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.
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
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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
Alejandro Moro Canas
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Nava | Moro |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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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