Zachary Svajda and Emilio Nava will fight against each other in the quarter of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zachary Svajda who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Zachary Svajda is the pick to win this match.
Zachary Svajda -> 1.5
Emilio Nava -> 2.5

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Prediction and head to head Zachary Svajda vs. Emilio Nava

There is no head to head record between Zachary Svajda and Emilio Nava since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Zachary Svajda

Ranked no. 141, Svajda reached the quarter after beating Aidan Mayo 6-3 6-4 and Sebastian Fanselow 6-2 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, Zachary had a good straight sets win against Fanselow (6-2 7-5). During the match, Svajda scored 71 points vs Fanselow’s 54. The American was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Svajda recorded 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Zachary Svajda was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Svajda broke Fanselow 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.

Svajda has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 59% of his matches (123-86). 10-5 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Svajda has a compiled12-15 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Cary 2 Challenger where he beat Rinky Hijikata in the final 7-6(3) 4-6 6-1 and the Tiburon Challenger where he defeated Adam Walton in the final 6-2 6-2 and the Fairfield Challenger where he beat Nishesh Basavareddy in the final 6-4 6-1.

The American has an aggregate 46-23 win-loss record in 2023, 10-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Emilio Nava

Ranked no. 153, Nava got to the quarter after beating Nino Serdarusic 6-4 6-4 and Murphy Cassone 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Emilio had a good straight sets win against Cassone (6-4 6-4). During the match Nava scored 65 points vs Cassone’s 58. Emilio was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.

About the serving games, Nava scored 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Emilio Nava lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Nava put 57% of his first serves in, winning 66% (19/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Emilio broke Cassone 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nava hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

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

Emilio has a composed 39-29 win-loss record in 2023, 3-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Svajda	Nava
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	39	40
Pts	137-102	134-118
Total Points	239	252
Winners	46	55
%Winners	34%	41%

Both Svajda and Nava played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Svajda and Nava have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Svajda played 1 game less than Nava. The American scored 46 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The American recorded 55 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Svajda	Nava
Aces	7	7
Avg per match	3.5	3.5
1st in	59/115	73/115
%1st in	51%	63%
1st pts	46/59	55/73
%1st pts	78%	75%
2nd pts	32/56	21/42
%2nd pts	57%	50%

Svajda struck 7 aces (3.5 per match). Nava made 7 aces (3.5 per match). Svajda won 78% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Nava won 75% 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	Svajda	Nava
Won	8	7
Converted	8/17	7/14
% Converted	47%	50%
Conceded	7	5
Saved	4	2
% Saved	57%	40%
Times Broken	3	3

The American broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Svajda surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Emilio broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.

Svajda
	R1 Mayo	R2 Fanselow	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	6-2 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	19	20	39
pts	66-48	71-54	137-102
Total points	114	125	239
Winners	20	26	46
%Winners	30%	37%	34%
SERVE
Aces	2	5	7
Double Faults	0	4	4
1st in	27/59	32/56	59/115
% 1st in	46%	57%	51%
1st pts	20/27	26/32	46/59
% 1st pts	74%	81%	78%
2nd pts	19/32	13/24	32/56
% 2nd pts	59%	54%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	4	8
Converted	4/8	4/9	8/17
Converted %	50%	44%	47%
Conceded	5	2	7
Saved	3/5	1/2	4
Saved %	60%	50%	55%
Times Broken	2	1	3

Nava
	R1 Serdarusic	R2 Cassone	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	20	20	40
pts	69-60	65-58	134-118
Total points	129	123	252
Winners	36	19	55
%Winners	52%	29%	41%
SERVE
Aces	5	2	7
Double Faults	2	3	5
1st in	44/64	29/51	73/115
% 1st in	69%	57%	63%
1st pts	36/44	19/29	55/73
% 1st pts	82%	66%	75%
2nd pts	10/20	11/22	21/42
% 2nd pts	50%	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	2	5	7
Converted	2/6	5/8	7/14
Converted %	33%	63%	50%
Conceded	2	3	5
Saved	2/2	0/3	2
Saved %	100%	0%	50%
Times Broken	0	3	3

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