Max Purcell and Emilio Gomez will square off in the quarter of the Gwangju Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on SHOW COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Max Purcell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Purcell is the pick to win this match.
Max Purcell -> 1.43
Emilio Gomez -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Emilio Gomez
This will be the 2nd time that Max Purcell and Emilio Gomez play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gomez (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Gomez won 7-6(2) 6-7(2) 7-6(4) in the qualifications in Toronto back in 2021.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-19 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 89, the Australian got to the quarter after beating Ricardas Berankis 6-3 6-2 and Luke Saville 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Max had a good straight sets win against Saville (6-2 6-2). During the match, Purcell scored 67 points vs Saville’s 51. Purcell was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Purcell blasted 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Max Purcell conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Purcell put 44% of his first serves in, winning 88% (22/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Saville 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Purcell hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.
Purcell has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (242-166). 27-5 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Purcell has an aggregate177-115 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Chennai Challenger where he defeated Nicolas Moreno De Alboran in the final 5-7 7-6(2) 6-4 and the Bengaluru Challenger where he defeated James Duckworth in the final 3-6 7-5 7-6(5) and the Pune Challenger where he overcame Luca Nardi in the final 6-2 6-3.
The Australian has a composed 32-7 win-loss record in 2023, 27-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Emilio Gomez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-28 | 8-16 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-26 | 38-15 | 1-3 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-33 | 25-15 | 9-11 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-15 | 2-5 | 4-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 115, Gomez got to the quarter after defeating Altug Celikbilek 6-3 6-2 and Dominik Palan 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Ecuadorian had a good straight sets win against Palan (6-3 6-2). During the match Gomez scored 62 points vs Palan’s 43. The Ecuadorian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Gomez scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Emilio Gomez was quite effective on serve to win 84% (21/25) of his 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Emilio broke Palan 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Emilio hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
The Ecuadorian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Cleveland Challenger.
The Ecuadorian has an overall 12-13 win-loss record in 2023, 6-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Gomez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 34 |
| Pts | 126-97 | 123-84 |
| Total Points | 223 | 207 |
| Winners | 52 | 49 |
| %Winners | 41% | 40% |
Both Purcell and Gomez played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Purcell and Gomez have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Purcell played 1 game less than Gomez. Max scored 52 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Emilio blasted 49 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Gomez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 66/120 | 61/105 |
| %1st in | 55% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 52/66 | 49/61 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 25/54 | 26/44 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 59% |
Purcell blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Gomez fired 6 aces (3 per match). Purcell won 79% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Gomez won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Gomez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/16 | 7/14 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 |
| Saved | 7 | 3 |
| % Saved | 88% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Purcell broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Purcell surrendered his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Gomez broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Gomez conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | ||||
| R1 Berankis |
R2 Saville |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 16 | 33 | |
| pts | 59-46 | 67-51 | 126-97 | |
| Total points | 105 | 118 | 223 | |
| Winners | 30 | 22 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 33% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 41/63 | 25/57 | 66/120 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 44% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 22/25 | 52/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 88% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/22 | 16/32 | 25/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 50% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/12 | 8/16 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 33% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 5/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gomez | ||||
| R1 Celikbilek |
R2 Palan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | 34 | |
| pts | 61-41 | 62-43 | 123-84 | |
| Total points | 102 | 105 | 207 | |
| Winners | 28 | 21 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 34% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 36/59 | 25/46 | 61/105 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 54% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 21/25 | 49/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 84% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 15/21 | 26/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 71% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/9 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 33% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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