Ivan Gakhov and Carlos Lopez Montagud will play each other in the qualifications of the Valencia Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on PISTA PABLO ANDUJAR. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ivan Gakhov who should win in 3 sets.
Ivan Gakhov -> 1.53
Carlos Lopez Montagud -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Ivan Gakhov vs. Carlos Lopez Montagud
This will be the 2nd time that Ivan Gakhov and Carlos Lopez Montagud clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gakhov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Gakhov won 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in M25 Santander back in 2019.
Ivan Gakhov
34 - 32win/loss
307
142
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-34 | 1-2 | 35-31 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-30 | 2-4 | 26-21 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 56-32 | 1-3 | 53-26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 38-23 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 5-5 | 8-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 313, the Russian reached the qualifications after beating Sergi Fita Juan 7-6(5) 6-2.
In the qualifications, Gakhov had a good straight sets win against Fita Juan (7-65 6-2). During the match, Gakhov scored 78 points vs Fita Juan’s 66. Ivan was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gakhov bagged 3 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Ivan Gakhov lost the serve once and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Gakhov put 57% of his first serves in, winning 76% (32/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. Ivan broke Fita Juan 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Gakhov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (413-264). 33-29 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Gakhov has a composed 365-209 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Gakhov’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Getxo and the Dobrich Challenger.
The Russian has an aggregate 34-32 win-loss record in 2024, 33-29 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Carlos Lopez Montagud
31 - 25win/loss
458
331
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-28 | 6-5 | 27-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-16 | 0-0 | 34-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-20 | 0-0 | 47-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-24 | 1-1 | 40-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 448, the Spaniard got to the qualifications after beating Pol Martin Tiffon 6-4 4-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Lopez defeated Martin Tiffon (6-4 4-6 6-3). During the match Lopez scored 89 points vs Martin Tiffon’s 77. Lopez was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Lopez blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Carlos Lopez Montagud lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Lopez put 71% of his first serves in, winning 68% (39/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Martin Tiffon 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Carlos’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Rabat.
Lopez has a composed 31-25 win-loss record in 2024, 25-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gakhov | Lopez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 29 |
| Pts | 78-66 | 89-77 |
| Total Points | 144 | 166 |
| Winners | 32 | 39 |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% |
Both Gakhov and Lopez played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Carlos Lopez Montagud lost 1 set while Ivan Gakhov hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gakhov has played 1 set(s) less than Lopez (2 vs 3). Therefore, Gakhov played 8 games less than Lopez. The Russian scored 32 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Lopez made 39 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gakhov | Lopez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 42/74 | 57/80 |
| %1st in | 57% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 39/57 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 15/32 | 15/23 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 65% |
Gakhov recorded 3 aces . Lopez scored 5 aces . Gakhov won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Lopez won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gakhov | Lopez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 60% | 83% |
| Conceded | 10 | 9 |
| Saved | 9 | 6 |
| % Saved | 90% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Gakhov broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Gakhov conceded his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Lopez conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gakhov | |||
| Q1 Fita | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 78-66 | 78-66 | |
| Total points | 144 | 144 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 42/74 | 42/74 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 32/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/32 | 15/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 9/10 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 90% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Lopez | |||
| Q1 Martin Tiffon | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 89-77 | 89-77 | |
| Total points | 166 | 166 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 57/80 | 57/80 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 39/57 | 39/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 15/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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