Oliver Okonkwo and Ezekiel Clark will play each other in the qualifications of the Champaign Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:30 pm on THE SCHWARTZ COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ezekiel Clark who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ezekiel Clark is the pick to win this match.
Ezekiel Clark -> 1.58
Oliver Okonkwo -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Oliver Okonkwo vs. Ezekiel Clark

There is no head to head record between Oliver Okonkwo and Ezekiel Clark since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Oliver Okonkwo

Oliver Okonkwo

12 - 11win/loss

Hard
7-8
I Hard
1-1
Clay
4-2
Rank
High
LWLWLLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 13-12 8-9 4-2 1-1 0-0 0-0
2023 7-6 6-5 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0
2022 1-3 1-2 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0

Currently unranked, Oliver reached the qualifications after beating Trevor Svajda 6-4 7-5.

In the qualifications, Oliver had a good straight sets win against Svajda (6-4 7-5). During the match, Okonkwo scored 73 points vs Svajda’s 63. Oliver was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Okonkwo fired 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Oliver Okonkwo lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Okonkwo put 60% of his first serves in, winning 78% (31/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Oliver broke Svajda 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Okonkwo has a winning record in the last 3 years having won 51% of his matches (20-19). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Okonkwo has an overall2-2 record in the last 3 years on indoor hard courts.

Okonkwo has a composed 12-10 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Champaign Challenger

Champaign Challenger
Okonkwo's Record

Ezekiel Clark

Ezekiel Clark

21 - 26win/loss

Hard
17-20
I Hard
4-6
Rank
756
High
469
LWWLWLWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 24-29 20-22 0-0 4-7 0-0 0-0
2023 29-28 20-16 1-2 8-10 0-0 0-0
2022 43-33 37-22 5-5 1-6 0-0 0-0
2021 22-18 17-14 4-2 1-2 0-0 0-0
2020 2-3 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 818, Ezekiel reached the qualifications after beating Gabrielius Guzauskas 6-1 1-6 6-1.

In the qualifications, Clark defeated Guzauskas (6-1 1-6 6-1). During the match Clark scored 71 points vs Guzauskas’s 61. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Clark bagged 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Ezekiel Clark lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Clark put 63% of his first serves in, winning 73% (33/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. Clark broke Guzauskas 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Clark’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Daegu.

The American has an overall 20-26 win-loss record in 2024, 3-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Champaign Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022. See his history.

Champaign Challenger
Clark's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

O.Okonkwo
E.Clark
1h:23
1h:23
Time on court​
1h:32
1h:32
1h:23
1h:23
Last match​
1h:32
1h:32
1
1
Match played
1
1
22
22
Games Played​
21
21
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
73
73
Total points​
71
71
73
73
Avg point​
71
71
31
31
Winners
33
33
31
31
Avg Winners​
33
33
42%
42%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
2
2
8
8
Avg Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
6
6
3
3
Avg Double Faults
!
6
6
31/40
31/40
1st won total​
33/45
33/45
!
78%
78%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
13/27
13/27
2nd won total​
12/27
12/27
48%
48%
2nd won %
44%
44%
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
BP won
4/7
4/7
3/6
3/6
Avg BP won
4/7
4/7
50%
50%
Won
!
57%
57%
3
3
Conceded
7
7
3
3
Avg Conceded
7
7
1
1
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
2
2
Saved
5
5

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Okonkwo Clark
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 22 21
Pts 73-63 71-61
Total Points 136 132
Winners 31 33
%Winners 42% 46%

Both Okonkwo and Clark played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ezekiel Clark dropped 1 set while Oliver Okonkwo hasn’t conceded a set so far. Okonkwo has played 1 set(s) less than Clark (2 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Okonkwo played 1 game more than Clark. Oliver scored 31 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Ezekiel scored 33 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Okonkwo Clark
Aces 8 2
Avg per match 8 2
1st in 40/67 45/72
%1st in 60% 63%
1st pts 31/40 33/45
%1st pts 78% 73%
2nd pts 13/27 12/27
%2nd pts 48% 44%

Okonkwo scored 8 aces . Clark managed to score 2 aces . Okonkwo won 78% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Clark won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Okonkwo Clark
Won 3 4
Converted 3/6 4/7
% Converted 50% 57%
Conceded 3 7
Saved 2 5
% Saved 67% 71%
Times Broken 1 2

Okonkwo broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Brit dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Clark conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Okonkwo
Q1
Svajda
Total
Score 6-4 7-5
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 73-63 73-63
Total points 136 136
Winners 31 31
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 40/67 40/67
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 31/40 31/40
% 1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 13/27 13/27
% 2nd pts 48% 48%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/6 3/6
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 2/3 2
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 1 1
Clark
Q1
Guzauskas
Total
Score 6-1 1-6 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 21 21
pts 71-61 71-61
Total points 132 132
Winners 33 33
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 45/72 45/72
% 1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 33/45 33/45
% 1st pts 73% 73%
2nd pts 12/27 12/27
% 2nd pts 44% 44%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/7 4/7
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 5/7 5
Saved % 71% 71%
Times Broken 2 2

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