Jiri Vesely thumps Ernests Gulbis 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in Kitzbuhel on Monday after playing a tremendous match to come up against Jozef Kovalik in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 9 minutes. This run will match his best achievement in this competition. Here you can see his history at this event.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Jiri scored 61 points vs. the Latvian’s 37.
Vesely
Vesely served extremely well to win 96% of the points (26/27) behind his first serve, and he won 75% points (6/8) on his second serve. The Czech won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Gulbis
On the other side, Ernests wasn’t able to conquer any break point. However, Jiri was just to good and Ernests had no opportunity to win this match.
After this match, the head to head between Vesely and Gulbis is 4-0 for Jiri.
Draw and next match H2H: Jiri Vesely vs. Jozef Kovalik – stats
Vesely will compete against Kovalik in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Jiri Vesely and Jozef Kovalik square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Vesely (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Vesely had a great start in this set after breaking Ernests Gulbis in the 1st game (1-0). That break turned to be decisive for the Czech to win the set (6-4) as there were no other breaks.
Jiri converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 40-A). On the other side, Vesely didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 49 points. The Czech was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Gulbis (29-20). Vesely was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (20-2). on the other side of the net, Gulbis conceded 9 points on serve (18-9).
Vesely conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Ernests Gulbis in the 1st game (1-0). Vesely reinforced his lead after breaking Gulbis in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Gulbis couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Vesely converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Jiri didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 49 points. Vesely was the one to win the set after conquering 15 more points than Ernests (32-17). The Czech was astonishing on serve to drop just 1 point during his serving games (12-1). on the other side of the court, the Latvian conceded 20 points on serve (16-20).
Tennis Scores in Kitzbuhel
- Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (6-74 7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ErlerErler – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (7-5 1-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Laslo DjereDjere (4-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-3 7-67) – Stats and score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Gianluca MagerMager – Dennis NovakNovak (6-4 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Ernests GulbisGulbis (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (3-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Mikael YmerYmer – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Lucas PouillePouille (6-3 6-74 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Jiri VeselyVesely (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Carlos TabernerTaberner (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Gianluca MagerMager – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Mikael YmerYmer – Alexander ErlerErler (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-0) – H2H details and stats