Emilio Nava and Nathan Ponwith will play each other in the qualifications of the Phoenix Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am 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 Emilio Nava who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emilio Nava is the pick to win this match.
Emilio Nava -> 1.2
Nathan Ponwith -> 4.2
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Prediction and head to head Emilio Nava vs. Nathan Ponwith
This will be the 2nd time that Emilio Nava and Nathan Ponwith clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nava (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Nava won 5-7 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in the Charlottesville Challenger back in 2022.
Emilio Nava
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-27 | 15-14 | 4-6 | 4-2 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-31 | 24-14 | 12-8 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-27 | 15-15 | 14-6 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-16 | 9-6 | 27-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 10-7 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 188, Emilio got to the qualifications after beating Joao Sousa 6-2 5-7 7-5.
In the qualifications, The American defeated Sousa (6-2 5-7 7-5). During the match, Nava scored 112 points vs Sousa’s 102. Emilio was very aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nava struck 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Emilio Nava lost the serve 5 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Nava put 70% of his first serves in, winning 61% (48/79) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (15/34) on the 2nd serve. Nava broke Sousa 7 times after converting 44% of his break points (7/16).
Nava has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (119-77). 6-3 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Nava has a composed54-43 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
Emilio has a composed 6-8 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Nathan Ponwith
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-23 | 15-18 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-32 | 18-25 | 2-2 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-27 | 19-15 | 6-7 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-14 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 458 (career-high), Nathan got to the qualifications after defeating Yosuke Watanuki 7-62 6-2.
In the qualifications, Nathan had a good straight sets win against Watanuki (7-62 6-2). During the match Ponwith scored 78 points vs Watanuki’s 66. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Ponwith scored 6 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Nathan Ponwith lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ponwith put 52% of his first serves in, winning 74% (32/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (16/39) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Watanuki 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
The American’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Wesley Chapel.
Nathan has a composed 8-4 win-loss record in 2023, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nava | Ponwith |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 21 |
| Pts | 112-102 | 78-66 |
| Total Points | 214 | 144 |
| Winners | 48 | 32 |
| %Winners | 43% | 41% |
Both Nava and Ponwith played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Emilio Nava lost 1 set while Nathan Ponwith hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Nava has played 1 set more than Ponwith (3 vs 2). Therefore, Nava played 11 games more than Ponwith. Nava scored 48 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Ponwith scored 32 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nava | Ponwith |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 79/113 | 43/82 |
| %1st in | 70% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 48/79 | 32/43 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 16/39 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 41% |
Nava scored 5 aces . Ponwith bagged 6 aces . Nava won 61% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Ponwith won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nava | Ponwith |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/16 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 44% | 71% |
| Conceded | 14 | 7 |
| Saved | 9 | 4 |
| % Saved | 64% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
The American broke his opponent 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Nava conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Nathan broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nava | |||
| Q1 Sousa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 5-7 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 112-102 | 112-102 | |
| Total points | 214 | 214 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 79/113 | 79/113 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 48/79 | 48/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 15/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/16 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 9/14 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Ponwith | |||
| Q1 Watanuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 78-66 | 78-66 | |
| Total points | 144 | 144 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 43/82 | 43/82 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 32/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/39 | 16/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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