Ivan Gakhov and Jesper De Jong will face off in the semifinal of the Girona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 10:30 am on PISTA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jesper De Jong who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jesper De Jong is the pick to win this match.
Jesper De Jong -> 1.37
Ivan Gakhov -> 2.97
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Prediction and head to head Ivan Gakhov vs. Jesper De Jong
There is no head to head record between Ivan Gakhov and Jesper De Jong since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Ivan Gakhov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-15 | 1-2 | 8-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-30 | 2-4 | 26-21 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 56-32 | 1-3 | 53-26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 38-23 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 5-5 | 8-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 241, Gakhov got to the semifinal after beating Abedallah Shelbayh 6-3 4-6 6-4, Fabian Marozsan 6-4 7-5 and Timofey Skatov 6-1 6-4.
In the quarter, Gakhov had a good straight sets win against Skatov (6-1 6-4). During the match, Gakhov scored 57 points vs Skatov’s 39. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gakhov struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Ivan Gakhov was very effective on serve to win 87% (27/31) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ivan broke Skatov 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ivan has lost 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Gakhov has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (356-210). 3-2 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gakhov has a compiled309-161 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
Gakhov has a composed 7-8 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Girona Challenger
Gakhov has never competed in this tournament before.
Jesper De Jong
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-12 | 7-3 | 10-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-23 | 19-4 | 30-14 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-28 | 12-7 | 10-13 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-29 | 2-6 | 27-18 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 31-12 | 7-3 | 14-5 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 273, De got to the semifinal after beating Carlos Sanchez Jover 6-2 6-3, Daniel Rincon 6-3 6-2, Riccardo Bonadio 6-2 6-1, Oleksii Krutykh 6-3 6-2 and Pedro Cachin 7-5 6-2.
In the quarter, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Cachin (7-5 6-2). During the match De scored 75 points vs Cachin’s 61. De was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, De scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jesper De Jong lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, De put 73% of his first serves in, winning 65% (34/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the 2nd serve. De broke Cachin 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jesper started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Jesper’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Tigre 2 Challenger and M25 Quinta Do Lago.
Jesper has a composed 21-6 win-loss record in 2023, 11-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gakhov | De |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 68 | 86 |
| Pts | 227-196 | 341-252 |
| Total Points | 423 | 593 |
| Winners | 97 | 149 |
| %Winners | 43% | 44% |
Gakhov played 3 matches while De competed in 5 matches. De started his run from the qualifications while Gakhov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Ivan Gakhov dropped 1 set while Jesper De Jong hasn’t lost a set so far. Gakhov has played 3 set(s) less than De (7 vs 10). Therefore, Gakhov played 18 games less than De. The Russian scored 97 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, De managed to score 149 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gakhov | De |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 6.7 | 3 |
| 1st in | 125/210 | 212/322 |
| %1st in | 60% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 97/125 | 149/212 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 45/85 | 61/110 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 55% |
Gakhov bagged 20 aces (6.7 per match). De fired 15 aces (3 per match). Gakhov won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, De won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gakhov | De |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 20 |
| Converted | 9/17 | 20/40 |
| % Converted | 53% | 50% |
| Conceded | 14 | 26 |
| Saved | 11 | 22 |
| % Saved | 79% | 85% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Ivan broke his opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. Ivan conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponents 20 times with a 50% conversion rate. Jesper conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gakhov | |||||
| R1 Shelbayh |
R2 Marozsan |
1/4 Skatov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | 6-4 7-5 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 22 | 17 | 68 | |
| pts | 98-93 | 72-64 | 57-39 | 227-196 | |
| Total points | 191 | 136 | 96 | 423 | |
| Winners | 41 | 29 | 27 | 97 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 40% | 47% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 6 | 5 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 56/92 | 38/67 | 31/51 | 125/210 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 57% | 61% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 41/56 | 29/38 | 27/31 | 97/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 76% | 87% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 16/29 | 11/20 | 45/85 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 55% | 55% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/5 | 3/4 | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 60% | 75% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 3/4 | 2/2 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | 100% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| De | |||||||
| Q1 Sanchez Jover |
Q3 Rincon |
R1 Bonadio |
R2 Krutykh |
1/4 Cachin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 86 | |
| pts | 75-54 | 61-43 | 60-37 | 70-57 | 75-61 | 341-252 | |
| Total points | 129 | 104 | 97 | 127 | 136 | 593 | |
| Winners | 24 | 27 | 31 | 33 | 34 | 149 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 44% | 52% | 47% | 45% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 37/65 | 34/57 | 42/58 | 47/71 | 52/71 | 212/322 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 60% | 72% | 66% | 73% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 24/37 | 27/34 | 31/42 | 33/47 | 34/52 | 149/212 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 79% | 74% | 70% | 65% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 11/23 | 9/16 | 13/24 | 12/19 | 61/110 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 48% | 56% | 54% | 63% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/8 | 4/6 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 20/40 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 50% | 67% | 60% | 40% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 26 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 1/2 | 7/7 | 6/6 | 4/5 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 100% | 100% | 80% | 132% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Girona Challenger
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Pedro CachinCachin (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Mariano NavoneNavone (7-62 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Gastao EliasElias – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (7-68 6-3) – See score progression
- Yuki Bhambri/Saketh-Sai MyneniBhambri/Saketh-Sai Myneni – Orlando Luz/Marcelo ZormannLuz/Marcelo Zormann (4-6 7-65 10-8) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Gastao EliasElias (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Ivan GakhovGakhov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
