Ernests Gulbis and Michael Geerts will face off in the qualifications of the Pau Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on CENTRAL. 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 -> 1.55
Michael Geerts -> 2.39
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Prediction and head to head Ernests Gulbis vs. Michael Geerts
There is no head to head record between Ernests Gulbis and Michael Geerts since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
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. 241, Gulbis reached the qualifications after defeating Eliakim Coulibaly 4-6 6-3 7-65.
In the qualifications against Coulibaly, Gulbis recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-65). During the match, Gulbis scored 101 points vs Coulibaly’s 99. Ernests was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gulbis recorded 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ernests Gulbis lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gulbis put 59% of his first serves in, winning 64% (38/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (22/41) on the 2nd serve. Gulbis broke Coulibaly 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Gulbis has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (207-189). 5-3 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gulbis has an overall 69-49 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Latvian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Cherbourg Challenger.
Gulbis has an aggregate 6-5 win-loss record in 2022, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pau Challenger
Michael Geerts
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-19 | 7-3 | 6-9 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-39 | 13-10 | 13-19 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-37 | 5-8 | 24-14 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 13-7 | 14-14 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-8 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 327, Geerts got to the qualifications after defeating Calvin Hemery 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Hemery (6-4 7-5). During the match Geerts scored 70 points vs Hemery’s 64. The Belgian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Geerts scored 5 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Michael Geerts was extremely efficient on serve to win 80% (28/35) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Michael broke Hemery 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Geerts has an aggregate 3-5 win-loss record in 2022, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pau Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gulbis | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 22 |
| Pts | 101-99 | 70-64 |
| Total Points | 200 | 134 |
| Winners | 38 | 28 |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% |
Both Gulbis and Geerts played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ernests Gulbis conceded 1 set while Michael Geerts hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gulbis has played 1 set more than Geerts (3 vs 2). Therefore, Gulbis played 10 games more than Geerts. The Latvian scored 38 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Geerts recorded 28 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gulbis | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 5 |
| 1st in | 59/100 | 35/62 |
| %1st in | 59% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 38/59 | 28/35 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 22/41 | 15/27 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 56% |
Gulbis bagged 9 aces . Geerts fired 5 aces . Gulbis won 64% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Geerts won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gulbis | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 50% | 43% |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Gulbis broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ernests lost his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Geerts broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Michael conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gulbis | |||
| Q1 Coulibaly |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 101-99 | 101-99 | |
| Total points | 200 | 200 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 59/100 | 59/100 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 38/59 | 38/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/41 | 22/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Geerts | |||
| Q1 Hemery |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 70-64 | 70-64 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 35/62 | 35/62 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 28/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 15/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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