Ivan Gakhov and Max Alcala Gurri will square off in the qualifications of the Montemar Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 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 Ivan Gakhov who should win in 3 sets.
Ivan Gakhov -> 1.44
Max Alcala Gurri -> 2.625
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Prediction and head to head Ivan Gakhov vs. Max Alcala Gurri
This will be the 2nd time that Ivan Gakhov and Max Alcala Gurri square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Gakhov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Gakhov won 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the 1st round in M25 Zaragoza back in 2022.
Ivan Gakhov
36 - 33win/loss
308
142
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-33 | 1-2 | 35-30 | 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. 308, Ivan got to the qualifications after beating Rafael Alfonso De Alba Valdes 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Ivan had a good straight sets win against Alfonso De Alba (6-3 6-2). During the match, Gakhov scored 64 points vs Alfonso De Alba’s 47. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gakhov scored 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Ivan Gakhov was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (24/32) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ivan broke Alfonso De Alba 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Gakhov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (415-265). 35-30 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gakhov has an aggregate 367-210 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Russian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Getxo and the Dobrich Challenger.
The Russian has an overall 36-33 win-loss record in 2024, 35-30 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Montemar Challenger
Ivan has never competed in this tournament before.
Max Alcala Gurri
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-26 | 0-0 | 42-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-32 | 1-2 | 42-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-25 | 0-3 | 38-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-24 | 4-4 | 38-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 455, Max got to the qualifications after defeating Michiel De Krom 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, Alcala had a good straight sets win against De Krom (6-4 7-5). During the match Alcala scored 73 points vs De Krom’s 65. Max was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Alcala scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Max Alcala Gurri lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Alcala put 69% of his first serves in, winning 65% (28/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke De Krom 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Max’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M25 Rabat and M15 Valencia.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 42-26 win-loss record in 2024, 42-26 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gakhov | Alcala |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 |
| Pts | 64-47 | 73-65 |
| Total Points | 111 | 138 |
| Winners | 24 | 28 |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% |
Both Gakhov and Alcala played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gakhov and Alcala have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gakhov played 5 games less than Alcala. Ivan scored 24 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Alcala struck 28 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gakhov | Alcala |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 1 |
| 1st in | 32/55 | 43/62 |
| %1st in | 58% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 28/43 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 8/19 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 42% |
Gakhov struck 8 aces . Alcala struck 1 ace . Gakhov won 75% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Alcala won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gakhov | Alcala |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 67% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 20% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Ivan broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Gakhov dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Alcala conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gakhov | |||
| Q1 Alfonso De Alba | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 64-47 | 64-47 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 32/55 | 32/55 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 24/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Alcala | |||
| Q1 De Krom | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 73-65 | 73-65 | |
| Total points | 138 | 138 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 43/62 | 43/62 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 28/43 | 28/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/19 | 8/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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