Eliot Spizzirri and Emilio Nava will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Sarasota Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on NICK BOLLETTIERI COURT. 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 Emilio Nava who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Emilio Nava is the pick to win this match.
Emilio Nava -> 1.63
Eliot Spizzirri -> 2.17

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Prediction and head to head Eliot Spizzirri vs. Emilio Nava

This will be the 2^nd time that Eliot Spizzirri and Emilio Nava face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Nava (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Nava won 6-3 3-6 3-1 ret. in the qualifications in at the U.S. Open back in 2023.

Eliot Spizzirri

Ranked no. 127 (career-high), the American reached the semifinal after defeating Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg 7-6(7) 6-1, Charlie Robertson 7-6(1) 6-1 and Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-4 6-4

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In the quarter, Eliot had a good straight sets win against Blancaneaux (6-4 6-4). During the match, Spizzirri scored 74 points vs Blancaneaux’s 67. Spizzirri was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Spizzirri was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Eliot Spizzirri lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Spizzirri put 66% of his first serves in, winning 64% (35/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 32% (9/28) on the 2nd serve. Spizzirri broke Blancaneaux 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Spizzirri has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 63% of his matches (81-48). 3-0 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Spizzirri has a compiled6-3 record in the last 5 years on clay.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the San Diego Challenger where he defeated Mackenzie Mcdonald in the final 6-4 2-6 6-4.

The American has an overall 17-8 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sarasota Challenger

Spizzirri has never competed in this tournament before.

Emilio Nava

Ranked no. 169, the American got to the semifinal after defeating Chris Rodesch 6-4 6-4, Gabi Adrian Boitan 6-3 6-2 and Tomas Barrios Vera 7-5 7-6(3).

In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Tomas Barrios Vera (7-5 7-6³). During the match Nava scored 90 points vs Tomas Barrios Vera’s 78. Emilio was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Nava managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Emilio Nava lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Nava put 61% of his first serves in, winning 76% (35/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Nava broke Tomas Barrios Vera 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Emilio hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Asuncion Challenger where he defeated Thiago Moura Monteiro in the final 7-5 6-3 and the Concepcion Challenger where he defeated Nicolas Kicker in the final 6-1 7-6(3).

Emilio has a composed 25-9 win-loss record in 2025, 25-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Spizzirri	Nava
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	6
Tot Games	60	62
Pts	227-187	216-173
Total Points	414	389
Winners	103	89
%Winners	45%	41%

Both Spizzirri and Nava played 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Spizzirri and Nava have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Spizzirri played 2 games less than Nava. The American scored 103 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Nava recorded 89 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Spizzirri	Nava
Aces	2	20
Avg per match	0.7	6.7
1st in	158/228	117/185
%1st in	69%	63%
1st pts	103/158	89/117
%1st pts	65%	76%
2nd pts	27/70	35/68
%2nd pts	39%	51%

Spizzirri bagged 2 aces (0.7 per match). Nava blasted 20 aces (6.7 per match). Spizzirri won 65% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Nava won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Spizzirri	Nava
Won	16	11
Converted	16/28	11/28
% Converted	57%	39%
Conceded	28	10
Saved	18	5
% Saved	64%	50%
Times Broken	10	5

Eliot broke his opponents 16 times with a 57% conversion rate. The American lost his serve 10 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Emilio broke his opponents 11 times with a 39% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Spizzirri
	R1 Gueymard	R2 Robertson	1/4 Blancaneaux	Total
Score	7-67 6-1	7-61 6-1	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	20	20	20	60
pts	72-57	81-63	74-67	227-187
Total points	129	144	141	414
Winners	32	36	35	103
%Winners	44%	44%	47%	45%
SERVE
Aces	1	1	0	2
Double Faults	2	4	4	10
1st in	44/63	59/82	55/83	158/228
% 1st in	70%	72%	66%	69%
1st pts	32/44	36/59	35/55	103/158
% 1st pts	73%	61%	64%	65%
2nd pts	10/19	8/23	9/28	27/70
% 2nd pts	53%	35%	32%	39%
Breaks
Won	4	6	6	16
Converted	4/8	6/9	6/11	16/28
Converted %	50%	67%	55%	57%
Conceded	2	16	10	28
Saved	0/2	12/16	6/10	18
Saved %	0%	75%	60%	45%
Times Broken	2	4	4	10

Nava
	R1 Rodesch	R2 Adrian	1/4 Tomas Barrios Vera	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-3 6-2	7-5 7-63
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	20	17	25	62
pts	65-52	61-43	90-78	216-173
Total points	117	104	168	389
Winners	26	28	35	89
%Winners	40%	46%	39%	41%
SERVE
Aces	9	5	6	20
Double Faults	4	2	8	14
1st in	33/57	38/52	46/76	117/185
% 1st in	58%	73%	61%	63%
1st pts	26/33	28/38	35/46	89/117
% 1st pts	79%	74%	76%	76%
2nd pts	14/24	7/14	14/30	35/68
% 2nd pts	58%	50%	47%	51%
Breaks
Won	3	4	4	11
Converted	3/4	4/11	4/13	11/28
Converted %	75%	36%	31%	39%
Conceded	1	2	7	10
Saved	0/1	1/2	4/7	5
Saved %	0%	50%	57%	36%
Times Broken	1	1	3	5

Tennis Scores in Sarasota Challenger

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