Steve Johnson and Eliot Spizzirri will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Lexington Challenger for the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 193, the American got to the 2^nd round after defeating Billy Harris 7-6⁵ 6-4.

In the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 885, Spizzirri reached the 2^nd round after beating Christian Harrison 7-6⁴ 6-4.

In the 1^st 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

Tennis Scores in Lexington Challenger

• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Philip SekulicSekulic (3-6 7-6³ 6-1) – See score progression
• 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