Ernests Gulbis and Aslan Karatsev will square off in the 3rd round of the Prague Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12 pm on Court 2. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ernests Gulbis that should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ernests Gulbis is the pick to win this match.
Ernests Gulbis -> 1.57
Aslan Karatsev -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Ernests Gulbis vs. Aslan Karatsev
There is no head to head record between Ernests Gulbis and Aslan Karatsev since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Ernests Gulbis
Ranked no. 162, Gulbis reached the 3rd round after defeating Andrew Paulson 7-5 5-7 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Ernests defeated Paulson (7-5 5-7 6-4).-99) than Paulson. In fact, the world no. 162 won 99 points vs Paulson’s. That means that Gulbis was more focused during the important points. Ernests was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gulbis blasted 7 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Ernests Gulbis was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (36/45) of his 1st serve and 56% (33/59) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Latvian broke Paulson 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Gulbis has a unfavourable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won only 49% of his matches (321-335). 1-0 on clay in 2020. . In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gulbis has a 234-202 record in the last 10 years on clay.
The Latvian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Pau Challenger.
The Latvian has a 18-4 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Prague Challenger
The Latvian didn’t compete in the Prague Challenger in 2019.
Aslan Karatsev
Ranked no. 253, the Russian reached the 3rd round after defeating Robin Haase 6-4 6-2 and Jiri Vesely 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Aslan had a good straight sets win against Vesely (6-3 6-4). During the match Karatsev scored 67 points vs Vesely’s 54. Aslan was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Karatsev fired 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Aslan Karatsev was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (24/32) of his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Karatsev broke Vesely 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Karatsev hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Karatsev has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (555-415). 2-0 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Karatsev has a 294-203 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Karatsev’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Bangkok Challenger.
The Russian has a 12-5 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Prague Challenger
Karatsev didn’t compete in the Prague Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gulbis | Karatsev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 37 |
| Pts | 99-101 | 129-97 |
| Total Points | 200 | 226 |
| Winners | 36 | 43 |
| %Winners | 36% | 33% |
Gulbis played 1 match while Karatsev competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Ernests Gulbis lost 1 set while Aslan Karatsev hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gulbis has played 1 set(s) less than Karatsev (3 vs 4). Therefore, Gulbis played 3 games less than Karatsev. Gulbis scored 36 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Aslan recorded 43 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gulbis | Karatsev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 45/104 | 57/114 |
| %1st in | 43% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 36/45 | 43/57 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 33/59 | 32/57 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 56% |
Gulbis blasted 7 aces . Karatsev scored 7 aces (3.5 per match). Gulbis won 80% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Karatsev won 75% of the points on 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 | Gulbis | Karatsev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 8 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 8/15 |
| % Converted | 38% | 53% |
| Conceded | 12 | 10 |
| Saved | 10 | 7 |
| % Saved | 83% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Ernests broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Ernests conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Karatsev broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. Aslan conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gulbis | |||
| R2 Paulson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 5-7 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 99-101 | 99-101 | |
| Total points | 200 | 200 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 45/104 | 45/104 | |
| % 1st in | 43% | 43% | |
| 1st pts | 36/45 | 36/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 33/59 | 33/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 10/12 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 100 | |
| Karatsev | ||||
| R1 Haase |
R2 Vesely |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 | 37 | |
| pts | 62-43 | 67-54 | 129-97 | |
| Total points | 105 | 121 | 226 | |
| Winners | 19 | 24 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 36% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 25/48 | 32/66 | 57/114 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 48% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 24/32 | 43/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 19/34 | 32/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 3/5 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 60% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 4/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 80% | 140% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 50 | |
