Borna Gojo and Yosuke Watanuki will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Cagliari Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on CAMPO 14. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Borna Gojo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Borna Gojo is the pick to win this match.
Borna Gojo -> 1.78
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.952
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Prediction and head to head Borna Gojo vs. Yosuke Watanuki
This will be the 2nd time that Borna Gojo and Yosuke Watanuki fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gojo (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Gojo won 7-6(5) 6-4 in the semifinal in the Monterrey Challenger back in February 2023.
Borna Gojo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-25 | 22-9 | 12-7 | 6-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-28 | 19-9 | 5-5 | 14-10 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-22 | 8-7 | 3-6 | 7-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-14 | 11-6 | 10-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 110, Borna reached the 2nd round after beating Stefano Travaglia 6-3 6-76 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Croatian defeated Travaglia (6-3 6-76 6-4). During the match, Gojo scored 110 points vs Travaglia’s 95. The Croatian was very aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gojo blasted 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Borna Gojo lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gojo put 60% of his first serves in, winning 83% (55/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (19/44) on the 2nd serve. Gojo broke Travaglia 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Gojo has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (206-142). 7-3 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gojo has an aggregate43-38 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Gojo’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Monterrey Challenger and the Murcia Challenger.
The Croatian has a compiled 22-10 win-loss record in 2023, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cagliari Challenger
Gojo has never competed in this tournament before.
Yosuke Watanuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-23 | 29-12 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-22 | 19-11 | 6-4 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-17 | 8-9 | 2-3 | 6-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-7 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 117, the Japanese got to the 2nd round after defeating Thiago Moura Monteiro 6-4 4-2 ret..
In the 1st round against Moura Monteiro, the Japanese had a free pass after Moura Monteiro retired on a 6-4 4-2 . scoreline.
The Japanese’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger and the Monterrey Challenger.
Yousuke has an overall 19-8 win-loss record in 2023, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gojo | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 16 |
| Pts | 110-95 | 63-42 |
| Total Points | 205 | 105 |
| Winners | 55 | 19 |
| %Winners | 50% | 30% |
Both Gojo and Watanuki played 1 match. At the moment, Borna Gojo dropped 1 set while Yosuke Watanuki hasn’t conceded a set so far. Talking about their workload, Gojo and Watanuki have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Gojo played 16 games more than Watanuki. Borna scored 55 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Watanuki managed to score 19 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gojo | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 9 |
| 1st in | 66/110 | 20/38 |
| %1st in | 60% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 55/66 | 19/20 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 95% |
| 2nd pts | 19/44 | 13/18 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 72% |
Gojo scored 11 aces . Watanuki managed to score 9 aces . Gojo won 83% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Watanuki won 95% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 72% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gojo | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 2/8 |
| % Converted | 33% | 25% |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 80% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Borna broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. The Japanese was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Gojo | |||
| R1 Travaglia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-76 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 110-95 | 110-95 | |
| Total points | 205 | 205 | |
| Winners | 55 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 66/110 | 66/110 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 55/66 | 55/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/44 | 19/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Watanuki | |||
| R1 Moura Monteiro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 63-42 | 63-42 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 20/38 | 20/38 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 19/20 | 19/20 | |
| % 1st pts | 95% | 95% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 13/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 72% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLL Tennis Scores in Cagliari Challenger
- Julian Cash/Henry PattenCash/Henry Patten – Flavio Cobolli/Francesco PassaroCobolli/Francesco Passaro (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Flavio CobolliCobolli (5-7 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Luca NardiNardi (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Gianluca MagerMager (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-4 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Francesco PassaroPassaro (3-6 7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Steven DiezDiez (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-3 6-76 6-4) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-1 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexander Erler/Lucas MiedlerErler/Lucas Miedler – Nikola Cacic/Aleksandr NedovyesovCacic/Aleksandr Nedovyesov (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (7-60 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman (2-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Luca NardiNardi (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Laslo DjereDjere (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Taro DanielDaniel (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
