Gael Monfils and Ernests Gulbis will face off in the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11 am on the Melbourne Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gael Monfils who should win in 5 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gael Monfils is the pick to win this match.
Gael Monfils -> 1.61
Ernests Gulbis -> 2.30
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Prediction and head to head Gael Monfils vs. Ernests Gulbis
This will be the 4th time that Gael Monfils and Ernests Gulbis play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Monfils (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Monfils won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Rotterdam back in 2016.
Gael Monfils
Ranked no. 10, Gael got to the 1st round after defeating Yen-Hsun Lu 6-1 6-4 6-2 and Ivo Karlovic 4-6 7-68 6-4 7-5.
In the 2nd round against Karlovic, Monfils recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-68 6-4 7-5). During the match Monfils scored 136 points vs Karlovic’s 129. Monfils was extremely aggressive to blast 79 winners.
Talking about serving, Monfils blasted 5 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Gael Monfils lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Monfils put 72% of his first serves in, winning 86% (79/92) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (15/35) on the 2nd serve. The French Player broke Karlovic twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French Player has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Monfils has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 69% of his matches (668-296). 3-1 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Monfils has a 295-152 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Monfils has a 3-1 win-loss record in 2020, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The French Player lost in the 2nd round 6-3 6-78 7-66 7-65 to Taylor Harry Fritz.
Ernests Gulbis
Ranked no. 256, Gulbis got to the 1st round after defeating Maxime Cressy 6-3 6-3, Federico Coria 6-3 1-6 6-2, Prajnesh Gunneswaran 7-62 6-2, Felix Auger Aliassime 7-5 4-6 7-64 6-4 and Aljaz Bedene 7-5 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Latvian had a good straight sets win against Bedene (7-5 6-3 6-2). During the match Gulbis scored 101 points vs Bedene’s 69. Gulbis was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Gulbis blasted 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ernests Gulbis was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (46/58) of his 1st serve and 72% (23/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ernests broke Bedene 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ernests has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Gulbis has a negative record in the last 10 years having won 49% of his matches (292-306). 7-1 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gulbis has a 213-194 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Ernests has a 7-1 win-loss record in 2020, 7-1 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 | Monfils | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 14 |
| Tot Games | 70 | 137 |
| Pts | 229-192 | 446-362 |
| Total Points | 421 | 808 |
| Winners | 123 | 199 |
| %Winners | 54% | 45% |
Monfils played 2 matches while Gulbis competed in 5 matches. Gulbis started his run from the qualifications while Monfils had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Gael Monfils conceded 1 set, while Ernests Gulbis dropper 2 sets. Monfils has played 7 sets less than Gulbis (7 vs 14). Therefore, Monfils played 67 games less than Gulbis. Monfils scored 123 winners (54% on total points). On the other side, Ernests blasted 199 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Monfils | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 42 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 8.4 |
| 1st in | 148/211 | 255/415 |
| %1st in | 70% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 123/148 | 199/255 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 30/63 | 97/160 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 61% |
Monfils blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Gulbis blasted 42 aces (8.4 per match). Monfils won 83% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Gulbis won 78% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Monfils | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 17 |
| Converted | 7/14 | 17/39 |
| % Converted | 50% | 44% |
| Conceded | 9 | 26 |
| Saved | 8 | 20 |
| % Saved | 89% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
Gael broke his opponents 7 times with 50% conversion rate. Monfils conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. Ernests broke his opponents 17 times with 44% conversion rate. The Latvian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Monfils | ||||
| R1 Lu |
R2 Karlovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 6-2 | 4-6 7-68 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 45 | 70 | |
| pts | 93-63 | 136-129 | 229-192 | |
| Total points | 156 | 265 | 421 | |
| Winners | 44 | 79 | 123 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 58% | 54% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 56/84 | 92/127 | 148/211 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 72% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 44/56 | 79/92 | 123/148 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 86% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/35 | 30/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 43% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 2/6 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 33% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Gulbis | |||||||
| Q1 Cressy |
Q2 Coria |
Q3 Gunneswaran |
R1 Auger-Aliassime |
R2 Bedene |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 1-6 6-2 | 7-62 6-2 | 7-5 4-6 7-64 6-4 | 7-5 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 24 | 21 | 45 | 29 | 137 | |
| pts | 56-39 | 79-73 | 68-50 | 142-131 | 101-69 | 446-362 | |
| Total points | 95 | 152 | 118 | 273 | 170 | 808 | |
| Winners | 29 | 33 | 32 | 59 | 46 | 199 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 42% | 47% | 42% | 46% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 42 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 34/44 | 47/89 | 41/59 | 75/133 | 58/90 | 255/415 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 53% | 69% | 56% | 64% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 33/47 | 32/41 | 59/75 | 46/58 | 199/255 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 70% | 78% | 79% | 79% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 20/42 | 12/18 | 35/58 | 23/32 | 97/160 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 48% | 67% | 60% | 72% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/4 | 3/5 | 3/15 | 4/9 | 17/39 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 100% | 60% | 20% | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 26 | |
| Saved | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 20 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 30% | 50% | 33% | 0% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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