Emilio Nava and Colton Smith will face off in the quarter of the Nottingham 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Colton Smith who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Colton Smith is the pick to win this match.
Colton Smith -> 1.66
Emilio Nava -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Emilio Nava vs. Colton Smith
There is no head to head record between Emilio Nava and Colton Smith since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Emilio Nava
38 - 16win/loss
119
119
LWLWWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-18 | 0-2 | 36-14 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 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. 121, the American reached the quarter after defeating Jack Pinnington Jones 6-3 6-7(10) 6-3 and Ryan Peniston 7-6(5) 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Nava had a good straight sets win against Peniston (7-65 6-4). During the match, Nava scored 73 points vs Peniston’s 67. Nava was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nava blasted 12 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Emilio Nava was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (33/43) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Peniston 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Emilio has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.
Nava has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (225-150). 2-0 on grass in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nava has an aggregate4-5 win-loss record in the last 8 years on grass.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Asuncion Challenger where he beat 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 beat Liam Draxl in the final 6-2 7-6(2).
The American has a compiled 38-16 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham 2 Challenger
Colton Smith
21 - 8win/loss
134
134
LWLWWWLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-10 | 5-3 | 4-2 | 5-0 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-11 | 22-7 | 0-0 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 5-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 146, the American reached the quarter after defeating Yosuke Watanuki 7-5 4-6 6-3, James Kent Trotter 6-3 3-6 6-3, Marco Trungelliti 6-2 4-6 6-3 and James McCabe 5-7 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round against McCabe, Smith recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-3). During the match Smith scored 110 points vs McCabe’s 98. Smith was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Smith struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Colton Smith was quite effective on serve to win 71% (39/55) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke McCabe 4 times after converting 25% of his break points (4/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Colton started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Cleveland Challenger where he defeated Eliot Spizzirri in the final 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3.
The American has a composed 21-8 win-loss record in 2025, 7-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham 2 Challenger
Smith has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nava | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 54 | 88 |
| Pts | 198-175 | 315-266 |
| Total Points | 373 | 581 |
| Winners | 99 | 131 |
| %Winners | 50% | 42% |
Nava played 2 matches while Smith competed in 3 matches. Smith started his run from the qualifications while Nava had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Emilio Nava surrendered 1 set, while Colton Smith surrendered 3 sets. Nava has played 4 set(s) less than Smith (5 vs 9). Therefore, Nava played 34 games less than Smith. The American scored 99 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Smith scored 131 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nava | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 38 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 19 | 5.7 |
| 1st in | 122/182 | 182/270 |
| %1st in | 67% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 99/122 | 131/182 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 29/60 | 52/88 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 59% |
Nava scored 38 aces (19 per match). Smith fired 17 aces (5.7 per match). Nava won 81% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Smith won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nava | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 11 |
| Converted | 5/17 | 11/31 |
| % Converted | 29% | 35% |
| Conceded | 14 | 17 |
| Saved | 12 | 11 |
| % Saved | 86% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
The American broke his opponents 5 times with a 29% conversion rate. Emilio lost his serve twice and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Smith broke his opponents 11 times with a 35% conversion rate. Colton conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nava | ||||
| R1 Pinnington |
R2 Peniston |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-710 6-3 | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 23 | 54 | |
| pts | 125-108 | 73-67 | 198-175 | |
| Total points | 233 | 140 | 373 | |
| Winners | 66 | 33 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 45% | 50% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 26 | 12 | 38 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 79/112 | 43/70 | 122/182 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 61% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 66/79 | 33/43 | 99/122 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 77% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/33 | 14/27 | 29/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 52% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/11 | 3/6 | 5/17 | |
| Converted % | 18% | 50% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 | 14 | |
| Saved | 9/9 | 3/5 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 60% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Smith | ||||||
| Q1 Watanuki |
Q3 Kent |
R1 Trungelliti |
R2 McCabe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-6 6-3 | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | 6-2 4-6 6-3 | 5-7 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 115 | |
| pts | 101-86 | – | 104-82 | 110-98 | 315-266 | |
| Total points | 187 | 0 | 186 | 208 | 581 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | 39 | 131 | ||
| %Winners | 46% | 0% | 44% | 35% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1st in | 60/89 | / | 67/95 | 55/86 | 182/270 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 0% | 71% | 64% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 46/60 | / | 46/67 | 39/55 | 131/182 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 0% | 69% | 71% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/29 | / | 15/28 | 18/31 | 52/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 0% | 54% | 58% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Converted | 2/5 | / | 5/10 | 4/16 | 11/31 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 0% | 50% | 25% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 | 4 | 17 | ||
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/ | 7/10 | 2/4 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 70% | 50% | 94% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
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