Alexandre Muller and Ernests Gulbis will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Cordenons Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:00 pm on CENTER SERENA WINES 1881. 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 Alexandre Muller who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexandre Muller is the pick to win this match.
Alexandre Muller -> 1.6
Ernests Gulbis -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Alexandre Muller vs. Ernests Gulbis
There is no head to head record between Alexandre Muller and Ernests Gulbis since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Alexandre Muller
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19-14 | 8-5 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-32 | 11-14 | 20-12 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-33 | 20-13 | 18-12 | 7-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-31 | 6-6 | 27-20 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 6-7 | 16-15 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 157, Muller reached the 2nd round after beating Riccardo Bonadio 6-4 7-63.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Bonadio (6-4 7-63). During the match, Muller scored 105 points vs Bonadio’s 88. Muller was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Muller scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alexandre Muller was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (34/45) of his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Alexandre broke Bonadio 3 times after converting 18% of his break points (3/17).
Muller has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (307-197). 17-12 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Muller has an aggregate184-113 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Alexandre’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Blois Challenger.
Alexandre has a compiled 28-22 win-loss record in 2022, 17-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cordenons 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. 278, Gulbis reached the 2nd round after beating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 7-65 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Latvian had a good straight sets win against Sanchez-Izquierdo (7-65 6-4). During the match Gulbis scored 79 points vs Sanchez-Izquierdo’s 75. Gulbis was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Gulbis struck 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Ernests Gulbis lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Gulbis put 42% of his first serves in, winning 73% (24/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (19/45) on the 2nd serve. The Latvian broke Sanchez-Izquierdo 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
The Latvian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Zug Challenger.
Ernests has a compiled 25-17 win-loss record in 2022, 17-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Muller | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 |
| Pts | 105-88 | 79-75 |
| Total Points | 193 | 154 |
| Winners | 34 | 24 |
| %Winners | 32% | 30% |
Both Muller and Gulbis played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Muller and Gulbis have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (23). The French player scored 34 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Ernests recorded 24 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Muller | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 8 |
| 1st in | 45/79 | 33/78 |
| %1st in | 57% | 42% |
| 1st pts | 34/45 | 24/33 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 18/34 | 19/45 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 42% |
Muller blasted 1 ace . Gulbis also bagged 8 aces . Muller won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Gulbis won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Muller | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/17 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 18% | 50% |
| Conceded | 10 | 7 |
| Saved | 8 | 2 |
| % Saved | 80% | 29% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
The French player broke his opponent 3 times with a 18% conversion rate. Muller lost his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Ernests broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Gulbis conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 29% of the break points that he conceded.
| Muller | |||
| R1 Bonadio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 105-88 | 105-88 | |
| Total points | 193 | 193 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 45/79 | 45/79 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 34/45 | 34/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/34 | 18/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/17 | 3/17 | |
| Converted % | 18% | 18% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Gulbis | |||
| R1 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 79-75 | 79-75 | |
| Total points | 154 | 154 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 33/78 | 33/78 | |
| % 1st in | 42% | 42% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 24/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/45 | 19/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/7 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 29% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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