Henri Laaksonen and Federico Gaio will play each other in the qualifications of the Prague 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:00 pm on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Federico Gaio who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Federico Gaio is the pick to win this match.
Federico Gaio -> 1.71
Henri Laaksonen -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Henri Laaksonen vs. Federico Gaio
This will be the 2nd time that Henri Laaksonen and Federico Gaio clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gaio (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Gaio won 6-4 6-3 in the qualifications in at the Australian Open back in 2018.
Henri Laaksonen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-23 | 1-2 | 9-16 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-35 | 5-12 | 5-11 | 12-9 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-25 | 8-5 | 19-10 | 17-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-15 | 1-3 | 9-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 218, the Swiss got to the qualifications after defeating Jakub Mensik 2-6 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications against Mensik, The Swiss recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-4). During the match, Laaksonen scored 87 points vs Mensik’s 80. The Swiss was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Laaksonen scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 7 double faults. Henri Laaksonen lost the serve 5 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Laaksonen put 55% of his first serves in, winning 60% (29/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (17/39) on the 2nd serve. Henri broke Mensik 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Laaksonen has good record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (324-277). 1-0 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Laaksonen has an aggregate 126-113 record in the last years on clay.
The Swiss has an overall 3-5 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 1 Challenger
Federico Gaio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-11 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-30 | 14-12 | 25-15 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-28 | 9-9 | 8-15 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-38 | 6-8 | 14-16 | 13-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-19 | 5-4 | 10-12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 326, Federico reached the qualifications after defeating Denis Yevseyev 6-0 6-75 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Italian defeated Yevseyev (6-0 6-75 6-3). During the match Gaio scored 107 points vs Yevseyev’s 81. Federico was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Gaio fired 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Federico Gaio lost the serve 6 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Gaio put 58% of his first serves in, winning 56% (35/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (24/46) on the 2nd serve. Gaio broke Yevseyev 10 times after converting 59% of his break points (10/17).
Gaio’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Monastir and M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio.
Gaio has an overall 23-11 win-loss record in 2023, 13-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Laaksonen | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 28 |
| Pts | 87-80 | 107-81 |
| Total Points | 167 | 188 |
| Winners | 29 | 35 |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% |
Both Laaksonen and Gaio played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Henri Laaksonen lost 1 set, while Federico Gaio surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Laaksonen and Gaio have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Laaksonen played 2 games less than Gaio. Henri scored 29 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian recorded 35 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Laaksonen | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 48/87 | 63/109 |
| %1st in | 55% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 29/48 | 35/63 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 56% |
| 2nd pts | 17/39 | 24/46 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 52% |
Laaksonen made 1 ace . Gaio also scored 2 aces . Laaksonen won 60% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Gaio won 56% of the points on 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 | Laaksonen | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 10 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 10/17 |
| % Converted | 50% | 59% |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 |
| Saved | 8 | 7 |
| % Saved | 62% | 54% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 6 |
The Swiss broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Swiss surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. Gaio broke his opponent 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded.
| Laaksonen | |||
| Q1 Mensik |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 87-80 | 87-80 | |
| Total points | 167 | 167 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 48/87 | 48/87 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 29/48 | 29/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/39 | 17/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Gaio | |||
| Q1 Yevseyev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-75 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 107-81 | 107-81 | |
| Total points | 188 | 188 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 63/109 | 63/109 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 35/63 | 35/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 56% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/46 | 24/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 10 | 10 | |
| Converted | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| Converted % | 59% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 7/13 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 54% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
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