Richard Gasquet and Alex Bolt will square off in the quarter of the Nottingham 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:00 pm on CENTRE 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 Richard Gasquet who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Richard Gasquet is the pick to win this match.
Richard Gasquet -> 1.25
Alex Bolt -> 3.95
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Prediction and head to head Richard Gasquet vs. Alex Bolt
There is no head to head record between Richard Gasquet and Alex Bolt since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Richard Gasquet
Ranked no. 54, the French player got to the quarter after beating Go Soeda 6-4 6-2 and Jay Clarke 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Clarke (6-2 6-3). During the match, Gasquet scored 68 points vs Clarke’s 48. Richard was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gasquet recorded 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Richard Gasquet was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (24/33) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Richard broke Clarke 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Richard started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Gasquet has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (307-174). 2-0 on grass in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gasquet has an aggregate 37-20 record in the last years on grass.
The French player has an aggregate 10-7 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham 2 Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament twice in 2005 and 2006. See his history.
Alex Bolt
Ranked no. 195, Alex got to the quarter after defeating Felix Gill 7-69 6-4, Matthew Ebden 6-3 3-0 ret., Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-2 6-4 and Aidan Mchugh 6-75 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Mchugh, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-4 6-4). During the match Bolt scored 110 points vs Mchugh’s 103. Alex was exceptionally aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Bolt made 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alex Bolt was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (47/64) of his 1st serve and 70% (26/37) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Bolt broke Mchugh twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alex started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Bolt has a composed 7-10 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gasquet | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 86 |
| Pts | 141-106 | 298-244 |
| Total Points | 247 | 542 |
| Winners | 50 | 126 |
| %Winners | 35% | 42% |
Gasquet played 2 matches while Bolt competed in 4 matches. Bolt started his run from the qualifications while Gasquet had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Alex Bolt lost 1 set while Richard Gasquet hasn’t lost a set so far. Gasquet has played 6 set(s) less than Bolt (4 vs 10). Therefore, Gasquet played 51 games less than Bolt. Gasquet scored 50 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Alex made 126 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gasquet | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 29 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 7.3 |
| 1st in | 63/99 | 166/255 |
| %1st in | 64% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 50/63 | 126/166 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 17/36 | 59/89 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 66% |
Gasquet bagged 7 aces (3.5 per match). Bolt managed to score 29 aces (7.3 per match). Gasquet won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Bolt won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gasquet | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 11 |
| Converted | 9/21 | 11/28 |
| % Converted | 43% | 39% |
| Conceded | 3 | 13 |
| Saved | 1 | 11 |
| % Saved | 33% | 85% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Richard broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponents 11 times with a 39% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gasquet | ||||
| R1 Soeda |
R2 Clarke |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 35 | |
| pts | 73-58 | 68-48 | 141-106 | |
| Total points | 131 | 116 | 247 | |
| Winners | 26 | 24 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 30/47 | 33/52 | 63/99 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 63% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 26/30 | 24/33 | 50/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 73% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 10/19 | 17/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 53% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 5/9 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 56% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Bolt | ||||||
| Q1 Gill |
Q3 Ebden |
R1 Seyboth |
R2 Mchugh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-69 6-4 | 6-3 3-0 ret. | 6-2 6-4 | 6-75 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 12 | 18 | 33 | 86 | |
| pts | 84-71 | 43-28 | 61-42 | 110-103 | 298-244 | |
| Total points | 155 | 71 | 103 | 213 | 542 | |
| Winners | 36 | 21 | 22 | 47 | 126 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 49% | 36% | 43% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 13 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 46/71 | 27/38 | 29/45 | 64/101 | 166/255 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 71% | 64% | 63% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 36/46 | 21/27 | 22/29 | 47/64 | 126/166 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | 76% | 73% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 7/11 | 11/16 | 26/37 | 59/89 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 64% | 69% | 70% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 3/6 | 4/9 | 2/7 | 11/28 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 50% | 44% | 29% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 5/5 | 1/2 | 4/4 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 50% | 100% | 150% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
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