Arthur Gea and Johan Nikles will square off in the qualifications of the Zadar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 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 Arthur Gea who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Arthur Gea is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Gea -> 1.363
Johan Nikles -> 2.96
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Prediction and head to head Arthur Gea vs. Johan Nikles
There is no head to head record between Arthur Gea and Johan Nikles since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Arthur Gea
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-30 | 1-4 | 26-23 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-17 | 18-2 | 14-12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 457, Arthur got to the qualifications after beating Lukas Rohseano 6-0 6-0.
In the qualifications, Arthur had a good straight sets win against Rohseano (6-0 6-0). During the match, Gea scored 51 points vs Rohseano’s 19. Gea was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gea fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Arthur Gea was very effective on serve to win 83% (19/23) of his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Rohseano 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Gea has a winning win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 58% of his matches (45-32). 4-4 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Gea has a compiled19-20 record in the last 4 years on clay.
Gea has an overall 7-6 win-loss record in 2024, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Gea has never competed in this tournament before.
Johan Nikles
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-25 | 11-5 | 33-19 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-23 | 2-2 | 19-19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-28 | 1-3 | 42-21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 868, Nikles reached the qualifications after defeating Matthew Dellavedova 6-2 3-0 ret..
In the qualifications against Dellavedova, Nikles had a free pass after Dellavedova retired on a 6-2 3-0 . scoreline.
Johan’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Hammamet.
Johan has a compiled 18-7 win-loss record in 2024, 15-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gea | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 12 | 11 |
| Pts | 51-19 | 52-26 |
| Total Points | 70 | 78 |
| Winners | 19 | 24 |
| %Winners | 37% | 46% |
Both Gea and Nikles played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Gea has played 1 set(s) less than Nikles (2 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Gea played 1 game more than Nikles. The French player scored 19 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Nikles managed to score 24 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gea | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 23/36 | 37/50 |
| %1st in | 64% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 24/37 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 6/13 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 46% |
Gea managed to score 3 aces . Nikles made 1 ace . Gea won 83% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Nikles won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gea | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/8 | 5/5 |
| % Converted | 75% | 100% |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 |
| Saved | 1 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Arthur broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Gea very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Nikles broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Johan conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gea | |||
| Q1 Rohseano |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 12 | |
| pts | 51-19 | 51-19 | |
| Total points | 70 | 70 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 23/36 | 23/36 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 19/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Nikles | |||
| Q1 Dellavedova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 11 | 11 | |
| pts | 52-26 | 52-26 | |
| Total points | 78 | 78 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 37/50 | 37/50 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 24/37 | 24/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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