Steve Johnson and Eliot Spizzirri will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Lexington Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on STADIUM 1. 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 Steve Johnson who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Steve Johnson is the pick to win this match.
Steve Johnson -> 1.35
Eliot Spizzirri -> 3.02
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Prediction and head to head Steve Johnson vs. Eliot Spizzirri
There is no head to head record between Steve Johnson and Eliot Spizzirri since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Steve Johnson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-20 | 15-11 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-28 | 20-18 | 6-4 | 2-2 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-17 | 8-12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-11 | 18-7 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 193, the American got to the 2nd round after defeating Billy Harris 7-65 6-4.
In the 1st round, Johnson had a good straight sets win against Harris (7-65 6-4). During the match, Johnson scored 71 points vs Harris’s 65. The American was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Johnson made 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Steve Johnson was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (25/34) of his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Steve broke Harris 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Johnson has good match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (273-227). 7-7 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Johnson has a composed 166-130 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he overcame Mikhail Kukushkin in the final 6-4 6-7(7) 7-6(4).
Johnson has a composed 12-15 win-loss record in 2023, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lexington Challenger
Johnson has never competed in this tournament before.
Eliot Spizzirri
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-15 | 28-11 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-10 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-4 | 15-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 885, Spizzirri reached the 2nd round after beating Christian Harrison 7-64 6-4.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Harrison (7-64 6-4). During the match Spizzirri scored 78 points vs Harrison’s 70. Spizzirri was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Spizzirri bagged 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Eliot Spizzirri lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Spizzirri put 63% of his first serves in, winning 78% (35/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Eliot broke Harrison 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Spizzirri has an overall 1-3 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Johnson | Spizzirri |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 |
| Pts | 71-65 | 78-70 |
| Total Points | 136 | 148 |
| Winners | 25 | 35 |
| %Winners | 35% | 45% |
Both Johnson and Spizzirri played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Johnson and Spizzirri have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (23). The American scored 25 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The American recorded 35 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Johnson | Spizzirri |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 34/68 | 45/71 |
| %1st in | 50% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 35/45 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 18/34 | 13/26 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 50% |
Johnson recorded 2 aces . Spizzirri struck 3 aces . Johnson won 74% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Spizzirri won 78% of the points behind 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 | Johnson | Spizzirri |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 50% | 43% |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 57% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Johnson conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Spizzirri broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Eliot conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Johnson | |||
| R1 Harris |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 71-65 | 71-65 | |
| Total points | 136 | 136 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 34/68 | 34/68 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 25/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/34 | 18/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Spizzirri | |||
| R1 Harrison |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 78-70 | 78-70 | |
| Total points | 148 | 148 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 45/71 | 45/71 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 35/45 | 35/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 13/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Dane SweenySweeny – Tristan BoyerBoyer (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Bernard TomicTomic – Stefan DostanicDostanic (6-4 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Cannon KingsleyKingsley – Yuki MochizukiMochizuki (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo – Alex BoltBolt (6-4 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Aidan MchughMchugh (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Omar JasikaJasika – Ryan PenistonPeniston (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Justin BoulaisBoulais (7-5 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Aidan MayoMayo – Nathan PonwithPonwith (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Nam Hoang LyHoang Ly (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Billy HarrisHarris (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Christian HarrisonHarrison (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Joshua LapadatLapadat (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Martin DammDamm (6-74 7-65 7-64) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Maxime JanvierJanvier (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Cannon KingsleyKingsley – Yuki MochizukiMochizuki (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Dane SweenySweeny – Tristan BoyerBoyer (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Bernard TomicTomic – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tung-Lin WuWu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Ulises BlanchBlanch (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cannon KingsleyKingsley – Dane SweenySweeny (0-0) – H2H and prediction
