Emilio Nava and Alejandro Moro Canas will face off in the quarter of the Malaga Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:00 pm on 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 Emilio Nava who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Emilio Nava is the pick to win this match.
Emilio Nava -> 1.72
Alejandro Moro Canas -> 2.06

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Prediction and head to head Emilio Nava vs. Alejandro Moro Canas

This will be the 2nd time that Emilio Nava and Alejandro Moro Canas fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nava (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Nava won 6-3 1-6 10-5 in the qualifications in M25 Reus back in 2021.

Emilio Nava

Emilio Nava

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
212
High
124
LWLWWWLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 34-34 16-15 8-9 8-5 2-5 0-0
2023 40-31 24-14 12-8 4-9 0-0 0-0
2022 41-27 15-15 14-6 12-6 0-0 0-0
2021 40-16 9-6 27-7 4-3 0-0 0-0
2020 17-12 10-7 7-5 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 162, the American got to the quarter after defeating Raul Brancaccio 6-4 6-4 and Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-3 7-64.

In the 2nd round, Emilio had a good straight sets win against Ramos-Vinolas (6-3 7-64). During the match, Nava scored 76 points vs Ramos-Vinolas’s 57. Emilio was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Regarding the service games, Nava struck 14 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Emilio Nava lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Nava put 71% of his first serves in, winning 86% (43/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Nava broke Ramos-Vinolas twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nava hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.

Nava has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (148-95). 23-12 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nava has an overall71-52 match record in the last 6 years on hard.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Modena Challenger where he overcame Titouan Droguet in the final 6-7(5) 7-6(6) 6-4.

Nava has an overall 35-26 win-loss record in 2023, 23-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Malaga Challenger

Malaga Challenger
Nava's Record

Alejandro Moro Canas

Alejandro Moro Canas

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
169
High
142
LWLLWLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 35-28 11-8 17-13 3-5 4-2 0-0
2023 39-31 17-11 17-15 5-4 0-1 0-0
2022 40-18 20-8 20-10 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 35-16 30-8 5-8 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 2-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 253 (career-high), Alejandro got to the quarter after defeating Alberto Barroso Campos 6-76 6-2 6-2, Moez Echargui 5-7 7-64 6-1, Elias Ymer 6-1 7-63 and Daniel Elahi Galan 6-3 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Moro had a good straight sets win against Elahi Galan Riveros (6-3 6-4). During the match Moro scored 77 points vs Elahi Galan Riveros’s 64. Alejandro was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Moro bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alejandro Moro Canas lost the serve once and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Moro put 58% of his first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Elahi Galan Riveros 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alejandro started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Prague 2 Challenger,the Lyon Challenger and the Pozoblanco Challenger.

Moro has an overall 33-25 win-loss record in 2023, 17-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Malaga Challenger

Moro has never competed in this tournament before.

Malaga Challenger
Moro's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

E.Nava
A.Moro Canas
3h:02
3h:02
Time on court​
!
9h:36
9h:36
1h:44
1h:44
Last match​
1h:56
1h:56
2
2
Match played
!
4
4
42
42
Games Played​
100
100
4
4
Set played​​
10
10
136
136
Total points​
357
357
68
68
Avg point​
89.3
89.3
68
68
Winners
153
153
34
34
Avg Winners​
38.3
38.3
50%
50%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
20
20
Aces
13
13
10
10
Avg Aces
3.3
3.3
5
5
Double Faults
5
5
2.5
2.5
Avg Double Faults
1.3
1.3
68/84
68/84
1st won total​
153/224
153/224
!
81%
81%
1st won %
68%
68%
24/45
24/45
2nd won total​
65/117
65/117
53%
53%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
6/8
6/8
BP won
19/38
19/38
3/4
3/4
Avg BP won
4.8/9.5
4.8/9.5
!
75%
75%
Won
50%
50%
10
10
Conceded
32
32
5
5
Avg Conceded
8
8
3
3
Broken
9
9
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
2.3
2.3
7
7
Saved
23
23

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Nava Moro
Match played 2 4
Tot Set 4 10
Tot Games 42 100
Pts 136-108 357-295
Total Points 244 652
Winners 68 153
%Winners 50% 43%

Nava played 2 matches while Moro competed in 4 matches. Moro started his run from the qualifications while Nava had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Alejandro Moro Canas lost 2 sets while Emilio Nava hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Nava has played 6 set(s) less than Moro (4 vs 10). Therefore, Nava played 58 games less than Moro. The American scored 68 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Alejandro fired 153 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Nava Moro
Aces 20 13
Avg per match 10 3.3
1st in 84/129 224/341
%1st in 65% 66%
1st pts 68/84 153/224
%1st pts 81% 68%
2nd pts 24/45 65/117
%2nd pts 53% 56%

Nava made 20 aces (10 per match). Moro bagged 13 aces (3.3 per match). Nava won 81% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Moro won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Nava Moro
Won 6 19
Converted 6/8 19/38
% Converted 75% 50%
Conceded 10 32
Saved 7 23
% Saved 70% 72%
Times Broken 3 9

Nava broke his opponents 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. The American lost his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Alejandro broke his opponents 19 times with a 50% conversion rate. Alejandro conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded.

Nava
R1
Brancaccio
R2
Ramos-Vinolas
Total
Score 6-4 6-4 6-3 7-64
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 20 22 42
pts 60-51 76-57 136-108
Total points 111 133 244
Winners 25 43 68
%Winners 42% 57% 50%
SERVE
Aces 6 14 20
Double Faults 1 4 5
1st in 34/59 50/70 84/129
% 1st in 58% 71% 65%
1st pts 25/34 43/50 68/84
% 1st pts 74% 86% 81%
2nd pts 14/25 10/20 24/45
% 2nd pts 56% 50% 53%
Breaks
Won 4 2 6
Converted 4/5 2/3 6/8
Converted % 80% 67% 75%
Conceded 5 5 10
Saved 3/5 4/5 7
Saved % 60% 80% 70%
Times Broken 2 1 3
Moro
Q1
Barroso Campos
Q3
Echargui
R1
Ymer
R2
Elahi Galan Riveros
Total
Score 6-76 6-2 6-2 5-7 7-64 6-1 6-1 7-63 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 2 2 10
Tot Games 29 32 20 19 100
pts 104-83 106-92 70-56 77-64 357-295
Total points 187 198 126 141 652
Winners 41 41 39 32 153
%Winners 39% 39% 56% 42% 43%
SERVE
Aces 2 4 5 2 13
Double Faults 2 1 1 1 5
1st in 63/88 61/94 52/76 48/83 224/341
% 1st in 72% 65% 68% 58% 66%
1st pts 41/63 41/61 39/52 32/48 153/224
% 1st pts 65% 67% 75% 67% 68%
2nd pts 17/25 17/33 11/24 20/35 65/117
% 2nd pts 68% 52% 46% 57% 56%
Breaks
Won 6 7 3 3 19
Converted 6/14 7/15 3/5 3/4 19/38
Converted % 43% 47% 60% 75% 50%
Conceded 3 9 8 12 32
Saved 1/3 4/9 7/8 11/12 23
Saved % 33% 44% 88% 92% 129%
Times Broken 2 5 1 1 9

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