Yshai Oliel and Ernests Gulbis will face off in the qualifications of the Zug Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.7
Yshai Oliel -> 2.1
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Prediction and head to head Yshai Oliel vs. Ernests Gulbis
There is no head to head record between Yshai Oliel and Ernests Gulbis since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Yshai Oliel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-11 | 1-2 | 13-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-29 | 31-15 | 19-13 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-24 | 2-4 | 24-17 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-24 | 24-10 | 23-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-10 | 1-5 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 335, the Israeli reached the qualifications after beating Jeffrey Von Der Schulenburg 6-1 3-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Oliel defeated Von Der Schulenburg (6-1 3-6 6-4). During the match, Oliel scored 91 points vs Von Der Schulenburg’s 77. Oliel was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Oliel blasted 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Yshai Oliel lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Oliel put 60% of his first serves in, winning 71% (34/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. Yshai broke Von Der Schulenburg 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Oliel has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (196-111). 21-14 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Oliel has a compiled77-49 record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Israeli’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Marburg.
Yshai has a composed 25-16 win-loss record in 2022, 21-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zug Challenger
Oliel 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. 375, Ernests got to the qualifications after defeating Anton Matusevich 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Latvian had a good straight sets win against Matusevich (6-4 6-2). During the match Gulbis scored 58 points vs Matusevich’s 44. The Latvian was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Gulbis made 5 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Ernests Gulbis was quite effective on serve to win 89% (25/28) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Latvian broke Matusevich 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
The Latvian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Cherbourg Challenger.
Ernests has an overall 19-16 win-loss record in 2022, 11-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Oliel | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 18 |
| Pts | 91-77 | 58-44 |
| Total Points | 168 | 102 |
| Winners | 34 | 25 |
| %Winners | 37% | 43% |
Both Oliel and Gulbis played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Yshai Oliel surrendered 1 set while Ernests Gulbis hasn’t conceded a set so far. Oliel has played 1 set more than Gulbis (3 vs 2). Therefore, Oliel played 8 games more than Gulbis. Oliel scored 34 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Latvian fired 25 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Oliel | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 48/80 | 28/53 |
| %1st in | 60% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 34/48 | 25/28 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 15/32 | 13/25 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 52% |
Oliel managed to score 3 aces . Gulbis scored 5 aces . Oliel won 71% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Gulbis won 89% 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 | Oliel | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 56% | 80% |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Oliel broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Yshai conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Ernests broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Gulbis conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Oliel | |||
| Q1 Von Der Schulenburg |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 91-77 | 91-77 | |
| Total points | 168 | 168 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 48/80 | 48/80 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 34/48 | 34/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/32 | 15/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Gulbis | |||
| Q1 Matusevich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 58-44 | 58-44 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 28/53 | 28/53 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 25/28 | 25/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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