Ernests Gulbis and Tatsuma Ito will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Zagreb Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ernests Gulbis who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ernests Gulbis is the pick to win this match.
Ernests Gulbis -> 1.36
Tatsuma Ito -> 3.00
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Prediction and head to head Ernests Gulbis vs. Tatsuma Ito
There is no head to head record between Ernests Gulbis and Tatsuma Ito since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Ernests Gulbis
Ranked no. 187, Gulbis reached the qualifications after beating Evgeny Tyurnev 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Latvian had a good straight sets win against Tyurnev (6-3 7-5). During the match Gulbis scored 76 points vs Tyurnev’s 64. Ernests was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gulbis blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Ernests Gulbis was very efficient on serve to win 73% (22/30) of his 1st serve and 67% (20/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gulbis broke Tyurnev 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Gulbis has a good record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (221-197). 2-2 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gulbis has a 70-67 match record in the last years on clay.
The Latvian has a 5-8 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
Ernests has never competed in this tournament before.
Tatsuma Ito
Ranked no. 216, Ito got to the qualifications after defeating Akira Santillan 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, Tatsuma had a good straight sets win against Santillan (6-4 6-3). During the match Ito scored 68 points vs Santillan’s 62. Tatsuma was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Ito managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Tatsuma Ito lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ito put 57% of his first serves in, winning 75% (30/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. Ito broke Santillan 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The Japanese has a 3-6 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gulbis | Ito |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 19 |
| Pts | 76-64 | 68-62 |
| Total Points | 140 | 130 |
| Winners | 22 | 30 |
| %Winners | 29% | 44% |
Both Gulbis and Ito played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gulbis and Ito have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gulbis played 2 games more than Ito. The Latvian scored 22 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Ito fired 30 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gulbis | Ito |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5 |
| 1st in | 30/60 | 40/70 |
| %1st in | 50% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 30/40 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 20/30 | 13/30 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 43% |
Gulbis blasted 2 aces . Ito made 5 aces . Gulbis won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Ito won 75% 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 | Gulbis | Ito |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 31% | 67% |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Gulbis broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Latvian surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Tatsuma broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gulbis | |||
| Q1 Tyurnev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 76-64 | 76-64 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/60 | 30/60 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 22/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/30 | 20/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ito | |||
| Q1 Santillan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 68-62 | 68-62 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 40/70 | 40/70 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 30/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 13/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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