Learner Tien and Arthur Gea will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Lexington Challenger for the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 242 (career-high), Learner got to the 2^nd round after defeating Rio Noguchi 6-4 6-1.

In the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 373, Arthur got to the 2^nd round after defeating Brandon Holt 6-3 1-0 ret..

In the 1^st 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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