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.

See updated oddsAs 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

Emilio Nava

38 - 16win/loss

Hard
0-2
I Hard
0-0
Clay
36-14
Grass
2-0
Rank
119
High
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

Nottingham 2 Challenger
Nava's Record

Colton Smith

Colton Smith

21 - 8win/loss

Hard
5-3
I Hard
5-0
Clay
4-2
Grass
7-3
Rank
134
High
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.

Nottingham 2 Challenger
Smith's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

E.Nava
C.Smith
4h:08
4h:08
Time on court​
!
6h:35
6h:35
1h:46
1h:46
Last match​
!
2h:26
2h:26
2
2
Match played
!
4
4
54
54
Games Played​
115
115
5
5
Set played​​
12
12
198
198
Total points​
315
315
99
99
Avg point​
78.8
78.8
99
99
Winners
131
131
49.5
49.5
Avg Winners​
32.8
32.8
50%
50%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
38
38
Aces
17
17
!
19
19
Avg Aces
4.3
4.3
6
6
Double Faults
4
4
3
3
Avg Double Faults
1
1
99/122
99/122
1st won total​
131/182
131/182
!
81%
81%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
29/60
29/60
2nd won total​
52/88
52/88
48%
48%
2nd won %
59%
59%
-- Break Points --
5/17
5/17
BP won
11/31
11/31
2.5/8.5
2.5/8.5
Avg BP won
2.8/7.8
2.8/7.8
!
29%
29%
Won
35%
35%
14
14
Conceded
17
17
7
7
Avg Conceded
4.3
4.3
2
2
Broken
6
6
1
1
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
12
12
Saved
11
11

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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