Federico Agustin Gomez and Rio Noguchi will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Shanghai Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on COURT 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Federico Agustin Gomez who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Federico Agustin Gomez is the pick to win this match.
Federico Agustin Gomez -> 1.65
Rio Noguchi -> 2.15

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Prediction and head to head Federico Agustin Gomez vs. Rio Noguchi

There is no head to head record between Federico Agustin Gomez and Rio Noguchi since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Federico Agustin Gomez

Ranked no. 182, the Argentine got to the 1^st round after defeating Mikalai Haliak 4-6 6-3 6-4.

Agustin Gomez has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 66% of his matches (156-80). 3-3 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Agustin Gomez has an aggregate47-27 win-loss record in the last 4 years on hard.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Milan Challenger where he defeated Filip Cristian Jianu in the final 6-3 6-4 and the Trieste Challenger where he beat Tomas Barrios Vera in the final 6-1 6-2.

Agustin Gomez has a composed 47-19 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Shanghai Challenger

The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.

Rio Noguchi

Ranked no. 302, Noguchi got to the 1^st round after beating Mirza Basic 6-7(6) 7-5 6-0 and Jie Cui 7-6(7) 6-2.

In the qualifications, Rio had a good straight sets win against Cui (7-6⁷ 6-2). During the match Noguchi scored 80 points vs Cui’s 59. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about serving, Noguchi blasted 4 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Rio Noguchi lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Noguchi put 86% of his first serves in, winning 75% (43/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (4/9) on the 2nd serve. Rio broke Cui 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Japanese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

The Japanese’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Swan Hill and the Jinan Challenger.

Noguchi has a composed 34-23 win-loss record in 2024, 29-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Shanghai Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Agustin Gomez	Noguchi
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	3	5
Tot Games	29	52
Pts	90-78	187-142
Total Points	168	329
Winners	43	90
%Winners	48%	48%

Agustin Gomez played 1 match while Noguchi competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Federico Agustin Gomez lost 1 set, while Rio Noguchi dropped 1 set. Agustin Gomez has played 2 set(s) less than Noguchi (3 vs 5). Therefore, Agustin Gomez played 23 games less than Noguchi. Federico scored 43 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese scored 90 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Agustin Gomez	Noguchi
Aces	9	9
Avg per match	9	4.5
1st in	61/87	122/160
%1st in	70%	76%
1st pts	43/61	90/122
%1st pts	70%	74%
2nd pts	14/26	19/38
%2nd pts	54%	50%

Agustin Gomez blasted 9 aces . Noguchi blasted 9 aces (4.5 per match). Agustin Gomez won 70% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Noguchi won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Agustin Gomez	Noguchi
Won	4	9
Converted	4/7	9/18
% Converted	57%	50%
Conceded	8	9
Saved	5	6
% Saved	63%	67%
Times Broken	3	3

Agustin Gomez broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Argentine surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Agustin Gomez
	Q1 Haliak	Q3 Gombos	Total
Score	4-6 6-3 6-4	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	29	18	47
pts	90-78	–	90-78
Total points	168	0	168
Winners	43		43
%Winners	48%	0%	48%
SERVE
Aces	9	0	9
Double Faults	2		2
1st in	61/87	/	61/87
% 1st in	70%	0%	70%
1st pts	43/61	/	43/61
% 1st pts	70%	0%	70%
2nd pts	14/26	/	14/26
% 2nd pts	54%	0%	54%
Breaks
Won	4		4
Converted	4/7	/	4/7
Converted %	57%	0%	57%
Conceded	8		8
Saved	5/8	0/	5
Saved %	63%	–	32%
Times Broken	3		3

Noguchi
	Q1 Basic	Q3 Cui	Total
Score	6-76 7-5 6-0	7-67 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	31	21	52
pts	107-83	80-59	187-142
Total points	190	139	329
Winners	47	43	90
%Winners	44%	54%	48%
SERVE
Aces	5	4	9
Double Faults	1	0	1
1st in	65/94	57/66	122/160
% 1st in	69%	86%	76%
1st pts	47/65	43/57	90/122
% 1st pts	72%	75%	74%
2nd pts	15/29	4/9	19/38
% 2nd pts	52%	44%	50%
Breaks
Won	6	3	9
Converted	6/10	3/8	9/18
Converted %	60%	38%	50%
Conceded	7	2	9
Saved	5/7	1/2	6
Saved %	71%	50%	61%
Times Broken	2	1	3

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• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (7-6⁴ 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Yan BaiBai (7-5 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings

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