Mariano Navone and Emilio Nava will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Cincinnati Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 5:00 pm on COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mariano Navone who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mariano Navone is the pick to win this match.
Mariano Navone -> 1.6
Emilio Nava -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Mariano Navone vs. Emilio Nava

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

The last time that they squared off, Navone won 4-6 6-1 7-6(4) in the quarter in the Cagliari Challenger back in 2024.

Mariano Navone

Mariano Navone

27 - 22win/loss

Hard
3-6
I Hard
1-1
Clay
21-13
Grass
2-2
Rank
72
High
29
LWWLWWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 38-31 5-12 30-16 1-1 2-2 0-0
2024 30-28 2-7 27-14 1-4 0-3 0-0
2023 40-23 0-1 40-21 0-0 0-1 0-0
2022 44-25 0-1 44-24 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 40-24 0-0 40-24 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 77, Navone got to the qualifications after beating Jan-Lennard Struff 6-7(2) 6-2 6-4

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In the qualifications against Struff, Mariano recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 6-2 6-4). During the match, Navone scored 109 points vs Struff’s 91. Navone was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Regarding the service games, Navone recorded 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Mariano Navone was quite effective on serve to win 79% (41/52) of his 1st serve and 71% (27/38) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Navone broke Struff 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).

Navone has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (247-153). 3-5 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Navone has a compiled9-16 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Braunschweig Challenger where he defeated Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the final 6-3 7-5.

The Argentine has a compiled 27-21 win-loss record in 2025, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Cincinnati
Navone's Record

Emilio Nava

Emilio Nava

46 - 21win/loss

Hard
7-5
I Hard
0-0
Clay
36-14
Grass
3-2
Rank
88
High
88
LWLWWLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 56-28 8-7 45-19 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. 114 (career-high), the American got to the qualifications after defeating Mikhail Kukushkin 7-5 6-2.

In the qualifications, Emilio had a good straight sets win against Kukushkin (7-5 6-2). During the match Nava scored 72 points vs Kukushkin’s 62. The American was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Nava blasted 13 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Emilio Nava conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 9 break points. Furthermore, Nava put 64% of his first serves in, winning 80% (39/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (11/27) on the 2nd serve. Nava broke Kukushkin 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

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 beat Nicolas Kicker in the final 6-1 7-6(3) and the Sarasota Challenger where he overcame Liam Draxl in the final 6-2 7-6(2).

The American has an aggregate 45-21 win-loss record in 2025, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.

Cincinnati
Nava's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Navone
E.Nava
2h:15
2h:15
Time on court​
1h:35
1h:35
!
2h:15
2h:15
Last match​
1h:35
1h:35
1
1
Match played
1
1
31
31
Games Played​
20
20
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
109
109
Total points​
72
72
109
109
Avg point​
72
72
41
41
Winners
39
39
41
41
Avg Winners​
39
39
38%
38%
Ratio winners
54%
54%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
13
13
5
5
Avg Aces
!
13
13
3
3
Double Faults
4
4
3
3
Avg Double Faults
4
4
41/52
41/52
1st won total​
39/49
39/49
!
79%
79%
1st won %
!
80%
80%
27/38
27/38
2nd won total​
11/27
11/27
!
71%
71%
2nd won %
41%
41%
-- Break Points --
3/12
3/12
BP won
3/8
3/8
3/12
3/12
Avg BP won
3/8
3/8
!
25%
25%
Won
38%
38%
3
3
Conceded
9
9
3
3
Avg Conceded
9
9
0
0
Broken
0
0
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0
0
3
3
Saved
9
9

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Navone Nava
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 31 20
Pts 109-91 72-62
Total Points 200 134
Winners 41 39
%Winners 38% 54%

Both Navone and Nava played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Mariano Navone dropped 1 set while Emilio Nava hasn’t lost a set so far. Navone has played 1 set more than Nava (3 vs 2). Therefore, Navone played 11 games more than Nava. Navone scored 41 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Nava managed to score 39 winners (54%).

Serve Performance

Serve Navone Nava
Aces 5 13
Avg per match 5 13
1st in 52/90 49/76
%1st in 58% 64%
1st pts 41/52 39/49
%1st pts 79% 80%
2nd pts 27/38 11/27
%2nd pts 71% 41%

Navone struck 5 aces . Nava bagged 13 aces . Navone won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Nava won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Navone Nava
Won 3 3
Converted 3/12 3/8
% Converted 25% 38%
Conceded 3 9
Saved 3 9
% Saved 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Mariano broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Navone pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 3 break points. Emilio broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 9 break points.

Navone
Q1
Struff
Total
Score 6-72 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 31 31
pts 109-91 109-91
Total points 200 200
Winners 41 41
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 52/90 52/90
% 1st in 58% 58%
1st pts 41/52 41/52
% 1st pts 79% 79%
2nd pts 27/38 27/38
% 2nd pts 71% 71%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/12 3/12
Converted % 25% 25%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 3/3 3
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Nava
Q1
Kukushkin
Total
Score 7-5 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 72-62 72-62
Total points 134 134
Winners 39 39
%Winners 54% 54%
SERVE
Aces 13 13
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 49/76 49/76
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 39/49 39/49
% 1st pts 80% 80%
2nd pts 11/27 11/27
% 2nd pts 41% 41%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/8 3/8
Converted % 38% 38%
Conceded 9 9
Saved 9/9 9
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

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