Aljaz Bedene and Ernests Gulbis will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11 am on Court 19. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aljaz Bedene who should win in 5 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aljaz Bedene is the pick to win this match.
Aljaz Bedene -> 1.61
Ernests Gulbis -> 2.30
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Prediction and head to head Aljaz Bedene vs. Ernests Gulbis
Head 2 Head
This will be the 2nd time that Aljaz Bedene and Ernests Gulbis play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bedene (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Bedene won 3-6 6-4 3-0 ret. in the 1st round in at the U.S. Open back in 2015.
Aljaz Bedene
Ranked no. 55, the Slovenian reached the 1st round after beating James Duckworth 6-4 6-75 6-75 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Aljaz had a tough win against Duckworth to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-4 6-75 6-75 6-2 6-4). During the match Bedene scored 190 points vs Duckworth’s 158. The Slovenian was extremely aggressive to blast 80 winners.
Talking about serving, Bedene overwhelmed his opponent with 28 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Aljaz Bedene was extremely effective on serve to win 87% (80/92) of his 1st serve and 62% (40/65) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Slovenian broke Duckworth 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Bedene has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (381-309). 3-2 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bedene has a 295-176 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Bedene has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2020, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Aljaz lost in the 1st round 6-4 6-1 6-4 to Alexander Zverev.
Ernests Gulbis
Ranked no. 256, Ernests reached the 1st round after beating Maxime Cressy 6-3 6-3, Federico Coria 6-3 1-6 6-2, Prajnesh Gunneswaran 7-62 6-2 and Felix Auger Aliassime 7-5 4-6 7-64 6-4.
In the 1st round, Gulbis defeated Auger-Aliassime (7-5 4-6 7-64 6-4). During the match Gulbis scored 142 points vs Auger-Aliassime’s 131. Gulbis was extremely aggressive to blast 59 winners.
Talking about serving, Gulbis blasted 14 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Ernests Gulbis was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (59/75) of his 1st serve and 60% (35/58) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Latvian broke Auger-Aliassime 3 times after converting 20% of his break points (3/15).
Gulbis has a negative record in the last 10 years having won 48% of his matches (282-306). 6-1 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gulbis has a 212-194 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Ernests has a 6-1 win-loss record in 2020, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Ernests got to the 1st round last year in Australian-Open before retiring against Stan Wawrinka when he was 3-6 3-1 ret.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bedene | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 54 | 108 |
| Pts | 190-158 | 345-293 |
| Total Points | 348 | 638 |
| Winners | 80 | 153 |
| %Winners | 42% | 44% |
Bedene played 1 match while Gulbis competed in 4 matches. Gulbis started his run from the qualifications while Bedene had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Aljaz Bedene conceded 2 sets, while Ernests Gulbis dropper 2 sets. Bedene has played 6 sets less than Gulbis (5 vs 11). Therefore, Bedene played 54 games less than Gulbis. The Slovenian scored 80 winners (42% on total points). On the other side, Gulbis blasted 153 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bedene | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 28 | 29 |
| Avg per match | 28 | 7.3 |
| 1st in | 92/157 | 197/325 |
| %1st in | 59% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 80/92 | 153/197 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 40/65 | 74/128 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 58% |
Bedene blasted 28 aces . Gulbis blasted 29 aces (7.3 per match). Bedene won 87% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Gulbis won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bedene | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 13 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 13/30 |
| % Converted | 44% | 43% |
| Conceded | 6 | 18 |
| Saved | 6 | 12 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 |
Bedene broke his opponent 4 times with 44% conversion rate. The Slovenian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points. The Latvian broke his opponents 13 times with 43% conversion rate. The Latvian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bedene | |||
| R1 Duckworth |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-75 6-75 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 54 | 54 | |
| pts | 190-158 | 190-158 | |
| Total points | 348 | 348 | |
| Winners | 80 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 28 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 92/157 | 92/157 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 80/92 | 80/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 40/65 | 40/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Gulbis | ||||||
| Q1 Cressy |
Q2 Coria |
Q3 Gunneswaran |
R1 Auger-Aliassime |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 1-6 6-2 | 7-62 6-2 | 7-5 4-6 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 24 | 21 | 45 | 108 | |
| pts | 56-39 | 79-73 | 68-50 | 142-131 | 345-293 | |
| Total points | 95 | 152 | 118 | 273 | 638 | |
| Winners | 29 | 33 | 32 | 59 | 153 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 42% | 47% | 42% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 34/44 | 47/89 | 41/59 | 75/133 | 197/325 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 53% | 69% | 56% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 33/47 | 32/41 | 59/75 | 153/197 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 70% | 78% | 79% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 20/42 | 12/18 | 35/58 | 74/128 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 48% | 67% | 60% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/4 | 3/5 | 3/15 | 13/30 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 100% | 60% | 20% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 18 | |
| Saved | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 30% | 50% | 33% | 113% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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