Ernests Gulbis and Go Soeda will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Traralgon Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 5:30 pm on COURT 18. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 -> 1.69
Go Soeda -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Ernests Gulbis vs. Go Soeda
This will be the 2nd time that Ernests Gulbis and Go Soeda fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Soeda (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Soeda won 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Vancouver Challenger back in 2019.
Ernests Gulbis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-21 | 3-2 | 17-13 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 13-21 | 2-4 | 6-9 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-13 | 9-4 | 3-6 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2019 | 8-30 | 3-9 | 1-9 | 4-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 191, Ernests got to the 1st round after beating Hayden Jones 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Latvian had a good straight sets win against Jones (6-3 7-5). During the match, Gulbis scored 65 points vs Jones’s 53. Ernests was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gulbis recorded 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Ernests Gulbis was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ernests broke Jones 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Gulbis has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (202-184). 1-0 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Gulbis has a compiled 55-56 record in the last years on hard.
Ernests has a compiled 1-0 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Traralgon Challenger
The Latvian has never competed in this tournament before.
Go Soeda
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5-13 | 4-6 | 0-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-20 | 2-8 | 0-4 | 6-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-9 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 45-27 | 25-19 | 4-2 | 6-2 | 9-3 | 1-1 |
| 2018 | 27-26 | 16-18 | 0-2 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 5-2 |
Ranked no. 247, Go will start his run in the Traralgon Challenger after he played his last match in the Champaign Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-2 to Vukic in the quarter on the 19th of November.
This will be the first match of the year on hard.
In terms of his career, Go has an overall 648-448 record. He has a positive 470-291 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Traralgon Challenger
- Jose StathamStatham – Zachary ViialaViiala (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – Hayden JonesJones (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Calum PuttergillPuttergill – David HoughHough (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – Go SoedaSoeda (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Harry BourchierBourchier – Brandon WalkinWalkin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Calum PuttergillPuttergill – Blake EllisEllis (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro CachinCachin – Joshua CharltonCharlton (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jacob GrillsGrills – Harold MayotMayot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Akira SantillanSantillan – Lukas RosolRosol (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Jose StathamStatham (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Timofey SkatovSkatov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven – Tobias KamkeKamke (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Manuel GuinardGuinard – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dane SweenySweeny – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
