Ernests Gulbis and Aslan Karatsev will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Prague II Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2 pm on Court 6. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aslan Karatsev who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aslan Karatsev is the pick to win this match.
Aslan Karatsev -> 1.53
Ernests Gulbis -> 2.44
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Prediction and head to head Ernests Gulbis vs. Aslan Karatsev
This will be the 2nd time that Ernests Gulbis and Aslan Karatsev fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Karatsev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Ernests Gulbis
Ranked no. 158, Ernests reached the 3rd round after beating Elias Ymer 6-2 2-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Gulbis defeated Ymer (6-2 2-6 6-4).-83) than Ymer. In fact, the world no. 158 won 83 points vs Ymer’s. That means that Gulbis was more focused during the important points. Ernests was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gulbis made 4 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Ernests Gulbis lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gulbis put 51% of his first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (22/47) on the 2nd serve. Gulbis broke Ymer 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Gulbis has a unfavourable record in the last 10 years having won only 49% of his matches (331-345). 2-1 on clay in 2020. . Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gulbis has a 235-203 win-loss record in the last 10 years on clay.
Gulbis’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Pau Challenger.
Gulbis has a 19-5 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Prague II Challenger
Gulbis didn’t compete in the Prague II Challenger in 2019.
Aslan Karatsev
Ranked no. 194, Karatsev reached the 3rd round after defeating Enzo Couacaud 3-6 7-5 7-5 and Steven Diez 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Diez (6-1 6-2). During the match Karatsev scored 60 points vs Diez’s 34. Karatsev was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Karatsev recorded 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Aslan Karatsev lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Karatsev put 45% of his first serves in, winning 86% (19/22) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Aslan broke Diez 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Aslan has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Karatsev has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (605-425). 7-1 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Karatsev has a 299-204 record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Russian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Bangkok Challenger and the Prague Challenger.
The Russian has a 17-6 win-loss record in 2020, 7-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Prague II Challenger
Aslan didn’t play in the Prague II Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gulbis | Karatsev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 48 |
| Pts | 83-85 | 169-138 |
| Total Points | 168 | 307 |
| Winners | 32 | 57 |
| %Winners | 39% | 34% |
Gulbis played 1 match while Karatsev competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Ernests Gulbis conceded 1 set, while Aslan Karatsev dropper 1 set. Gulbis has played 2 set(s) less than Karatsev (3 vs 5). Therefore, Gulbis played 22 games less than Karatsev. The Latvian scored 32 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian bagged 57 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gulbis | Karatsev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
| 1st in | 48/95 | 78/150 |
| %1st in | 51% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 57/78 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 22/47 | 38/72 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 53% |
Gulbis fired 4 aces . Karatsev fired 8 aces (4 per match). Gulbis won 67% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Karatsev won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gulbis | Karatsev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 10 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 10/21 |
| % Converted | 57% | 48% |
| Conceded | 8 | 18 |
| Saved | 5 | 13 |
| % Saved | 63% | 72% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Ernests broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Latvian lost his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Aslan broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Karatsev conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gulbis | |||
| R2 Ymer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 83-85 | 83-85 | |
| Total points | 168 | 168 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 48/95 | 48/95 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 32/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/47 | 22/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Karatsev | ||||
| R1 Couacaud |
R2 Diez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 7-5 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 15 | 48 | |
| pts | 109-104 | 60-34 | 169-138 | |
| Total points | 213 | 94 | 307 | |
| Winners | 38 | 19 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 32% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 56/101 | 22/49 | 78/150 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 45% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 38/56 | 19/22 | 57/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 86% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/45 | 13/27 | 38/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 48% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/9 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 56% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 4 | 18 | |
| Saved | 10/14 | 3/4 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 75% | 146% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
LLLLWLL Tennis Scores in Prague II Challenger
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Yannick MadenMaden (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Daniel MasurMasur (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Robin HaaseHaase – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (0-0) – See H2H details
- Lukas RosolRosol – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (0-1) – See H2H details
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-1) – See H2H details
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Ernests GulbisGulbis (1-0) – See H2H details
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-0) – See H2H details
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Robin HaaseHaase (0-1) – See H2H details
