Emilio Nava and Li Tu will square off in the quarter of the Lexington Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:30 pm on STADIUM 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emilio Nava who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Emilio Nava is the pick to win this match.
Emilio Nava -> 1.42
Li Tu -> 2.73

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Prediction and head to head Emilio Nava vs. Li Tu

There is no head to head record between Emilio Nava and Li Tu since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Emilio Nava

Ranked no. 151, Emilio got to the quarter after beating Luke Saville 6-3 6-2 and Omni Kumar 6-4 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Nava had a good straight sets win against Kumar (6-4 6-2). During the match, Nava scored 63 points vs Kumar’s 45. Emilio was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Nava bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Emilio Nava was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nava broke Kumar 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nava hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 60% of the points he played.

Nava has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (176-122). 13-9 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nava has a composed85-63 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

Emilio has an aggregate 23-22 win-loss record in 2024, 13-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lexington Challenger

Nava has never competed in this tournament before.

Li Tu

Ranked no. 222, Tu got to the quarter after beating Taha Baadi 1-6 6-2 6-4 and James Kent Trotter 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Kent Trotter (6-4 6-4). During the match Tu scored 62 points vs Kent Trotter’s 47. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Tu fired 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Li Tu was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (32/39) of his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Kent Trotter 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Li has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Li’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Traralgon.

Li has an overall 21-17 win-loss record in 2024, 16-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nava	Tu
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	35	45
Pts	126-84	137-121
Total Points	210	258
Winners	50	64
%Winners	40%	47%

Both Nava and Tu played 2 matches. At the moment, Li Tu conceded 1 set while Emilio Nava hasn’t dropped a set so far. Nava has played 1 set(s) less than Tu (4 vs 5). Therefore, Nava played 10 games less than Tu. The American scored 50 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Li managed to score 64 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nava	Tu
Aces	24	11
Avg per match	12	5.5
1st in	59/98	86/133
%1st in	60%	65%
1st pts	50/59	64/86
%1st pts	85%	74%
2nd pts	26/39	25/47
%2nd pts	67%	53%

Nava scored 24 aces (12 per match). Tu scored 11 aces (5.5 per match). Nava won 85% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Tu won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Nava	Tu
Won	6	6
Converted	6/13	6/15
% Converted	46%	40%
Conceded	1	9
Saved	1	5
% Saved	100%	56%
Times Broken	0	4

The American broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The American quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Tu broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Li conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.

Nava
	R1 Saville	R2 Kumar	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	17	18	35
pts	63-39	63-45	126-84
Total points	102	108	210
Winners	28	22	50
%Winners	44%	35%	40%
SERVE
Aces	20	4	24
Double Faults	2	2	4
1st in	31/45	28/53	59/98
% 1st in	69%	53%	60%
1st pts	28/31	22/28	50/59
% 1st pts	90%	79%	85%
2nd pts	9/14	17/25	26/39
% 2nd pts	64%	68%	67%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6
Converted	3/7	3/6	6/13
Converted %	43%	50%	46%
Conceded	0	1	1
Saved	0/0	1/1	1
Saved %	–	100%	50%
Times Broken	0	0	0

Tu
	R1 Baadi	R2 Kent	Total
Score	1-6 6-2 6-4	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	25	20	45
pts	75-74	62-47	137-121
Total points	149	109	258
Winners	32	32	64
%Winners	43%	52%	47%
SERVE
Aces	6	5	11
Double Faults	1	5	6
1st in	47/81	39/52	86/133
% 1st in	58%	75%	65%
1st pts	32/47	32/39	64/86
% 1st pts	68%	82%	74%
2nd pts	18/34	7/13	25/47
% 2nd pts	53%	54%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6
Converted	3/7	3/8	6/15
Converted %	43%	38%	40%
Conceded	6	3	9
Saved	3/6	2/3	5
Saved %	50%	67%	59%
Times Broken	3	1	4

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