppejans/Joris De LooreCoppejans/Joris De Loore (6-4 3-6 10-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Emilio GomezGomez – Marc PolmansPolmans (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Zsombor PirosPiros (0-0) – H2H and prediction