Emilio Nava and Kevin King will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Cary Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 10:00 am on STADIUM. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emilio Nava who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emilio Nava is the pick to win this match.
Emilio Nava -> 1.37
Kevin King -> 2.93
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Prediction and head to head Emilio Nava vs. Kevin King
There is no head to head record between Emilio Nava and Kevin King since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Emilio Nava
25 - 24win/loss
212
124
LWLWWWLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-34 | 16-15 | 8-9 | 8-5 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-31 | 24-14 | 12-8 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-27 | 15-15 | 14-6 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-16 | 9-6 | 27-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 10-7 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 150, the American got to the qualifications after beating Patrick Schoen 4-1 ret..
In the qualifications against Schoen, the American had a free pass after Schoen retired on a 4-1 . scoreline.
Nava has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (177-124). 14-11 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Nava has a compiled86-65 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
Emilio has a composed 24-24 win-loss record in 2024, 14-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cary Challenger
Kevin King
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-8 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-10 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, King got to the qualifications after defeating Ugo Blanchet 7-6(6) 6-1.
In the qualifications, Kevin had a good straight sets win against Blanchet (7-66 6-1). During the match King scored 69 points vs Blanchet’s 52. Kevin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, King fired 11 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Kevin King was pretty effective on serve to win 77% (33/43) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kevin broke Blanchet 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
The American has a compiled 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nava | King |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 5 | 20 |
| Pts | 19-12 | 69-52 |
| Total Points | 31 | 121 |
| Winners | 6 | 33 |
| %Winners | 32% | 48% |
Both Nava and King played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nava and King have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Nava played 15 games less than King. The American scored 6 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, King blasted 33 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nava | King |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 11 |
| 1st in | 8/11 | 43/61 |
| %1st in | 73% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 6/8 | 33/43 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 2/3 | 12/18 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 67% |
Nava recorded 1 ace . King also blasted 11 aces . Nava won 75% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, King won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nava | King |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/3 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 67% | 60% |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Nava was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. King broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. King conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nava | |||
| Q1 Schoen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 5 | 5 | |
| pts | 19-12 | 19-12 | |
| Total points | 31 | 31 | |
| Winners | 6 | 6 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 8/11 | 8/11 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| King | |||
| Q1 Blanchet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-52 | 69-52 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 43/61 | 43/61 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 33/43 | 33/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 12/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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