Vilius Gaubas and Daniel Merida Aguilar will play each other in the qualifications of the Rome Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on SICEUROPE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Vilius Gaubas who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Vilius Gaubas is the pick to win this match.
Vilius Gaubas -> 1.72
Daniel Merida Aguilar -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Vilius Gaubas vs. Daniel Merida Aguilar
This will be the 4th time that Vilius Gaubas and Daniel Merida Aguilar fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Gaubas (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Merida won 6-0 2-6 6-4 in the semifinal in M25 Antalya back in February 2024.
Vilius Gaubas
19 - 10win/loss
278
278
LWWLWLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-15 | 5-3 | 22-11 | 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. 345, Vilius got to the qualifications after beating Tommaso Compagnucci 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, Gaubas had a good straight sets win against Compagnucci (6-1 6-2). During the match, Gaubas scored 54 points vs Compagnucci’s 32. The Lithuanian was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gaubas wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Vilius Gaubas was very efficient on serve to win 77% (20/26) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Lithuanian broke Compagnucci 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Gaubas has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 63% of his matches (100-59). 13-6 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gaubas has a composed85-43 record in the last 4 years on clay.
Vilius’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Antalya and M25 Faro.
The Lithuanian has an aggregate 19-10 win-loss record in 2024, 13-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
The Lithuanian has never competed in this tournament before.
Daniel Merida Aguilar
23 - 11win/loss
379
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LWLWWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-16 | 7-4 | 22-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-31 | 16-13 | 20-17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-26 | 8-9 | 21-16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-14 | 1-4 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 368, the Spaniard reached the qualifications after beating Oleksii Krutykh 6-4 6-77 6-2.
In the qualifications, Daniel defeated Krutykh (6-4 6-77 6-2). During the match Merida scored 115 points vs Krutykh’s 102. Merida was very aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about serving, Merida made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Daniel Merida Aguilar lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Merida put 74% of his first serves in, winning 60% (50/83) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the 2nd serve. Merida broke Krutykh 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).
Daniel’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Antalya.
The Spaniard has an overall 23-11 win-loss record in 2024, 16-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gaubas | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 31 |
| Pts | 54-32 | 115-102 |
| Total Points | 86 | 217 |
| Winners | 20 | 50 |
| %Winners | 37% | 43% |
Both Gaubas and Merida played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Daniel Merida Aguilar surrendered 1 set while Vilius Gaubas hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gaubas has played 1 set(s) less than Merida (2 vs 3). Therefore, Gaubas played 16 games less than Merida. Vilius scored 20 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard managed to score 50 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gaubas | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2 |
| 1st in | 26/40 | 83/112 |
| %1st in | 65% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 50/83 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 60% |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 15/29 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 52% |
Gaubas didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Merida bagged 2 aces . Gaubas won 77% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Merida won 60% 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 | Gaubas | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 7/13 |
| % Converted | 83% | 54% |
| Conceded | 0 | 11 |
| Saved | 0 | 7 |
| % Saved | 0% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
The Lithuanian broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Gaubas was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Daniel broke his opponent 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Merida conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gaubas | |||
| Q1 Compagnucci |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 54-32 | 54-32 | |
| Total points | 86 | 86 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 26/40 | 26/40 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 20/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 9/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Merida | |||
| Q1 Krutykh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-77 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 115-102 | 115-102 | |
| Total points | 217 | 217 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 83/112 | 83/112 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 50/83 | 50/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 15/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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