Emilio Gomez and Aleksandar Kovacevic will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Cleveland Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aleksandar Kovacevic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Kovacevic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.88
Emilio Gomez -> 1.88

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Prediction and head to head Emilio Gomez vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic

This will be the 3^rd time that Emilio Gomez and Aleksandar Kovacevic clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Gomez (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Gomez won 6-4 6-2 in the qualifications in Indian wells back in 2021.

Emilio Gomez

Ranked no. 106, Emilio reached the semifinal after defeating Ezekiel Clark 7-5 6-2, Jack Pinnington Jones 6-2 3-6 6-2 and Gabriel Diallo 7-6⁵ 4-6 7-5.

In the quarter, Gomez defeated Diallo (7-6⁵ 4-6 7-5).During the match, Gomez scored less points (2) than Diallo. In fact, the world no. 106 won 123 points vs Diallo’s. That means that Gomez was more focused during the important points. Gomez was very aggressive to blast 59 winners.

Talking about the service games, Gomez blasted 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Emilio Gomez lost the serve twice and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Gomez put 57% of his first serves in, winning 76% (59/78) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (28/59) on the 2nd serve. The Ecuadorian broke Diallo twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Ecuadorian has dropped 2 set in this competition to conquer 52% of the points he played.

Gomez has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (332-238). 3-0 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gomez has an overall 32-27 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Gomez has an aggregate 4-2 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cleveland Challenger

Aleksandar Kovacevic

Ranked no. 166, Aleksandar got to the semifinal after defeating Alex Rybakov 7-6⁷ 6-7⁷ 6-2, Illya Marchenko 7-5 6-3 and Steve Johnson 6-7⁵ 7-5 6-4.

In the quarter against Johnson, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁵ 7-5 6-4). During the match Kovacevic scored 116 points vs Johnson’s 108. Aleksandar was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Talking about serving, Kovacevic recorded 14 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Aleksandar Kovacevic lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kovacevic put 59% of his first serves in, winning 70% (46/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (27/46) on the 2nd serve. Kovacevic broke Johnson 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Aleksandar has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

The American has an aggregate 3-1 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cleveland Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gomez	Kovacevic
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	8	8
Tot Games	80	90
Pts	291-270	310-274
Total Points	561	584
Winners	126	131
%Winners	43%	42%

Both Gomez and Kovacevic played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Emilio Gomez conceded 2 sets, while Aleksandar Kovacevic surrendered 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Gomez and Kovacevic have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Gomez played 10 games less than Kovacevic. Gomez scored 126 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 131 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gomez	Kovacevic
Aces	13	27
Avg per match	4.3	9
1st in	172/303	166/281
%1st in	57%	59%
1st pts	126/172	131/166
%1st pts	73%	79%
2nd pts	58/131	64/115
%2nd pts	44%	56%

Gomez bagged 13 aces (4.3 per match). Kovacevic recorded 27 aces (9 per match). Gomez won 73% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Kovacevic won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Gomez	Kovacevic
Won	12	10
Converted	12/29	10/26
% Converted	41%	38%
Conceded	23	14
Saved	16	10
% Saved	70%	71%
Times Broken	7	4

Gomez broke his opponents 12 times with a 41% conversion rate. Gomez dropped his serve 7 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 10 times with a 38% conversion rate. Kovacevic conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Gomez
	R1 Clark	R2 Pinnington	1/4 Diallo	Total
Score	7-5 6-2	6-2 3-6 6-2	7-65 4-6 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	20	25	35	80
pts	71-60	97-85	123-125	291-270
Total points	131	182	248	561
Winners	27	40	59	126
%Winners	38%	41%	48%	43%
SERVE
Aces	5	5	3	13
Double Faults	8	8	4	20
1st in	37/71	57/95	78/137	172/303
% 1st in	52%	60%	57%	57%
1st pts	27/37	40/57	59/78	126/172
% 1st pts	73%	70%	76%	73%
2nd pts	12/34	18/38	28/59	58/131
% 2nd pts	35%	47%	47%	44%
Breaks
Won	6	4	2	12
Converted	6/12	4/7	2/10	12/29
Converted %	50%	57%	20%	41%
Conceded	6	5	12	23
Saved	3/6	3/5	10/12	16
Saved %	50%	60%	83%	64%
Times Broken	3	2	2	7

Kovacevic
	R1 Rybakov	R2 Marchenko	1/4 Johnson	Total
Score	7-67 6-77 6-2	7-5 6-3	6-75 7-5 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	34	21	35	90
pts	125-112	69-54	116-108	310-274
Total points	237	123	224	584
Winners	52	33	46	131
%Winners	42%	48%	40%	42%
SERVE
Aces	9	4	14	27
Double Faults	7	3	7	17
1st in	61/105	39/64	66/112	166/281
% 1st in	58%	61%	59%	59%
1st pts	52/61	33/39	46/66	131/166
% 1st pts	85%	85%	70%	79%
2nd pts	21/44	16/25	27/46	64/115
% 2nd pts	48%	64%	59%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	2	4	10
Converted	4/8	2/5	4/13	10/26
Converted %	50%	40%	31%	38%
Conceded	5	3	6	14
Saved	3/5	3/3	4/6	10
Saved %	60%	100%	67%	76%
Times Broken	2	0	2	4

Tennis Scores in Cleveland Challenger

• Yibing WuWu – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Steve JohnsonJohnson (6-7⁵ 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Emilio GomezGomez – Gabriel DialloDiallo (7-6⁵ 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-0 2-6 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Jonas Forejtek/Thai KwiatkowskiForejtek/Thai Kwiatkowski – Ezekiel Clark/Alfredo PerezClark/Alfredo Perez (7-6⁶ 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Emilio GomezGomez – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Yibing WuWu (0-0) – H2H and prediction