Gilles Simon and Ernests Gulbis will play each other in the 2nd round of the Cherbourg Challenger for the 6th 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.
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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 6th 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
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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 |
Ranked no. 124, the French player reached the 2nd round after beating Marc-Andrea Huesler 4-6 7-65 6-4.
In the 1st 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
Ernests Gulbis
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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. 261, Gulbis got to the 2nd round after defeating Dan Added 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st 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).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Simon | Gulbis |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
Tot Games | 33 | 20 |
Pts | 105-96 | 71-60 |
Total Points | 201 | 131 |
Winners | 46 | 31 |
%Winners | 44% | 44% |
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
Serve | Simon | Gulbis |
---|---|---|
Aces | 8 | 9 |
Avg per match | 8 | 9 |
1st in | 56/95 | 37/61 |
%1st in | 59% | 61% |
1st pts | 46/56 | 31/37 |
%1st pts | 82% | 84% |
2nd pts | 18/39 | 11/24 |
%2nd pts | 46% | 46% |
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
Breaks | Simon | Gulbis |
---|---|---|
Won | 4 | 2 |
Converted | 4/9 | 2/9 |
% Converted | 44% | 22% |
Conceded | 5 | 2 |
Saved | 1 | 2 |
% Saved | 20% | 100% |
Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
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.
Simon | |||
R1 Huesler |
Total | ||
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Score | 4-6 7-65 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
pts | 105-96 | 105-96 | |
Total points | 201 | 201 | |
Winners | 46 | 46 | |
%Winners | 44% | 44% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 8 | 8 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
1st in | 56/95 | 56/95 | |
% 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
1st pts | 46/56 | 46/56 | |
% 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
2nd pts | 18/39 | 18/39 | |
% 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
Saved | 1/5 | 1 | |
Saved % | 20% | 20% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Gulbis | |||
R1 Added |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
pts | 71-60 | 71-60 | |
Total points | 131 | 131 | |
Winners | 31 | 31 | |
%Winners | 44% | 44% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 9 | 9 | |
Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
1st in | 37/61 | 37/61 | |
% 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
1st pts | 31/37 | 31/37 | |
% 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
2nd pts | 11/24 | 11/24 | |
% 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 2 | 2 | |
Converted | 2/9 | 2/9 | |
Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
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