Samuel Vincent Ruggeri and Vilius Gaubas will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Murcia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on PISTA 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Samuel Vincent Ruggeri who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Samuel Vincent Ruggeri is the pick to win this match.
Samuel Vincent Ruggeri -> 1.58
Vilius Gaubas -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Samuel Vincent Ruggeri vs. Vilius Gaubas
There is no head to head record between Samuel Vincent Ruggeri and Vilius Gaubas since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Samuel Vincent Ruggeri
21 - 9win/loss
263
258
LWWWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-21 | 10-5 | 23-13 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-29 | 25-11 | 22-14 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 55-28 | 29-10 | 26-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-24 | 18-13 | 15-9 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 299 (career-high), the Italian got to the qualifications after defeating Mircea-Alexandru Jecan 7-64 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Jecan (7-64 6-3). During the match, Vincent Ruggeri scored 76 points vs Jecan’s 69. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vincent Ruggeri managed to score 5 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Samuel Vincent Ruggeri lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Vincent Ruggeri put 52% of his first serves in, winning 65% (24/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (22/34) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Jecan 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Vincent Ruggeri has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 64% of his matches (159-90). 4-1 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Vincent Ruggeri has a compiled67-42 record in the last 5 years on clay.
Samuel has an overall 20-9 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Vilius Gaubas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-17 | 5-3 | 24-13 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-26 | 3-3 | 55-21 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-17 | 4-4 | 15-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 332 (career-high), the Lithuanian got to the qualifications after defeating Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha 7-63 6-3.
In the qualifications, Gaubas had a good straight sets win against Kaliyanda Poonacha (7-63 6-3). During the match Gaubas scored 74 points vs Kaliyanda Poonacha’s 66. Gaubas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Gaubas scored 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Vilius Gaubas lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Gaubas put 70% of his first serves in, winning 75% (43/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. The Lithuanian broke Kaliyanda Poonacha twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Vilius’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Antalya and M25 Faro.
Vilius has an aggregate 14-6 win-loss record in 2024, 8-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vincent Ruggeri | Gaubas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 |
| Pts | 76-69 | 74-66 |
| Total Points | 145 | 140 |
| Winners | 24 | 43 |
| %Winners | 32% | 58% |
Both Vincent Ruggeri and Gaubas played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Vincent Ruggeri and Gaubas have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (22). The Italian scored 24 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Vilius blasted 43 winners (58%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vincent Ruggeri | Gaubas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 37/71 | 57/81 |
| %1st in | 52% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 24/37 | 43/57 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 22/34 | 11/24 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 46% |
Vincent Ruggeri scored 5 aces . Gaubas bagged 3 aces . Vincent Ruggeri won 65% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Gaubas won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vincent Ruggeri | Gaubas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 75% | 67% |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 |
| Saved | 5 | 7 |
| % Saved | 83% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Samuel broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Vincent Ruggeri lost his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Lithuanian broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Vilius conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vincent Ruggeri | |||
| Q1 Jecan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 76-69 | 76-69 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 37/71 | 37/71 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 24/37 | 24/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/34 | 22/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Gaubas | |||
| Q1 Kaliyanda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 74-66 | 74-66 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 58% | 58% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 57/81 | 57/81 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 43/57 | 43/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 11/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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