Ergi Kirkin and Ernests Gulbis will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Rome 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:30 am on CAMPO CENTRALE. 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 -> 1.88
Ergi Kirkin -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Ergi Kirkin vs. Ernests Gulbis
There is no head to head record between Ergi Kirkin and Ernests Gulbis since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Ergi Kirkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-15 | 11-4 | 19-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-26 | 3-4 | 39-15 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 3-5 | 27-19 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-27 | 4-8 | 29-16 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-8 | 14-3 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 346, Ergi got to the qualifications after defeating John Echeverria 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, Ergi had a good straight sets win against Echeverria (6-2 6-1). During the match, Kirkin scored 54 points vs Echeverria’s 30. The Turk was exceptionally aggressive to blast 12 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kirkin managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Ergi Kirkin was very effective on serve to win 86% (12/14) of his 1st serve and 77% (20/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kirkin broke Echeverria 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Kirkin has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (136-92). 14-9 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kirkin has a composed91-52 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Kirkin’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Rovinj.
Ergi has a composed 14-10 win-loss record in 2022, 14-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome 1 Challenger
The Turk has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 349, Ernests reached the qualifications after defeating Luigi Sorrentino 7-64 6-3.
In the qualifications, Ernests had a good straight sets win against Sorrentino (7-64 6-3). During the match Gulbis scored 80 points vs Sorrentino’s 66. Gulbis was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Gulbis fired 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Ernests Gulbis was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (29/41) of his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Gulbis broke Sorrentino 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Ernests’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Cherbourg Challenger.
The Latvian has an aggregate 9-7 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kirkin | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 22 |
| Pts | 54-30 | 80-66 |
| Total Points | 84 | 146 |
| Winners | 12 | 29 |
| %Winners | 22% | 36% |
Both Kirkin and Gulbis played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kirkin and Gulbis have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kirkin played 7 games less than Gulbis. The Turk scored 12 winners (22% of the total points). On the other side, Ernests bagged 29 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kirkin | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 6 |
| 1st in | 14/40 | 41/72 |
| %1st in | 35% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 12/14 | 29/41 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 20/26 | 16/31 |
| %2nd pts | 77% | 52% |
Kirkin bagged 4 aces . Gulbis scored 6 aces . Kirkin won 86% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 77% of the points. On the other side, Gulbis won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kirkin | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 57% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 |
| Saved | 0 | 6 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Kirkin broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Kirkin pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Latvian broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Gulbis conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kirkin | |||
| Q1 Echeverria |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 54-30 | 54-30 | |
| Total points | 84 | 84 | |
| Winners | 12 | 12 | |
| %Winners | 22% | 22% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 14/40 | 14/40 | |
| % 1st in | 35% | 35% | |
| 1st pts | 12/14 | 12/14 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/26 | 20/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 77% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Gulbis | |||
| Q1 Sorrentino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 80-66 | 80-66 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 41/72 | 41/72 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 29/41 | 29/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 16/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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