Ivan Gakhov and Gabriel Debru will face off in the 2nd round of the Lyon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on Court SOPRA STERIA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ivan Gakhov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ivan Gakhov is the pick to win this match.
Ivan Gakhov -> 1.25
Gabriel Debru -> 3.75
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Prediction and head to head Ivan Gakhov vs. Gabriel Debru
There is no head to head record between Ivan Gakhov and Gabriel Debru since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Ivan Gakhov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-14 | 1-2 | 8-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-30 | 2-4 | 26-21 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 56-32 | 1-3 | 53-26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 38-23 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 5-5 | 8-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 147 (career-high), Ivan got to the 2nd round after beating Manuel Guinard 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, Gakhov had a good straight sets win against Guinard (6-4 7-5). During the match, Gakhov scored 64 points vs Guinard’s 59. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gakhov fired 10 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Ivan Gakhov was extremely efficient on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Russian broke Guinard 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Gakhov has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (370-216). 17-8 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Gakhov has a compiled323-167 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Girona Challenger where he overcame Gastao Elias in the final 5-7 6-4 ret. and the Troisdorf Challenger where he defeated Frederico Ferreira Silva in the final 6-2 5-7 6-3.
Ivan has an aggregate 21-14 win-loss record in 2023, 17-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lyon Challenger
Gabriel Debru
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-26 | 4-2 | 31-13 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-18 | 5-3 | 11-9 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 522, the French player got to the 2nd round after beating Pedro Martinez Portero 6-1 5-7 6-4.
In the 1st round, Gabriel defeated Martinez Portero (6-1 5-7 6-4). During the match Debru scored 99 points vs Martinez Portero’s 87. Gabriel was very aggressive to blast 46 winners.
About the serving games, Debru recorded 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Gabriel Debru lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Debru put 67% of his first serves in, winning 68% (46/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (15/33) on the 2nd serve. Debru broke Martinez Portero 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Gabriel’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Monastir and M15 Antalya.
Gabriel has an aggregate 18-13 win-loss record in 2023, 10-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lyon Challenger
Gabriel has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gakhov | Debru |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 29 |
| Pts | 64-59 | 99-87 |
| Total Points | 123 | 186 |
| Winners | 27 | 46 |
| %Winners | 42% | 46% |
Both Gakhov and Debru played 1 match. At the moment, Gabriel Debru conceded 1 set while Ivan Gakhov hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gakhov has played 1 set(s) less than Debru (2 vs 3). Therefore, Gakhov played 7 games less than Debru. The Russian scored 27 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Gabriel recorded 46 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gakhov | Debru |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 4 |
| 1st in | 34/63 | 68/101 |
| %1st in | 54% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 27/34 | 46/68 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 15/33 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 45% |
Gakhov fired 10 aces . Debru scored 4 aces . Gakhov won 79% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Debru won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gakhov | Debru |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 50% | 42% |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Russian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Debru conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gakhov | |||
| R1 Guinard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 64-59 | 64-59 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 34/63 | 34/63 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 27/34 | 27/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 17/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Debru | |||
| R1 Martinez Portero |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 5-7 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 99-87 | 99-87 | |
| Total points | 186 | 186 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 68/101 | 68/101 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 46/68 | 46/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/33 | 15/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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