Emilio Nava and Federico Cina will square off in the 2nd round of the Bratislava 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 8. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.44
Federico Cina -> 2.625
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Prediction and head to head Emilio Nava vs. Federico Cina
There is no head to head record between Emilio Nava and Federico Cina since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Emilio Nava
36 - 15win/loss
121
119
LWWLWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38-17 | 0-2 | 36-14 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-34 | 16-15 | 8-9 | 8-5 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-31 | 24-14 | 12-8 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-27 | 15-15 | 14-6 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-16 | 9-6 | 27-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 119 (career-high), the American reached the 2nd round after beating Andrej Martin 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Martin (6-1 6-1). During the match, Nava scored 53 points vs Martin’s 32. Nava was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nava bagged 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Emilio Nava conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Nava put 60% of his first serves in, winning 92% (22/24) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (7/16) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Martin 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Nava has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (223-149). 36-13 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Nava has a compiled105-50 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Asuncion Challenger where he overcame Thiago Moura Monteiro in the final 7-5 6-3 and the Concepcion Challenger where he overcame Nicolas Kicker in the final 6-1 7-6(3) and the Sarasota Challenger where he defeated Liam Draxl in the final 6-2 7-6(2).
The American has a composed 36-15 win-loss record in 2025, 36-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 1 Challenger
Nava has never competed in this tournament before.
Federico Cina
16 - 7win/loss
279
279
LWWLWWWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-8 | 14-3 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-23 | 18-15 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 287 (career-high), the Italian got to the 2nd round after defeating Hynek Barton 7-6(5) 6-3.
In the 1st round, Cina had a good straight sets win against Barton (7-65 6-3). During the match Cina scored 83 points vs Barton’s 73. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Cina scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Federico Cina was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (43/59) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cina broke Barton once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Cina’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,the Hersonissos 2 Challenger and the Tbilisi Challenger.
Cina has a compiled 16-7 win-loss record in 2025, 2-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nava | Cina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 22 |
| Pts | 53-32 | 83-73 |
| Total Points | 85 | 156 |
| Winners | 22 | 43 |
| %Winners | 42% | 52% |
Both Nava and Cina played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nava and Cina have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Nava played 8 games less than Cina. Nava scored 22 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Cina scored 43 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nava | Cina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 24/40 | 59/86 |
| %1st in | 60% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 43/59 |
| %1st pts | 92% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 7/16 | 15/27 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 56% |
Nava managed to score 5 aces . Cina struck 1 ace . Nava won 92% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Cina won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nava | Cina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 1 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 1/5 |
| % Converted | 71% | 20% |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 |
| Saved | 2 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Emilio broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Nava had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Cina broke his opponent once with a 20% conversion rate. The Italian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 7 break points.
| Nava | |||
| R1 Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 53-32 | 53-32 | |
| Total points | 85 | 85 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 24/40 | 24/40 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 22/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/16 | 7/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Cina | |||
| R1 Barton |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 83-73 | 83-73 | |
| Total points | 156 | 156 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 59/86 | 59/86 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 43/59 | 43/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 15/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/5 | 1/5 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWWWWLL Tennis Scores in Bratislava 1 Challenger
- Emilio NavaNava – Andrej MartinMartin (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Matej DodigDodig – Jaime FariaFaria (7-5 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (4-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Henrique RochaRocha – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat – Lukas PokornyPokorny (6-3 4-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Marko TopoTopo – Norbert GombosGombos (7-62 3-6 7-67) – See score progression
- Federico CinaCina – Hynek BartonBarton (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Facundo MenaMena – Marek GengelGengel (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Milos KarolKarol – Lukas KleinKlein (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Christoph NegrituNegritu (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Luka MikrutMikrut (6-2 6-73 6-1) – See score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrew Paulson/Matej VocelPaulson/Matej Vocel – Luis David Martinez/Facundo MenaDavid Martinez/Facundo Mena (3-6 6-4 10-7) – See score progression
- Federico CinaCina – Hynek BartonBarton (7-6(5) 6-3) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Andrej MartinMartin (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Facundo MenaMena – Marek GengelGengel (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat – Lukas PokornyPokorny (6-3 4-6 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Matej DodigDodig – Jaime FariaFaria (7-5 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Milos KarolKarol – Lukas KleinKlein (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Facundo MenaMena – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Valentin VacherotVacherot (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (0-0) – H2H and prediction
