Borna Gojo and Rio Noguchi will play each other in the 2nd round of the Tunis Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:30 am on COURT AZIZ ZOUHIR. 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 Borna Gojo who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Borna Gojo is the pick to win this match.
Borna Gojo -> 1.126
Rio Noguchi -> 5.4
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Prediction and head to head Borna Gojo vs. Rio Noguchi
This will be the 2nd time that Borna Gojo and Rio Noguchi play 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 squared off, Gojo won 3-6 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in the Bengalaru 1 Challenger back in 2022.
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. 102 (career-high), Borna got to the 2nd round after beating Nicolas Mejia 6-4 7-64.
In the 1st round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Mejia (6-4 7-64). During the match, Gojo scored 77 points vs Mejia’s 71. The Croatian was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gojo struck 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Borna Gojo lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gojo put 56% of his first serves in, winning 73% (33/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (18/36) on the 2nd serve. Gojo broke Mejia 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Gojo has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (208-144). 9-5 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gojo has a composed45-40 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.
Gojo has an overall 24-12 win-loss record in 2023, 9-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tunis Challenger
Gojo has never competed in this tournament before.
Rio Noguchi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-18 | 17-11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-31 | 12-18 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-22 | 41-10 | 9-9 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-26 | 18-18 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 5-6 | 0-3 | 3-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 206, Rio reached the 2nd round after beating Damien Wenger 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Wenger (6-2 6-2). During the match Noguchi scored 59 points vs Wenger’s 34. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Noguchi scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Rio Noguchi was extremely efficient on serve to win 91% (20/22) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Noguchi broke Wenger 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
The Japanese has a composed 5-9 win-loss record in 2023, 2-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gojo | Noguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 16 |
| Pts | 77-71 | 59-34 |
| Total Points | 148 | 93 |
| Winners | 33 | 20 |
| %Winners | 43% | 34% |
Both Gojo and Noguchi played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gojo and Noguchi have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gojo played 7 games more than Noguchi. The Croatian scored 33 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese fired 20 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gojo | Noguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1 |
| 1st in | 45/81 | 22/42 |
| %1st in | 56% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 33/45 | 20/22 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 91% |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 14/20 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 70% |
Gojo struck 6 aces . Noguchi fired 1 ace . Gojo won 73% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Noguchi won 91% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gojo | Noguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 60% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 |
| Saved | 6 | 1 |
| % Saved | 75% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Gojo broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Gojo surrendered his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Rio was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Gojo | |||
| R1 Mejia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 77-71 | 77-71 | |
| Total points | 148 | 148 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 45/81 | 45/81 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 33/45 | 33/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 18/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Noguchi | |||
| R1 Wenger |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 59-34 | 59-34 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 22/42 | 22/42 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 20/22 | 20/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 14/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Matteo GiganteGigante (6-1 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Daniel RinconRincon – Joris De LooreDe Loore (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander WeisWeis – Liam BroadyBroady (6-0 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Laurent LokoliLokoli (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Mattia BellucciBellucci (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Damien WengerWenger (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Joao SousaSousa (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Aziz OuakaaOuakaa (1-6 6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Pablo CuevasCuevas (7-60 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly (2-6 6-3 7-63) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Dennis NovakNovak (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Aziz DougazDougaz (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alexander WeisWeis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
