Learner Tien and Arthur Gea will play each other in the 2nd round of the Lexington Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 pm on STADIUM 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Learner Tien who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Learner Tien is the pick to win this match.
Learner Tien -> 1.38
Arthur Gea -> 2.89
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Prediction and head to head Learner Tien vs. Arthur Gea
There is no head to head record between Learner Tien and Arthur Gea since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Learner Tien
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 60-11 | 53-8 | 0-1 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-10 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 10-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 12-11 | 8-5 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 242 (career-high), Learner got to the 2nd round after defeating Rio Noguchi 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Noguchi (6-4 6-1). During the match, Tien scored 68 points vs Noguchi’s 51. Tien was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tien scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Learner Tien was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (21/29) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Noguchi 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Tien has a fantastic record in the last 3 years having won 75% of his matches (75-25). 33-3 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Tien has a compiled61-18 win-loss record in the last 3 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he beat Nishesh Basavareddy in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4.
The American has a composed 33-4 win-loss record in 2024, 33-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lexington Challenger
Tien has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 373, Arthur got to the 2nd round after defeating Brandon Holt 6-3 1-0 ret..
In the 1st round against Holt, Gea had a free pass after Holt retired on a 6-3 1-0 . scoreline.
Arthur has a compiled 22-21 win-loss record in 2024, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tien | Gea |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 10 |
| Pts | 68-51 | 41-27 |
| Total Points | 119 | 68 |
| Winners | 21 | 8 |
| %Winners | 31% | 20% |
Both Tien and Gea played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Tien has played 1 set(s) less than Gea (2 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Tien played 7 games more than Gea. Tien scored 21 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The French player fired 8 winners (20%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tien | Gea |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 29/60 | 9/27 |
| %1st in | 48% | 33% |
| 1st pts | 21/29 | 8/9 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 13/18 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 72% |
Tien struck 1 ace . Gea also bagged 2 aces . Tien won 72% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Gea won 89% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 72% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tien | Gea |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 2/6 |
| % Converted | 57% | 33% |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 83% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Learner broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Tien lost his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Arthur broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The French player was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Tien | |||
| R1 Noguchi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 68-51 | 68-51 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/60 | 29/60 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 21/29 | 21/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 18/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Gea | |||
| R1 Holt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 1-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 10 | 10 | |
| pts | 41-27 | 41-27 | |
| Total points | 68 | 68 | |
| Winners | 8 | 8 | |
| %Winners | 20% | 20% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 9/27 | 9/27 | |
| % 1st in | 33% | 33% | |
| 1st pts | 8/9 | 8/9 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 13/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 72% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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