Ernests Gulbis and Zizou Bergs will face off in the qualifications of the Oeiras 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 2. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ernests Gulbis is the pick to win this match.
Ernests Gulbis -> 1.83
Zizou Bergs -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Ernests Gulbis vs. Zizou Bergs
There is no head to head record between Ernests Gulbis and Zizou Bergs since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Ernests Gulbis
Ranked no. 185, Ernests got to the qualifications after defeating Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, Gulbis had a good straight sets win against Gimeno-Traver (6-1 6-1). During the match Gulbis scored 63 points vs Gimeno-Traver’s 37. Ernests was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gulbis struck 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ernests Gulbis lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gulbis put 61% of his first serves in, winning 74% (20/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. Ernests broke Gimeno-Traver 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).
Gulbis has a favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (223-198). 4-3 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gulbis has a 72-68 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Latvian has a 7-9 win-loss record in 2021, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 3 Challenger
Ernests has never competed in this tournament before.
Zizou Bergs
Ranked no. 263 (career high), Zizou reached the qualifications after defeating Tiago Cacao 7-65 6-4.
In the qualifications, Bergs had a good straight sets win against Cacao (7-65 6-4). During the match Bergs scored 73 points vs Cacao’s 68. Zizou was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Bergs couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Zizou Bergs lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Bergs put 62% of his first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the 2nd serve. Zizou broke Cacao 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Zizou’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger and the Lille Challenger.
Bergs has a 22-8 win-loss record in 2021, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gulbis | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 23 |
| Pts | 63-37 | 73-68 |
| Total Points | 100 | 141 |
| Winners | 20 | 28 |
| %Winners | 32% | 38% |
Both Gulbis and Bergs played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gulbis and Bergs have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gulbis played 9 games less than Bergs. The Latvian scored 20 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Bergs blasted 28 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gulbis | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 27/44 | 42/68 |
| %1st in | 61% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 28/42 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 16/26 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 62% |
Gulbis bagged 3 aces . Bergs didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Gulbis won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Bergs won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gulbis | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/15 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 40% | 60% |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 80% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Latvian broke his opponent 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Gulbis surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Bergs broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Bergs conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gulbis | |||
| Q1 Gimeno-Traver |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 63-37 | 63-37 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 27/44 | 27/44 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 20/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 8/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Bergs | |||
| Q1 Cacao |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 73-68 | 73-68 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 42/68 | 42/68 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 28/42 | 28/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 16/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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