Federico Gaio and Stefan Kozlov will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Merida Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:30 pm on ESTADIO LORENZO MOLINA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Federico Gaio who should win in 3 sets.
Federico Gaio -> 1.56
Stefan Kozlov -> 2.33
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Prediction and head to head Federico Gaio vs. Stefan Kozlov
There is no head to head record between Federico Gaio and Stefan Kozlov since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Federico Gaio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-17 | 2-7 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-30 | 14-12 | 25-15 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-28 | 9-9 | 8-15 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-38 | 6-8 | 14-16 | 13-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-19 | 5-4 | 10-12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 212, the Italian will start his run in the Merida Challenger after he played his last match in Indian Wells where he lost 6-1 6-2 to Rodionov in the qualifications on the 4th of March.
Federico has an aggregate 2-7 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
Talking about his overall career, Gaio has an overall 517-429 record. He has a positive 323-245 record on clay.
Previously in the Merida Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Stefan Kozlov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-19 | 16-9 | 17-8 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 6-12 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-34 | 14-18 | 0-5 | 4-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-15 | 20-12 | 5-2 | 16-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-13 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 706, Kozlov will start his run in the Merida Challenger after he played his last match in the Kigali 2 Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-0 to Majchrzak in the quarter on the 8th of March.
Kozlov has a composed 14-6 win-loss record in 2024, 7-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Kozlov’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Kigali 1 Challenger.
In terms of his career, Stefan has an overall 295-235 record. He has a positive 63-46 record on clay.
Tennis Scores in Merida Challenger
- Dan MartinMartin – Elio Jose Ribeiro LagoJose Ribeiro Lago (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Preston BrownBrown – Keenan MayoMayo (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Preston BrownBrown – Keenan MayoMayo (7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Facundo MenaMena – Antoine BellierBellier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz – Boris KozlovKozlov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Federico GaioGaio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Louis WesselsWessels (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Thomas FancuttFancutt – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian LangmoLangmo – George GoldhoffGoldhoff (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jacob BrummBrumm – Rodolfo Jauregui Sainz De RozasJauregui Sainz De Rozas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alan Fernando Rubio FierrosFernando Rubio Fierros – Juan Hernandez SerranoHernandez Serrano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Trey HilderbrandHilderbrand – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Alafia AyeniAyeni (0-0) – H2H and prediction