Matteo Martineau and Vilius Gaubas will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Rome Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on FUSP CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.83
Matteo Martineau -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Matteo Martineau vs. Vilius Gaubas
There is no head to head record between Matteo Martineau and Vilius Gaubas since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Matteo Martineau
16 - 12win/loss
210
170
LLWLLWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-33 | 2-4 | 7-13 | 18-13 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-36 | 0-1 | 23-17 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 9-3 |
| 2022 | 36-31 | 2-1 | 23-20 | 11-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-26 | 4-4 | 27-15 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2020 | 19-14 | 4-3 | 7-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 6-3 |
Ranked no. 186, the French player reached the 2nd round after defeating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 3-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Blancaneaux, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Martineau scored 89 points vs Blancaneaux’s 81. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Martineau recorded 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Matteo Martineau lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Martineau put 70% of his first serves in, winning 67% (39/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Blancaneaux 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Martineau has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (266-204). 4-5 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Martineau has an aggregate116-97 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Martineau’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Nottingham Challenger and the Cherbourg Challenger.
The French player has a composed 16-12 win-loss record in 2024, 4-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Vilius Gaubas
21 - 10win/loss
186
179
LWLWLLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-35 | 7-4 | 40-28 | 1-3 | 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, Gaubas got to the 2nd round after beating Tommaso Compagnucci 6-1 6-2, Daniel Merida Aguilar 7-5 6-4 and Andrea Pellegrino 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, Gaubas had a good straight sets win against Pellegrino (6-4 6-1). During the match Gaubas scored 63 points vs Pellegrino’s 43. Gaubas was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Gaubas recorded 2 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Vilius Gaubas was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Lithuanian broke Pellegrino 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Vilius’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Antalya and M25 Faro.
The Lithuanian has an aggregate 21-10 win-loss record in 2024, 15-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Martineau | Gaubas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 54 |
| Pts | 89-81 | 193-142 |
| Total Points | 170 | 335 |
| Winners | 39 | 80 |
| %Winners | 44% | 41% |
Martineau played 1 match while Gaubas competed in 3 matches. Gaubas started his run from the qualifications while Martineau had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Matteo Martineau conceded 1 set while Vilius Gaubas hasn’t lost a set so far. Martineau has played 3 set(s) less than Gaubas (3 vs 6). Therefore, Martineau played 28 games less than Gaubas. Matteo scored 39 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Gaubas scored 80 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Martineau | Gaubas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 58/83 | 105/163 |
| %1st in | 70% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 39/58 | 80/105 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 32/58 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 55% |
Martineau managed to score 3 aces . Gaubas scored 4 aces (1.3 per match). Martineau won 67% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Gaubas won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Martineau | Gaubas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 12 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 12/18 |
| % Converted | 45% | 67% |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 57% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
The French player broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Matteo surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Gaubas broke his opponents 12 times with a 67% conversion rate. Gaubas conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Martineau | |||
| R1 Blancaneaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 89-81 | 89-81 | |
| Total points | 170 | 170 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 58/83 | 58/83 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 39/58 | 39/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 11/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Gaubas | |||||
| Q1 Compagnucci |
Q3 Merida |
R1 Pellegrino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 22 | 17 | 54 | |
| pts | 54-32 | 76-67 | 63-43 | 193-142 | |
| Total points | 86 | 143 | 106 | 335 | |
| Winners | 20 | 35 | 25 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 46% | 40% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 26/40 | 49/74 | 30/49 | 105/163 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 66% | 61% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 35/49 | 25/30 | 80/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 71% | 83% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 13/25 | 10/19 | 32/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 52% | 53% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 3/5 | 4/7 | 12/18 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 60% | 57% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 6/7 | 1/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | – | 86% | 100% | 186% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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