Pedro Martinez Portero and Vilius Gaubas will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Maspalomas Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:30 am on MASPALOMAS CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pedro Martinez Portero who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Pedro Martinez Portero is the pick to win this match.
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 1.31
Vilius Gaubas -> 3.22

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Prediction and head to head Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Vilius Gaubas

There is no head to head record between Pedro Martinez Portero and Vilius Gaubas since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Pedro Martinez Portero

Ranked no. 117, Martinez Portero got to the 2^nd round after beating Nicholas David Ionel 6-1 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against David Ionel (6-1 6-2). During the match, Martinez Portero scored 65 points vs David Ionel’s 39. Martinez Portero was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Martinez Portero scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Pedro Martinez Portero was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Martinez Portero broke David Ionel 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).

Martinez Portero has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (401-251). 29-25 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Martinez Portero has a compiled323-175 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Brest Challenger where he overcame Benjamin Bonzi in the final 7-6(6) 7-6(1).

Pedro has an overall 40-35 win-loss record in 2023, 29-25 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Maspalomas Challenger

Pedro has never competed in this tournament before.

Vilius Gaubas

Ranked no. 391 (career-high), Gaubas reached the 2^nd round after beating Diego Barreto Sanchez 6-3 6-3, Mircea-Alexandru Jecan 6-3 6-3 and Carlos Lopez Montagud 2-6 7-6⁷ 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Lopez Montagud, The Lithuanian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-6⁷ 6-4).During the match Gaubas scored less points (4) than Lopez Montagud. In fact, the world no. 117 won 95 points vs Lopez Montagud’s. That means that Gaubas was more focused during the important points. The Lithuanian was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.

About the serving games, Gaubas wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Vilius Gaubas lost the serve 6 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Gaubas put 73% of his first serves in, winning 58% (45/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. Vilius broke Lopez Montagud 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

The Lithuanian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Reus,M15 Telde,M15 Xativa,M25 Santander and M25 Sabadell.

Vilius has a composed 59-25 win-loss record in 2023, 55-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Martinez Portero	Gaubas
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	7
Tot Games	15	67
Pts	65-39	208-188
Total Points	104	396
Winners	23	92
%Winners	35%	44%

Martinez Portero played 1 match while Gaubas competed in 3 matches. Gaubas started his run from the qualifications while Martinez Portero had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Vilius Gaubas surrendered 1 set while Pedro Martinez Portero hasn’t dropped a set so far. Martinez Portero has played 5 set(s) less than Gaubas (2 vs 7). Therefore, Martinez Portero played 52 games less than Gaubas. Pedro scored 23 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Gaubas managed to score 92 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Martinez Portero	Gaubas
Aces	1	4
Avg per match	1	1.3
1st in	31/50	144/211
%1st in	62%	68%
1st pts	23/31	92/144
%1st pts	74%	64%
2nd pts	11/19	35/67
%2nd pts	58%	52%

Martinez Portero bagged 1 ace . Gaubas also scored 4 aces (1.3 per match). Martinez Portero won 74% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Gaubas won 64% 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	Martinez Portero	Gaubas
Won	5	14
Converted	5/16	14/23
% Converted	31%	61%
Conceded	5	23
Saved	4	14
% Saved	80%	61%
Times Broken	1	9

Pedro broke his opponent 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. Martinez Portero lost his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Gaubas broke his opponents 14 times with a 61% conversion rate. The Lithuanian conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.

Martinez Portero
	R1 David Ionel	Total
Score	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	65-39	65-39
Total points	104	104
Winners	23	23
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	31/50	31/50
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	23/31	23/31
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	11/19	11/19
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/16	5/16
Converted %	31%	31%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Gaubas
	Q1 Barreto	Q3 Jecan	R1 Lopez	Total
Score	6-3 6-3	6-3 6-3	2-6 7-67 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	18	18	31	67
pts	52-43	61-46	95-99	208-188
Total points	95	107	194	396
Winners	22	25	45	92
%Winners	42%	41%	47%	44%
SERVE
Aces	1	3	0	4
Double Faults	1	1	3	5
1st in	32/49	35/57	77/105	144/211
% 1st in	65%	61%	73%	68%
1st pts	22/32	25/35	45/77	92/144
% 1st pts	69%	71%	58%	64%
2nd pts	9/17	13/22	13/28	35/67
% 2nd pts	53%	59%	46%	52%
Breaks
Won	5	4	5	14
Converted	5/8	4/7	5/8	14/23
Converted %	63%	57%	63%	61%
Conceded	4	6	13	23
Saved	2/4	5/6	7/13	14
Saved %	50%	83%	54%	187%
Times Broken	2	1	6	9

Tennis Scores in Maspalomas Challenger

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• Daniel RinconRincon – Timo StodderStodder (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Adrian AndreevAndreev – David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis (6-3 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Ivan GakhovGakhov (2-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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