Manuel Guinard and Michael Vrbensky will face off in the qualifications of the Zug Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Manuel Guinard who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Manuel Guinard is the pick to win this match.
Manuel Guinard -> 1.35
Michael Vrbensky -> 3
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Prediction and head to head Manuel Guinard vs. Michael Vrbensky
This will be the 2nd time that Manuel Guinard and Michael Vrbensky clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Guinard (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Guinard won 7-6(3) 6-3 in the final in M15 Prague back in 2019.
Manuel Guinard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-14 | 5-2 | 13-7 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-31 | 0-2 | 26-22 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-35 | 1-4 | 21-20 | 12-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-28 | 1-2 | 29-19 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-12 | 0-0 | 9-6 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 268, Manuel got to the qualifications after beating Jose Pereira 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, Manuel had a good straight sets win against Pereira (6-4 7-5). During the match, Guinard scored 65 points vs Pereira’s 53. The French player was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Guinard made 6 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Manuel Guinard was very effective on serve to win 84% (27/32) of his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Manuel broke Pereira 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Guinard has good match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (302-217). 21-16 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Guinard has an overall 203-124 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Troyes Challenger where he beat Calvin Hemery in the final 6-4 6-3.
Guinard has a composed 21-23 win-loss record in 2023, 21-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zug Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Michael Vrbensky
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-15 | 4-3 | 19-9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 58-28 | 11-6 | 44-21 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-27 | 7-3 | 37-16 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 17-24 | 2-1 | 14-21 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-15 | 2-2 | 14-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 350, the Czech got to the qualifications after beating Kirill Kivattsev 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Kivattsev (6-2 6-2). During the match Vrbensky scored 62 points vs Kivattsev’s 35. Michael was exceptionally aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Vrbensky fired 3 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Michael Vrbensky was pretty effective on serve to win 82% (18/22) of his 1st serve and 88% (14/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Vrbensky broke Kivattsev 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Vrbensky’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio,M25 Faro and M25 Most.
Vrbensky has a composed 31-19 win-loss record in 2023, 20-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Guinard | Vrbensky |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 16 |
| Pts | 65-53 | 62-35 |
| Total Points | 118 | 97 |
| Winners | 27 | 18 |
| %Winners | 42% | 29% |
Both Guinard and Vrbensky played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Guinard and Vrbensky have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Guinard played 6 games more than Vrbensky. Guinard scored 27 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech fired 18 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Guinard | Vrbensky |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 32/61 | 22/38 |
| %1st in | 52% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 18/22 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 14/16 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 88% |
Guinard scored 6 aces . Vrbensky struck 3 aces . Guinard won 84% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Vrbensky won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 88% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Guinard | Vrbensky |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 75% | 57% |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The French player broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Michael broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Michael was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Guinard | |||
| Q1 Pereira |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 65-53 | 65-53 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 32/61 | 32/61 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 27/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 17/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Vrbensky | |||
| Q1 Kivattsev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 62-35 | 62-35 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 22/38 | 22/38 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 18/22 | 18/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/16 | 14/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 88% | 88% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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