Constant Lestienne and Ernests Gulbis will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Pau Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Constant Lestienne who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Constant Lestienne is the pick to win this match.
Constant Lestienne -> 1.56
Ernests Gulbis -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Constant Lestienne vs. Ernests Gulbis
This will be the 2nd time that Constant Lestienne and Ernests Gulbis square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Lestienne (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Lestienne won 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in the Cherbourg Challenger back in February 2022.
Constant Lestienne
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-14 | 8-8 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-29 | 22-12 | 0-5 | 7-6 | 3-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-27 | 25-6 | 4-7 | 18-11 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 10-3 | 4-9 | 10-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-14 | 2-2 | 1-5 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 211, Constant reached the 2nd round after beating Luca Van Assche 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Van Assche (6-3 6-2). During the match, Lestienne scored 58 points vs Van Assche’s 36. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lestienne managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Constant Lestienne was quite effective on serve to win 81% (17/21) of his 1st serve and 86% (19/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Constant broke Van Assche 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Lestienne has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (345-239). 8-3 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Lestienne has a compiled 149-86 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The French player best result of the season was getting to the final in the Cherbourg Challenger.
The French player has an aggregate 9-4 win-loss record in 2022, 8-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pau Challenger
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. 248, Ernests reached the 2nd round after defeating Eliakim Coulibaly 4-6 6-3 7-65, Michael Geerts 6-3 6-2 and Ryan Peniston 3-6 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round against Peniston, Ernests recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-3). During the match Gulbis scored 93 points vs Peniston’s 80. Ernests was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Gulbis fired 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ernests Gulbis lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Gulbis put 67% of his first serves in, winning 60% (33/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Ernests broke Peniston 7 times after converting 50% of his break points (7/14).
The Latvian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Cherbourg Challenger.
Gulbis has an overall 8-5 win-loss record in 2022, 7-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pau Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lestienne | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 74 |
| Pts | 58-36 | 261-228 |
| Total Points | 94 | 489 |
| Winners | 17 | 94 |
| %Winners | 29% | 36% |
Lestienne played 1 match while Gulbis competed in 3 matches. Gulbis started his run from the qualifications while Lestienne had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Ernests Gulbis lost 2 sets while Constant Lestienne hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Lestienne has played 6 set(s) less than Gulbis (2 vs 8). Therefore, Lestienne played 57 games less than Gulbis. The French player scored 17 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Gulbis blasted 94 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lestienne | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 7.3 |
| 1st in | 21/43 | 144/241 |
| %1st in | 49% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 17/21 | 94/144 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 19/22 | 52/97 |
| %2nd pts | 86% | 54% |
Lestienne struck 4 aces . Gulbis scored 22 aces (7.3 per match). Lestienne won 81% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 86% of the points. On the other side, Gulbis won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lestienne | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 15 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 15/32 |
| % Converted | 60% | 47% |
| Conceded | 0 | 25 |
| Saved | 0 | 16 |
| % Saved | 0% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 9 |
The French player broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Constant had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Latvian broke his opponents 15 times with a 47% conversion rate. Gulbis conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lestienne | |||
| R1 Van |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 58-36 | 58-36 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 21/43 | 21/43 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 17/21 | 17/21 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/22 | 19/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 86% | 86% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Gulbis | |||||
| Q1 Coulibaly |
Q3 Geerts |
R1 Peniston |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 7-65 | 6-3 6-2 | 3-6 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 17 | 25 | 74 | |
| pts | 101-99 | 67-49 | 93-80 | 261-228 | |
| Total points | 200 | 116 | 173 | 489 | |
| Winners | 38 | 23 | 33 | 94 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 34% | 35% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 7 | 6 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 59/100 | 30/59 | 55/82 | 144/241 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 51% | 67% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 38/59 | 23/30 | 33/55 | 94/144 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 77% | 60% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/41 | 17/29 | 13/27 | 52/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 59% | 48% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/10 | 7/14 | 15/32 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 40% | 50% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 | 13 | 25 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 3/4 | 9/13 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 75% | 69% | 194% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
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