Jaime Faria and Ivan Gakhov will face off in the 1st round of the Valencia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on PISTA 2. 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 Jaime Faria who should win in 3 sets.
Jaime Faria -> 1.55
Ivan Gakhov -> 2.33
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Prediction and head to head Jaime Faria vs. Ivan Gakhov
There is no head to head record between Jaime Faria and Ivan Gakhov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Jaime Faria
44 - 23win/loss
168
155
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-23 | 24-5 | 18-12 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-31 | 33-17 | 16-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-24 | 20-12 | 23-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-10 | 6-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 168, Jaime will start his run in the Valencia Challenger after he played his last match in the Braga Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-4 to Ramos-Vinolas in the 1st round on the 2nd of October.
Faria has a compiled 44-23 win-loss record in 2024, 18-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Oeiras 4 Challenger where he beat Elias Ymer in the final 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Faria has an overall 148-89 record. He has a positive 62-40 record on clay.
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Faria has never competed in this tournament before.
Ivan Gakhov
35 - 32win/loss
313
142
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-32 | 1-2 | 34-29 | 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, Gakhov got to the 1st round after defeating Sergi Fita Juan 7-6(5) 6-2 and Carlos Lopez Montagud 6-4 4-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Gakhov defeated Lopez Montagud (6-4 4-6 6-4). During the match Gakhov and Lopez Montagud scored the same amount of points (86). However, the world no. 168 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Ivan was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
About the serving games, Gakhov managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ivan Gakhov lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Gakhov put 67% of his first serves in, winning 77% (47/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. Ivan broke Lopez Montagud 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ivan started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Gakhov’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Getxo and the Dobrich Challenger.
The Russian has an aggregate 35-32 win-loss record in 2024, 34-29 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Valencia Challenger
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (6-2 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ignacio BuseBuse – Henrique RochaRocha (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Arthur GeaArthur – Bernabe Zapata MirallesBernabe (6-2 0-6 7-6(2)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Benoit PairePaire – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dennis NovakNovak – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Emilio NavaNava (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Adrian AndreevAndreev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (0-1) – H2H and prediction