Michael Vrbensky and Gianmarco Ferrari will play each other in the qualifications of the Sibiu Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 7. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Michael Vrbensky who should win in 3 sets.
Michael Vrbensky -> 1.666
Gianmarco Ferrari -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Michael Vrbensky vs. Gianmarco Ferrari
There is no head to head record between Michael Vrbensky and Gianmarco Ferrari since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Michael Vrbensky
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-27 | 4-4 | 32-18 | 2-5 | 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. 381, Vrbensky got to the qualifications after beating Oscar Jose Gutierrez 6-2 2-1 ret..
In the qualifications against Jose Gutierrez, Vrbensky had a free pass after Jose Gutierrez retired on a 6-2 2-1 . scoreline.
Vrbensky has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (236-150). 36-18 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vrbensky has an aggregate165-100 record in the last 7 years on clay.
Vrbensky’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Maribor.
Michael has an overall 47-24 win-loss record in 2023, 36-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.
Gianmarco Ferrari
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-25 | 1-3 | 27-17 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 33-33 | 1-1 | 28-25 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-26 | 4-4 | 28-16 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-20 | 3-2 | 26-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-8 | 2-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 489, Gianmarco reached the qualifications after beating Vlad Andrei Dumitru 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, Gianmarco had a good straight sets win against Andrei Dumitru (6-1 6-2). During the match Ferrari scored 52 points vs Andrei Dumitru’s 32. Ferrari was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Ferrari recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Gianmarco Ferrari was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (26/35) of his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Andrei Dumitru 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Gianmarco’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Sunderland,M25 Palmanova and M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
Gianmarco has a compiled 29-27 win-loss record in 2023, 25-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vrbensky | Ferrari |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 11 | 15 |
| Pts | 41-19 | 52-32 |
| Total Points | 60 | 84 |
| Winners | 12 | 26 |
| %Winners | 29% | 50% |
Both Vrbensky and Ferrari played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Vrbensky has played 1 set more than Ferrari (3 vs 2). However, it’s interesting to notice that Vrbensky played 4 games less than Ferrari. The Czech scored 12 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Gianmarco fired 26 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vrbensky | Ferrari |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 14/29 | 35/50 |
| %1st in | 48% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 12/14 | 26/35 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 10/15 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 67% |
Vrbensky made 3 aces . Ferrari scored 2 aces . Vrbensky won 86% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Ferrari won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vrbensky | Ferrari |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 67% | 67% |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Czech broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Vrbensky conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Gianmarco was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Vrbensky | |||
| Q1 Jose Gutierrez | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 2-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 11 | 11 | |
| pts | 41-19 | 41-19 | |
| Total points | 60 | 60 | |
| Winners | 12 | 12 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 14/29 | 14/29 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 12/14 | 12/14 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ferrari | |||
| Q1 Andrei Dumitru | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 52-32 | 52-32 | |
| Total points | 84 | 84 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 35/50 | 35/50 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 26/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 10/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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