Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Vilius Gaubas will square off in the quarter of the Rome Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:30 pm on FUSP 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 Nicolas Moreno De Alboran who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nicolas Moreno De Alboran is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran -> 1.51
Vilius Gaubas -> 2.41

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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Moreno De Alboran vs. Vilius Gaubas

There is no head to head record between Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Vilius Gaubas since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Nicolas Moreno De Alboran

Ranked no. 138, Moreno De Alboran got to the quarter after beating Edoardo Lavagno 7-6¹ 6-3 and Franco Agamenone 4-6 6-3 6-1.

In the 2^nd round against Agamenone, Nicolas recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-1). During the match, Moreno De Alboran scored 89 points vs Agamenone’s 72. Moreno De Alboran was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about the service games, Moreno De Alboran recorded 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Moreno De Alboran put 73% of his first serves in, winning 76% (44/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (9/22) on the 2nd serve. Moreno De Alboran broke Agamenone 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Moreno De Alboran has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Moreno De Alboran has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (211-119). 7-4 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Moreno De Alboran has an overall85-48 record in the last 8 years on clay.

Nicolas has a composed 19-13 win-loss record in 2024, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Rome Challenger

Vilius Gaubas

Ranked no. 345, the Lithuanian got to the quarter after defeating Tommaso Compagnucci 6-1 6-2, Daniel Merida Aguilar 7-5 6-4, Andrea Pellegrino 6-4 6-1 and Matteo Martineau 7-5 4-6 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Gaubas defeated Martineau (7-5 4-6 6-4). During the match Gaubas scored 102 points vs Martineau’s 99. Vilius was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.

About the serving games, Gaubas bagged 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Vilius Gaubas lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gaubas put 71% of his first serves in, winning 70% (47/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. The Lithuanian broke Martineau 4 times after converting 25% of his break points (4/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Vilius started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Vilius’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Antalya and M25 Faro.

Vilius has an aggregate 22-10 win-loss record in 2024, 16-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Rome Challenger

Gaubas has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Moreno De Alboran	Gaubas
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	5	9
Tot Games	48	86
Pts	167-135	295-241
Total Points	302	536
Winners	79	127
%Winners	47%	43%

Moreno De Alboran played 2 matches while Gaubas competed in 4 matches. Gaubas started his run from the qualifications while Moreno De Alboran had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran surrendered 1 set, while Vilius Gaubas dropped 1 set. Moreno De Alboran has played 4 set(s) less than Gaubas (5 vs 9). Therefore, Moreno De Alboran played 38 games less than Gaubas. Moreno De Alboran scored 79 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Lithuanian recorded 127 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Moreno De Alboran	Gaubas
Aces	11	9
Avg per match	5.5	2.3
1st in	104/149	172/258
%1st in	70%	67%
1st pts	79/104	127/172
%1st pts	76%	74%
2nd pts	23/45	46/86
%2nd pts	51%	53%

Moreno De Alboran managed to score 11 aces (5.5 per match). Gaubas fired 9 aces (2.3 per match). Moreno De Alboran won 76% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Gaubas won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Moreno De Alboran	Gaubas
Won	7	16
Converted	7/18	16/34
% Converted	39%	47%
Conceded	12	16
Saved	9	12
% Saved	75%	75%
Times Broken	3	4

Moreno De Alboran broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Nicolas conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Gaubas broke his opponents 16 times with a 47% conversion rate. Gaubas conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Moreno De Alboran
	R1 Lavagno	R2 Agamenone	Total
Score	7-61 6-3	4-6 6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	22	26	48
pts	78-63	89-72	167-135
Total points	141	161	302
Winners	35	44	79
%Winners	45%	49%	47%
SERVE
Aces	7	4	11
Double Faults	2	2	4
1st in	46/69	58/80	104/149
% 1st in	67%	73%	70%
1st pts	35/46	44/58	79/104
% 1st pts	76%	76%	76%
2nd pts	14/23	9/22	23/45
% 2nd pts	61%	41%	51%
Breaks
Won	2	5	7
Converted	2/6	5/12	7/18
Converted %	33%	42%	39%
Conceded	3	9	12
Saved	2/3	7/9	9
Saved %	67%	78%	73%
Times Broken	1	2	3

Gaubas
	Q1 Compagnucci	Q3 Merida	R1 Pellegrino	R2 Martineau	Total
Score	6-1 6-2	7-5 6-4	6-4 6-1	7-5 4-6 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	15	22	17	32	86
pts	54-32	76-67	63-43	102-99	295-241
Total points	86	143	106	201	536
Winners	20	35	25	47	127
%Winners	37%	46%	40%	46%	43%
SERVE
Aces	0	2	2	5	9
Double Faults	1	1	0	3	5
1st in	26/40	49/74	30/49	67/95	172/258
% 1st in	65%	66%	61%	71%	67%
1st pts	20/26	35/49	25/30	47/67	127/172
% 1st pts	77%	71%	83%	70%	74%
2nd pts	9/14	13/25	10/19	14/28	46/86
% 2nd pts	64%	52%	53%	50%	53%
Breaks
Won	5	3	4	4	16
Converted	5/6	3/5	4/7	4/16	16/34
Converted %	83%	60%	57%	25%	47%
Conceded	0	7	1	8	16
Saved	0/0	6/7	1/1	5/8	12
Saved %	–	86%	100%	63%	125%
Times Broken	0	1	0	3	4

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