Richard Gasquet and Pablo Llamas Ruiz will play each other in the quarter of the Murcia Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on PISTA CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Richard Gasquet who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Richard Gasquet is the pick to win this match.
Richard Gasquet -> 1.57
Pablo Llamas Ruiz -> 2.27
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Prediction and head to head Richard Gasquet vs. Pablo Llamas Ruiz
This will be the 2nd time that Richard Gasquet and Pablo Llamas Ruiz square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Llamas (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Llamas won 7-6(6) 7-5 in the 1st round in Montpellier back in January 2024.
Highlights Pablo Llamas Ruiz vs Richard Gasquet – Montpellier 30-January-2024
Richard Gasquet
10 - 10win/loss
120
7
LLWWWWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-27 | 15-8 | 11-12 | 0-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-31 | 9-9 | 8-10 | 7-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-25 | 8-6 | 13-10 | 11-8 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-20 | 6-5 | 9-7 | 8-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-10 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 120, the French player got to the quarter after beating Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 6-4 6-4 and Samuel Vincent Ruggeri 6-3 4-6 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Gasquet defeated Vincent Ruggeri (6-3 4-6 6-0). During the match, Gasquet scored 94 points vs Vincent Ruggeri’s 71. Richard was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gasquet bagged 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Richard Gasquet was pretty efficient on serve to win 77% (34/44) of his 1st serve and 64% (23/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Richard broke Vincent Ruggeri 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has dropped 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Gasquet has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (270-188). 2-1 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Gasquet has a composed 78-52 match record in the last years on clay.
Gasquet’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Manama Challenger.
The French player has a composed 10-9 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Pablo Llamas Ruiz
9 - 9win/loss
264
131
LLWLWWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-16 | 2-5 | 10-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-21 | 12-6 | 33-12 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-23 | 2-4 | 35-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-16 | 2-2 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-5 | 2-4 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 152, Llamas reached the quarter after defeating Jan Choinski 7-63 7-66 and Ivan Gakhov 6-3 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Pablo had a good straight sets win against Gakhov (6-3 7-5). During the match Llamas scored 61 points vs Gakhov’s 49. The Spaniard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Llamas fired 4 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Pablo Llamas Ruiz lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Llamas put 79% of his first serves in, winning 67% (30/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (5/12) on the 2nd serve. Pablo broke Gakhov 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 8-9 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gasquet | Llamas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 47 |
| Pts | 167-135 | 163-147 |
| Total Points | 302 | 310 |
| Winners | 64 | 82 |
| %Winners | 38% | 50% |
Both Gasquet and Llamas played 2 matches. At the moment, Richard Gasquet dropped 1 set while Pablo Llamas Ruiz hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gasquet has played 1 set more than Llamas (5 vs 4). However, it’s interesting to notice that Gasquet played 2 games less than Llamas. Richard scored 64 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard scored 82 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gasquet | Llamas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 86/147 | 122/159 |
| %1st in | 59% | 77% |
| 1st pts | 64/86 | 82/122 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 37/61 | 16/37 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 43% |
Gasquet made 13 aces (6.5 per match). Llamas blasted 10 aces (5 per match). Gasquet won 74% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Llamas won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gasquet | Llamas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 9 |
| Converted | 7/20 | 9/15 |
| % Converted | 35% | 60% |
| Conceded | 9 | 13 |
| Saved | 7 | 7 |
| % Saved | 78% | 54% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
The French player broke his opponents 7 times with a 35% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Pablo broke his opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. Llamas conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gasquet | ||||
| R1 Rodriguez |
R2 Vincent |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 4-6 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 25 | 45 | |
| pts | 73-64 | 94-71 | 167-135 | |
| Total points | 137 | 165 | 302 | |
| Winners | 30 | 34 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 36% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 42/67 | 44/80 | 86/147 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 55% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 30/42 | 34/44 | 64/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 77% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 23/36 | 37/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 64% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/12 | 7/20 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 33% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 3/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 75% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Llamas | ||||
| R1 Choinski |
R2 Gakhov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 7-66 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 21 | 47 | |
| pts | 102-98 | 61-49 | 163-147 | |
| Total points | 200 | 110 | 310 | |
| Winners | 52 | 30 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 49% | 50% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 77/102 | 45/57 | 122/159 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 79% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 52/77 | 30/45 | 82/122 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 5/12 | 16/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 42% | 43% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 6/7 | 9/15 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 86% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 3/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 50% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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