Ivan Gakhov and Nick Hardt will play each other in the quarter of the Troisdorf Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on SATURN CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ivan Gakhov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ivan Gakhov is the pick to win this match.
Ivan Gakhov -> 1.53
Nick Hardt -> 2.37
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Prediction and head to head Ivan Gakhov vs. Nick Hardt
This will be the 2nd time that Ivan Gakhov and Nick Hardt face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Hardt (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Hardt won 6-2 1-6 6-3 in the 1st round in M25 Mataro back in 2022.
Ivan Gakhov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-32 | 1-2 | 32-29 | 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. 175, Gakhov reached the quarter after beating Oriol Roca Batalla 6-2 6-0 and Lukas Klein 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Gakhov had a good straight sets win against Klein (6-4 6-2). During the match, Gakhov scored 70 points vs Klein’s 59. Ivan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gakhov struck 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ivan Gakhov conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Gakhov put 67% of his first serves in, winning 79% (30/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Ivan broke Klein 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Gakhov has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (366-216). 13-8 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gakhov has an aggregate319-167 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Girona Challenger where he beat Gastao Elias in the final 5-7 6-4 ret..
The Russian has a composed 17-14 win-loss record in 2023, 13-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Troisdorf Challenger
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Nick Hardt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-24 | 6-6 | 32-17 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-28 | 11-9 | 10-16 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-25 | 18-6 | 28-16 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-19 | 9-6 | 35-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-11 | 6-6 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 222, the Dominican got to the quarter after defeating Orlando Luz 6-3 6-2, Louis Wessels 6-3 7-65, Chun Hsin Tseng 4-6 7-62 6-2 and Mats Moraing 6-2 1-6 7-64.
In the 2nd round, The Dominican defeated Moraing (6-2 1-6 7-64). During the match Hardt scored 100 points vs Moraing’s 94. Hardt was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Hardt scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Nick Hardt lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Hardt put 53% of his first serves in, winning 76% (32/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (15/38) on the 2nd serve. The Dominican broke Moraing 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hardt started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Dominican has a compiled 14-14 win-loss record in 2023, 9-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gakhov | Hardt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 98 |
| Pts | 131-98 | 359-304 |
| Total Points | 229 | 663 |
| Winners | 52 | 126 |
| %Winners | 40% | 35% |
Gakhov played 2 matches while Hardt competed in 4 matches. Hardt started his run from the qualifications while Gakhov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nick Hardt conceded 2 sets while Ivan Gakhov hasn’t lost a set so far. Gakhov has played 6 set(s) less than Hardt (4 vs 10). Therefore, Gakhov played 66 games less than Hardt. The Russian scored 52 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Hardt blasted 126 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gakhov | Hardt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 65/101 | 165/299 |
| %1st in | 64% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 52/65 | 126/165 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 67/134 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 50% |
Gakhov bagged 10 aces (5 per match). Hardt struck 14 aces (3.5 per match). Gakhov won 80% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Hardt won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gakhov | Hardt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 17 |
| Converted | 8/19 | 17/41 |
| % Converted | 42% | 41% |
| Conceded | 6 | 24 |
| Saved | 6 | 13 |
| % Saved | 100% | 54% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 11 |
Ivan broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Gakhov extremely effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points. The Dominican broke his opponents 17 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Dominican conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gakhov | ||||
| R1 Roca Batalla |
R2 Klein |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 18 | 32 | |
| pts | 61-39 | 70-59 | 131-98 | |
| Total points | 100 | 129 | 229 | |
| Winners | 22 | 30 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 43% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 27/44 | 38/57 | 65/101 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 67% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 30/38 | 52/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 79% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/19 | 18/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 47% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/11 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 27% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 4/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hardt | ||||||
| Q1 Luz |
Q3 Wessels |
R1 Hsin |
R2 Moraing |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 7-65 | 4-6 7-62 6-2 | 6-2 1-6 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 31 | 28 | 98 | |
| pts | 61-35 | 87-75 | 111-100 | 100-94 | 359-304 | |
| Total points | 96 | 162 | 211 | 194 | 663 | |
| Winners | 23 | 31 | 40 | 32 | 126 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 36% | 36% | 32% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 | |
| 1st in | 25/43 | 43/72 | 55/104 | 42/80 | 165/299 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 60% | 53% | 53% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 23/25 | 31/43 | 40/55 | 32/42 | 126/165 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 72% | 73% | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 18/29 | 23/49 | 15/38 | 67/134 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 62% | 47% | 39% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/7 | 5/11 | 5/15 | 17/41 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 43% | 45% | 33% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 24 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/8 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 80% | 60% | 38% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |
Head 2 Head
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