Richard Gasquet and Damir Dzumhur will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Manama Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Damir Dzumhur who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Damir Dzumhur is the pick to win this match.
Damir Dzumhur -> 1.86
Richard Gasquet -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Richard Gasquet vs. Damir Dzumhur
This will be the 4th time that Richard Gasquet and Damir Dzumhur face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Gasquet (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Dzumhur won 6-4 1-6 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in Banja luka back in 2023.
Highlights Damir Dzumhur vs Richard Gasquet – Banja luka 20-April-2023
Richard Gasquet
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-32 | 15-8 | 11-12 | 3-8 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-31 | 9-9 | 8-10 | 7-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-25 | 8-6 | 13-10 | 11-8 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-20 | 6-5 | 9-7 | 8-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-10 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 130, Gasquet got to the semifinal after defeating Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-3 6-4, Peter Buldorini 7-5 6-3 and Billy Harris 5-7 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Gasquet had a good straight sets win against Buldorini (7-5 6-3). During the match, Gasquet scored 74 points vs Buldorini’s 58. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gasquet scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Richard Gasquet lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gasquet put 58% of his first serves in, winning 62% (26/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the 2nd serve. Richard broke Buldorini 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Richard hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Gasquet has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (264-184). 4-3 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Gasquet has a compiled 79-61 record in the last years on hard.
The French player has an aggregate 4-5 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Manama Challenger
Richard has never competed in this tournament before.
Damir Dzumhur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-29 | 11-13 | 22-6 | 6-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-34 | 15-5 | 18-18 | 8-9 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 5-5 | 19-12 | 10-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-32 | 6-6 | 17-17 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-15 | 4-7 | 6-4 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 160, Damir got to the semifinal after defeating Alessandro Giannessi 6-3 6-1, Adrian Andreev 6-0 6-1 and Daniel Rincon 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, Dzumhur had a good straight sets win against Rincon (6-4 6-4). During the match Dzumhur scored 72 points vs Rincon’s 57. Dzumhur was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Dzumhur scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Damir Dzumhur was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (30/38) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Bosnian broke Rincon 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Bosnian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
The Bosnian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Neuve Challenger.
Damir has a composed 9-3 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gasquet | Dzumhur |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 67 | 49 |
| Pts | 233-180 | 203-141 |
| Total Points | 413 | 344 |
| Winners | 97 | 83 |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% |
Both Gasquet and Dzumhur played 3 matches. At the moment, Richard Gasquet lost 1 set while Damir Dzumhur hasn’t lost a set so far. Gasquet has played 1 set more than Dzumhur (7 vs 6). Therefore, Gasquet played 18 games more than Dzumhur. The French player scored 97 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Bosnian recorded 83 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gasquet | Dzumhur |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 3.7 | 2 |
| 1st in | 134/214 | 106/152 |
| %1st in | 63% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 97/134 | 83/106 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 48/80 | 24/46 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 52% |
Gasquet blasted 11 aces (3.7 per match). Dzumhur bagged 6 aces (2 per match). Gasquet won 72% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Dzumhur won 78% of the points on 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 | Gasquet | Dzumhur |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 12 |
| Converted | 11/23 | 12/35 |
| % Converted | 48% | 34% |
| Conceded | 9 | 8 |
| Saved | 6 | 7 |
| % Saved | 67% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Gasquet broke his opponents 11 times with a 48% conversion rate. Gasquet dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Dzumhur broke his opponents 12 times with a 34% conversion rate. The Bosnian conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gasquet | ||||
| R1 Huesler |
R2 Buldorini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 21 | 40 | |
| pts | 63-52 | 74-58 | 137-110 | |
| Total points | 115 | 132 | 247 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 35% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 35/61 | 42/72 | 77/133 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 26/42 | 52/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 62% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 18/30 | 35/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 60% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 5/9 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 56% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Dzumhur | |||||
| R1 Giannessi |
R2 Andreev |
1/4 Rincon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-0 6-1 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 13 | 20 | 49 | |
| pts | 69-51 | 62-33 | 72-57 | 203-141 | |
| Total points | 120 | 95 | 129 | 344 | |
| Winners | 31 | 22 | 30 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 35% | 42% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 43/61 | 25/37 | 38/54 | 106/152 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 68% | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 31/43 | 22/25 | 30/38 | 83/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 88% | 79% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 6/12 | 9/16 | 24/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | 56% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 5/13 | 3/9 | 12/35 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 38% | 33% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWLLLLW Tennis Scores in Manama Challenger
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Billy HarrisHarris (5-7 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Daniel RinconRincon (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (6-3 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Billy HarrisHarris (5-7 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Daniel RinconRincon (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (2-1) – H2H and prediction
