Pablo Llamas Ruiz and Ivan Gakhov will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Murcia Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on PISTA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction and head to head Pablo Llamas Ruiz vs. Ivan Gakhov
This will be the 3rd time that Pablo Llamas Ruiz and Ivan Gakhov square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Llamas Ruiz (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Llamas Ruiz won 6-4 6-4 in the final in M15 Benicarlo back in 2021.
Pablo Llamas Ruiz
8 - 9win/loss
146
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LWWLLWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-14 | 2-5 | 9-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-21 | 12-6 | 33-12 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-23 | 2-4 | 35-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-16 | 2-2 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-5 | 2-4 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 152, the Spaniard got to the 2nd round after defeating Jan Choinski 7-63 7-66.
In the 1st round, Pablo had a good straight sets win against Choinski (7-63 7-66). During the match, Llamas Ruiz scored 102 points vs Choinski’s 98. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about the service games, Llamas Ruiz fired 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Pablo Llamas Ruiz lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Llamas Ruiz put 75% of his first serves in, winning 68% (52/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Llamas Ruiz broke Choinski 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Llamas Ruiz has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (140-87). 1-1 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Llamas Ruiz has an overall115-60 record in the last 7 years on clay.
Llamas Ruiz has a composed 7-9 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Ivan Gakhov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-14 | 1-2 | 8-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-30 | 2-4 | 26-21 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 56-32 | 1-3 | 53-26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 38-23 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 5-5 | 8-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 176, Gakhov got to the 2nd round after defeating Chun Hsin Tseng 6-4 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Gakhov defeated Hsin Tseng (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match Gakhov scored 93 points vs Hsin Tseng’s 78. Ivan was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Gakhov struck 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Ivan Gakhov was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (37/49) of his 1st serve and 71% (25/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ivan broke Hsin Tseng twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
The Russian has a composed 4-8 win-loss record in 2024, 3-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Llamas Ruiz | Gakhov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 28 |
| Pts | 102-98 | 93-78 |
| Total Points | 200 | 171 |
| Winners | 52 | 37 |
| %Winners | 51% | 40% |
Both Llamas Ruiz and Gakhov played 1 match. At the moment, Ivan Gakhov lost 1 set while Pablo Llamas Ruiz hasn’t dropped a set so far. Llamas Ruiz has played 1 set(s) less than Gakhov (2 vs 3). Therefore, Llamas Ruiz played 2 games less than Gakhov. The Spaniard scored 52 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Ivan scored 37 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Llamas Ruiz | Gakhov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 11 |
| 1st in | 77/102 | 49/84 |
| %1st in | 75% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 52/77 | 37/49 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 25/35 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 71% |
Llamas Ruiz recorded 6 aces . Gakhov recorded 11 aces . Llamas Ruiz won 68% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Gakhov won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Llamas Ruiz | Gakhov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 2/7 |
| % Converted | 38% | 29% |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 57% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
The Spaniard broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Pablo dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Ivan broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Gakhov conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Llamas Ruiz | |||
| R1 Choinski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 102-98 | 102-98 | |
| Total points | 200 | 200 | |
| Winners | 52 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 77/102 | 77/102 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 52/77 | 52/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 11/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Gakhov | |||
| R1 Hsin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 93-78 | 93-78 | |
| Total points | 171 | 171 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 49/84 | 49/84 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 37/49 | 37/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/35 | 25/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWLLWLW Tennis Scores in Murcia Challenger
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri – Lloyd HarrisHarris (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Nicola KuhnKuhn (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – Calvin HemeryHemery (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Gastao EliasElias (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-4 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-0 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mathias BourgueBourgue – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (7-63 7-66) – See score progression
- Henrique RochaRocha – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – Calvin HemeryHemery (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Mathias BourgueBourgue (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Ivan GakhovGakhov (2-0) – H2H and prediction
