Ivan Gakhov and Federico Gaio will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Milan Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 14. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction and head to head Ivan Gakhov vs. Federico Gaio

There is no head to head record between Ivan Gakhov and Federico Gaio since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Ivan Gakhov

Ranked no. 349, the Russian reached the 2^nd round after beating Gauthier Onclin 6-2 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Gakhov had a good straight sets win against Onclin (6-2 6-2). During the match, Gakhov scored 57 points vs Onclin’s 31. Gakhov was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about the service games, Gakhov wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Ivan Gakhov was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (18/22) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gakhov broke Onclin 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Gakhov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (392-252). 12-17 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gakhov has an overall 344-197 record in the last years on clay.

Ivan has a compiled 13-20 win-loss record in 2024, 12-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Milan Challenger

The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.

Federico Gaio

Ranked no. 408, the Italian reached the 2^nd round after beating Blake Mott 6-4 6-4, Joao Eduardo Schiessl 7-6⁵ 1-6 6-3 and Egor Gerasimov 6-3 1-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Italian defeated Gerasimov (6-3 1-6 6-3). During the match Gaio scored 84 points vs Gerasimov’s 77. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Gaio recorded 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Federico Gaio was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 78% (36/46) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Federico broke Gerasimov twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).

Federico’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Grasse.

The Italian has a compiled 10-14 win-loss record in 2024, 8-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Milan Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2015, 2018 and 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gakhov	Gaio
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	8
Tot Games	16	74
Pts	57-31	242-231
Total Points	88	473
Winners	18	107
%Winners	32%	44%

Gakhov played 1 match while Gaio competed in 3 matches. Gaio started his run from the qualifications while Gakhov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Federico Gaio dropped 2 sets while Ivan Gakhov hasn’t lost a set so far. Gakhov has played 6 set(s) less than Gaio (2 vs 8). Therefore, Gakhov played 58 games less than Gaio. The Russian scored 18 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Gaio scored 107 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gakhov	Gaio
Aces	0	10
Avg per match	0	3.3
1st in	22/44	148/242
%1st in	50%	61%
1st pts	18/22	107/148
%1st pts	82%	72%
2nd pts	14/22	42/94
%2nd pts	64%	45%

Gakhov didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Gaio scored 10 aces (3.3 per match). Gakhov won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Gaio won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Gakhov	Gaio
Won	5	11
Converted	5/6	11/25
% Converted	83%	44%
Conceded	2	23
Saved	1	13
% Saved	50%	57%
Times Broken	1	10

The Russian broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The Russian dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 11 times with a 44% conversion rate. Federico conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Gakhov
	R1 Onclin	Total
Score	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	57-31	57-31
Total points	88	88
Winners	18	18
%Winners	32%	32%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	22/44	22/44
% 1st in	50%	50%
1st pts	18/22	18/22
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	14/22	14/22
% 2nd pts	64%	64%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/6	5/6
Converted %	83%	83%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Gaio
	Q1 Mott	Q3 Eduardo	R1 Gerasimov	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	7-65 1-6 6-3	6-3 1-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	20	29	25	74
pts	68-58	90-96	84-77	242-231
Total points	126	186	161	473
Winners	26	45	36	107
%Winners	38%	50%	43%	44%
SERVE
Aces	4	4	2	10
Double Faults	4	0	3	7
1st in	32/61	70/103	46/78	148/242
% 1st in	52%	68%	59%	61%
1st pts	26/32	45/70	36/46	107/148
% 1st pts	81%	64%	78%	72%
2nd pts	11/29	14/33	17/32	42/94
% 2nd pts	38%	42%	53%	45%
Breaks
Won	5	4	2	11
Converted	5/9	4/6	2/10	11/25
Converted %	56%	67%	20%	44%
Conceded	7	12	4	23
Saved	4/7	7/12	2/4	13
Saved %	57%	58%	50%	165%
Times Broken	3	5	2	10

Tennis Scores in Milan Challenger

• Elmer MollerMoller – Tristan LamasineLamasine (7-6⁴ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (4-6 6-0 7-6³) – See score progression
• Giovanni FonioFonio – Mathias BourgueBourgue (6-2 3-6 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Ignacio BuseBuse (6-4 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Gabriel DebruDebru (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (6-7³ 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-3 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Andrea PicchionePicchione (6-3 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Carlos TabernerTaberner (7-5 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Gianluca MagerMager – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Ivan GakhovGakhov – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Federico GaioGaio – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Federico CinaCina (6-2 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Vilius GaubasGaubas – Yaroslav DeminDemin (6-1 6-0) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Federico GaioGaio – Ivan GakhovGakhov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gianluca MagerMager – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Giovanni FonioFonio (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (0-1) – H2H and prediction