Jiri Vesely and Ernests Gulbis will square off in the 1st round of the Generali Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 5:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jiri Vesely who should win in 3 sets.
Jiri Vesely -> 1.54
Ernests Gulbis -> 2.55
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Prediction and head to head Jiri Vesely vs. Ernests Gulbis
This will be the 4th time that Jiri Vesely and Ernests Gulbis play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Vesely (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Vesely won 7-5 7-5 in the 1st round in Gstaad back in 2019.
Jiri Vesely
Ranked no. 86, Jiri will start his run in Kitzbuhel after he played his last match in Umag where he lost 7-6(4) 7-5 to Giannessi in the 1st round on the 20th of July.
The Czech has a compiled 11-17 win-loss record in 2021, 4-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Jiri has an overall 379-254 record. He has a positive 195-117 record on clay.
Previously in Kitzbuhel
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2014 and 2017. See his history.
Ernests Gulbis
Ranked no. 189, Ernests reached the 1st round after beating Nikola Milojevic 6-3 6-4 and Carlos Taberner 6-3 3-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Ernests defeated Taberner (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match Gulbis scored 82 points vs Taberner’s 71. The Latvian was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Gulbis made 14 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Ernests Gulbis was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (35/43) of his 1st serve and 54% (20/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Gulbis broke Taberner 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ernests 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.
Gulbis has an aggregate 11-16 win-loss record in 2021, 6-8 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in Kitzbuhel
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2012. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Kitzbuhel
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Andrej MartinMartin (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Lukas RosolRosol (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pablo CuevasCuevas – Mikael YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Ernests GulbisGulbis (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas PouillePouille – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gianluca MagerMager – Dennis NovakNovak (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Laslo DjereDjere – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ErlerErler – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Jozef KovalikKovalik (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Carlos TabernerTaberner (1-0) – H2H and prediction