Gilles Simon and Ernests Gulbis will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Cherbourg Challenger for the 6^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:30 pm on CHANTEREYNE. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gilles Simon who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Gilles Simon is the pick to win this match.
Gilles Simon -> 1.51
Ernests Gulbis -> 2.56

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Prediction and head to head Gilles Simon vs. Ernests Gulbis

This will be the 6^th time that Gilles Simon and Ernests Gulbis face off. The head to head is 4-1 for Simon (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played each other, Simon won 7-6(2) 7-6(2) in the qualifications in Rotterdam back in 2019.

Gilles Simon

Gilles Simon

6 - 5win/loss

Hard

2-2

I Hard

4-3

Rank
143

High
6

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2022	25-29	7-6	4-10	11-10	3-3	0-0
2021	6-24	2-4	2-8	2-8	0-4	0-0
2020	15-16	4-4	1-5	10-7	0-0	0-0
2019	28-27	8-11	5-5	7-7	8-4	0-0
2018	35-26	8-7	10-8	13-7	4-4	0-0

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Ranked no. 124, the French player reached the 2^nd round after beating Marc-Andrea Huesler 4-6 7-6⁵ 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Huesler, Gilles recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-6⁵ 6-4). During the match, Simon scored 105 points vs Huesler’s 96. Gilles was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Regarding the service games, Simon managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Gilles Simon lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Simon put 59% of his first serves in, winning 82% (46/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (18/39) on the 2nd serve. Simon broke Huesler 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Simon has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (248-221). 4-2 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Simon has an aggregate 78-58 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Simon has an overall 6-4 win-loss record in 2022, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger

Cherbourg Challenger

Simon's Record

Ernests Gulbis

Ernests Gulbis

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
896

High
10

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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

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Ranked no. 261, Gulbis got to the 2^nd round after defeating Dan Added 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Ernests had a good straight sets win against Added (6-4 6-4). During the match Gulbis scored 71 points vs Added’s 60. The Latvian was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Gulbis bagged 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Ernests Gulbis conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Gulbis put 61% of his first serves in, winning 84% (31/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Gulbis broke Added twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).

The Latvian has an overall 3-3 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Cherbourg Challenger

Gulbis's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Simon and Gulbis played 1 match. At the moment, Gilles Simon surrendered 1 set while Ernests Gulbis hasn’t conceded a set so far. Simon has played 1 set more than Gulbis (3 vs 2). Therefore, Simon played 13 games more than Gulbis. The French player scored 46 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Latvian recorded 31 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Simon fired 8 aces . Gulbis blasted 9 aces . Simon won 82% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Gulbis won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Simon broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The French player dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded. Ernests broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. Ernests was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Head 2 Head

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Gilles
Simon

4:2

Ernests
Gulbis

Rank

464

High

6

1Hard1

3I.hard1

Rank

893

High

10

Win Loss

Simon

Gulbis

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