Vasek Pospisil and Gilles Simon will play each other in the quarter of the Vancouver Challenger for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Vasek Pospisil who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Vasek Pospisil is the pick to win this match.
Vasek Pospisil -> 1.58
Gilles Simon -> 2.32

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Prediction and head to head Vasek Pospisil vs. Gilles Simon

This will be the 5^th time that Vasek Pospisil and Gilles Simon play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Simon (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Simon won 1-6 6-0 6-1 in the 2^nd round in Indian Wells back in 2016.

Vasek Pospisil

Ranked no. 145, the Canadian got to the quarter after beating Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves 7-5 6-3 and Jordan Thompson 3-6 6-2 6-3.

In the 2^nd round against Thompson, Vasek recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-3). During the match, Pospisil scored 97 points vs Thompson’s 90. The Canadian was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Regarding the service games, Pospisil managed to score 13 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Vasek Pospisil lost the serve once and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Pospisil put 51% of his first serves in, winning 77% (40/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (25/50) on the 2nd serve. Vasek broke Thompson 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Canadian has lost 1 set in this competition to win 52% of the points he played.

Pospisil has a positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (274-213). 4-6 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pospisil has a compiled 141-107 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Pospisil’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Quimper Challenger and the Pau Challenger.

Vasek has an aggregate 25-13 win-loss record in 2022, 4-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Vancouver Challenger

Gilles Simon

Ranked no. 193, the French player got to the quarter after beating Ulises Blanch 6-4 7-6³ and Jiri Vesely 2-6 6-3 7-6⁰.

In the 2^nd round against Vesely, Gilles recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 7-6⁰).During the match Simon scored less points (2) than Vesely. In fact, the world no. 145 won 91 points vs Vesely’s. That means that Simon was more focused during the important points. Simon was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.

About the serving games, Simon recorded 4 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Gilles Simon lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Simon put 57% of his first serves in, winning 70% (39/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (23/43) on the 2nd serve. Simon broke Vesely twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Simon has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

Simon has an aggregate 19-23 win-loss record in 2022, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Pospisil	Simon
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	47	53
Pts	159-144	172-167
Total Points	303	339
Winners	72	71
%Winners	45%	41%

Both Pospisil and Simon played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Vasek Pospisil lost 1 set, while Gilles Simon dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Pospisil and Simon have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Pospisil played 6 games less than Simon. Vasek scored 72 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Simon bagged 71 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Pospisil	Simon
Aces	25	6
Avg per match	12.5	3
1st in	93/171	102/166
%1st in	54%	61%
1st pts	72/93	71/102
%1st pts	77%	70%
2nd pts	40/78	33/64
%2nd pts	51%	52%

Pospisil bagged 25 aces (12.5 per match). Simon managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Pospisil won 77% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Simon won 70% of the points behind 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	Pospisil	Simon
Won	6	6
Converted	6/17	6/21
% Converted	35%	29%
Conceded	14	9
Saved	12	3
% Saved	86%	33%
Times Broken	2	6

Vasek broke his opponents 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Pospisil dropped his serve twice and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Simon broke his opponents 6 times with a 29% conversion rate. Gilles conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Pospisil
	R1 Meligeni Rodrigues Alves	R2 Thompson	Total
Score	7-5 6-3	3-6 6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	21	26	47
pts	62-54	97-90	159-144
Total points	116	187	303
Winners	32	40	72
%Winners	52%	41%	45%
SERVE
Aces	12	13	25
Double Faults	2	5	7
1st in	41/69	52/102	93/171
% 1st in	59%	51%	54%
1st pts	32/41	40/52	72/93
% 1st pts	78%	77%	77%
2nd pts	15/28	25/50	40/78
% 2nd pts	54%	50%	51%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6
Converted	3/5	3/12	6/17
Converted %	60%	25%	35%
Conceded	4	10	14
Saved	3/4	9/10	12
Saved %	75%	90%	83%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Simon
	R1 Blanch	R2 Vesely	Total
Score	6-4 7-63	2-6 6-3 7-60
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	23	30	53
pts	81-74	91-93	172-167
Total points	155	184	339
Winners	32	39	71
%Winners	40%	43%	41%
SERVE
Aces	2	4	6
Double Faults	3	9	12
1st in	46/67	56/99	102/166
% 1st in	69%	57%	61%
1st pts	32/46	39/56	71/102
% 1st pts	70%	70%	70%
2nd pts	10/21	23/43	33/64
% 2nd pts	48%	53%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	2	6
Converted	4/14	2/7	6/21
Converted %	29%	29%	29%
Conceded	4	5	9
Saved	1/4	2/5	3
Saved %	25%	40%	33%
Times Broken	3	3	6

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