Richard Gasquet and Joao Sousa will face off in the semifinal of the Gonet Geneva Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Richard Gasquet who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Richard Gasquet is the pick to win this match.
Richard Gasquet -> 1.56
Joao Sousa -> 2.56
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Prediction and head to head Richard Gasquet vs. Joao Sousa
There is no head to head record between Richard Gasquet and Joao Sousa since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Richard Gasquet
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6-7 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-32 | 15-8 | 11-12 | 3-8 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-31 | 9-9 | 8-10 | 7-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-25 | 8-6 | 13-10 | 11-8 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-20 | 6-5 | 9-7 | 8-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 75, Richard got to the semifinal after defeating John Millman 6-3 6-1, Daniil Medvedev 6-2 7-65 and Kamil Majchrzak 6-2 6-4.
In the quarter, Richard had a good straight sets win against Majchrzak (6-2 6-4). During the match, Gasquet scored 70 points vs Majchrzak’s 54. Richard was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gasquet struck 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Richard Gasquet was quite effective on serve to win 95% (21/22) of his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Richard broke Majchrzak 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gasquet hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Gasquet has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (295-176). 8-5 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gasquet has an aggregate 74-43 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The French player has a compiled 14-11 win-loss record in 2022, 8-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Geneva
Gasquet has never competed in this tournament before.
Joao Sousa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-33 | 6-8 | 10-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 25-34 | 10-12 | 10-11 | 5-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-31 | 11-9 | 4-11 | 11-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-13 | 0-5 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 79, Sousa got to the semifinal after beating Pablo Andujar 6-1 6-4, Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4 6-3 and Ilya Ivashka 7-5 7-5.
In the quarter, Sousa had a good straight sets win against Ivashka (7-5 7-5). During the match Sousa scored 73 points vs Ivashka’s 64. Joao was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Sousa couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Joao Sousa was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (23/32) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. The Portuguese broke Ivashka 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Joao hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in in Pune where he beat Emil Ruusuvuori in the final 7-6(9) 4-6 6-1.
The Portuguese has a composed 18-16 win-loss record in 2022, 7-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gasquet | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 60 |
| Pts | 206-157 | 204-154 |
| Total Points | 363 | 358 |
| Winners | 69 | 76 |
| %Winners | 33% | 37% |
Both Gasquet and Sousa played 3 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gasquet and Sousa have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Gasquet played 5 games less than Sousa. Gasquet scored 69 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Joao blasted 76 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gasquet | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 83/171 | 104/167 |
| %1st in | 49% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 69/83 | 76/104 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 50/88 | 39/63 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 62% |
Gasquet made 9 aces (3 per match). Sousa recorded 13 aces (4.3 per match). Gasquet won 83% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Sousa won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gasquet | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 13 |
| Converted | 10/21 | 13/28 |
| % Converted | 48% | 46% |
| Conceded | 6 | 11 |
| Saved | 5 | 5 |
| % Saved | 83% | 45% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
Gasquet broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Gasquet lost his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Sousa broke his opponents 13 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gasquet | |||||
| R1 Millman |
R2 Medvedev |
1/4 Majchrzak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-2 7-65 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 21 | 18 | 55 | |
| pts | 62-45 | 74-58 | 70-54 | 206-157 | |
| Total points | 107 | 132 | 124 | 363 | |
| Winners | 22 | 26 | 21 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | 30% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 26/52 | 35/66 | 22/53 | 83/171 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 53% | 42% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 26/35 | 21/22 | 69/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 74% | 95% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 19/31 | 17/31 | 50/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 61% | 55% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/5 | 3/8 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 60% | 38% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 100% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sousa | |||||
| R1 Andujar |
R2 Basilashvili |
1/4 Ivashka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 24 | 60 | |
| pts | 63-40 | 68-50 | 73-64 | 204-154 | |
| Total points | 103 | 118 | 137 | 358 | |
| Winners | 26 | 27 | 23 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 40% | 32% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/49 | 38/58 | 32/60 | 104/167 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 66% | 53% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 27/38 | 23/32 | 76/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 71% | 72% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 14/20 | 15/28 | 39/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 70% | 54% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/5 | 6/14 | 13/28 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 60% | 43% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/2 | 2/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 33% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Geneva
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Nikola Mektic/Mate PavicMektic/Mate Pavic – Romain Arneodo/Fabrice MartinArneodo/Fabrice Martin (6-75 6-2 10-5) – See score progression
- Joao SousaSousa – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Joao SousaSousa – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Joao SousaSousa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Casper RuudRuud (1-3) – H2H and prediction
