Ernests Gulbis and Tibo Colson will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Ottignies for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.68
Tibo Colson -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Ernests Gulbis vs. Tibo Colson
There is no head to head record between Ernests Gulbis and Tibo Colson since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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. 314, Ernests got to the qualifications after beating Charles Broom 1-6 6-4 7-64.
In the qualifications against Broom, Ernests recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 7-64).During the match, Gulbis scored less points (8) than Broom. In fact, the world no. 314 won 94 points vs Broom’s. That means that Gulbis was more focused during the important points. Gulbis was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gulbis managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Ernests Gulbis lost the serve 7 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gulbis put 48% of his first serves in, winning 54% (26/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (27/52) on the 2nd serve. The Latvian broke Broom 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Gulbis has a weak win-loss record in the last 10 years having won only 49% of his matches (182-186). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2023. . Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gulbis has a compiled 57-45 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Ernests has an overall 3-1 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Louvain
Gulbis has never competed in this tournament before.
Tibo Colson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-25 | 7-8 | 7-10 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2023 | 42-23 | 2-2 | 15-12 | 25-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-21 | 8-3 | 16-13 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-16 | 12-8 | 1-4 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 671, Colson reached the qualifications after beating Christopher Heyman 6-3 7-64.
In the qualifications, Tibo had a good straight sets win against Heyman (6-3 7-64). During the match Colson scored 76 points vs Heyman’s 60. The Belgian was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Colson bagged 11 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Tibo Colson was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 83% (29/35) of his 1st serve and 77% (23/30) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Colson broke Heyman once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
The Belgian has a compiled 3-2 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gulbis | Colson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 22 |
| Pts | 94-102 | 76-60 |
| Total Points | 196 | 136 |
| Winners | 26 | 29 |
| %Winners | 28% | 38% |
Both Gulbis and Colson played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ernests Gulbis dropped 1 set while Tibo Colson hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Gulbis has played 1 set more than Colson (3 vs 2). Therefore, Gulbis played 8 games more than Colson. Ernests scored 26 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian blasted 29 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gulbis | Colson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 11 |
| 1st in | 48/100 | 35/65 |
| %1st in | 48% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 26/48 | 29/35 |
| %1st pts | 54% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 27/52 | 23/30 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 77% |
Gulbis managed to score 4 aces . Colson recorded 11 aces . Gulbis won 54% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Colson won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 77% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gulbis | Colson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 1 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 1/5 |
| % Converted | 50% | 20% |
| Conceded | 10 | 1 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 30% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 0 |
Ernests broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ernests lost his serve 7 times and he saved 30% of the break points that he conceded. Tibo broke his opponent once with a 20% conversion rate. Colson was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Gulbis | |||
| Q1 Broom |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 94-102 | 94-102 | |
| Total points | 196 | 196 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 48/100 | 48/100 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 26/48 | 26/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 54% | 54% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/52 | 27/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 3/10 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 30% | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | |
| Colson | |||
| Q1 Heyman |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 76-60 | 76-60 | |
| Total points | 136 | 136 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 35/65 | 35/65 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 29/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/30 | 23/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 77% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/5 | 1/5 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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