Arthur Gea and Christoph Negritu will clash against each other in the quarter of the Dobrich Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Gea who should win in 2 sets.
Arthur Gea -> 1.32
Christoph Negritu -> 3.2
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Prediction and head to head Arthur Gea vs. Christoph Negritu
There is no head to head record between Arthur Gea and Christoph Negritu since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Arthur Gea
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-30 | 1-4 | 26-23 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-17 | 18-2 | 14-12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 354 (career-high), Arthur got to the quarter after defeating Andrej Martin 6-4 6-7(3) 6-1 and Jelle Sels 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Gea had a good straight sets win against Sels (6-3 6-2). During the match, Gea scored 71 points vs Sels’s 47. Gea was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gea scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Arthur Gea was quite effective on serve to win 74% (25/34) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Arthur broke Sels 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Gea has a winning record in the last 4 years having won 56% of his matches (63-49). 21-17 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gea has a compiled36-33 win-loss record in the last 4 years on clay.
Gea has a compiled 25-23 win-loss record in 2024, 21-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Dobrich Challenger
Gea has never competed in this tournament before.
Christoph Negritu
23 - 16win/loss
408
401
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-22 | 13-11 | 25-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-27 | 29-17 | 8-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-19 | 18-13 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-19 | 19-14 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 567, the German reached the quarter after defeating Michael Zhu 7-5 6-3, Cem Ilkel 7-6(4) 6-1, Nino Serdarusic 6-3 6-4 and Gabriel Debru 6-2 4-6 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The German defeated Debru (6-2 4-6 7-5). During the match Negritu scored 102 points vs Debru’s 100. Negritu was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Negritu bagged 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Christoph Negritu lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Negritu put 57% of his first serves in, winning 63% (40/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (23/47) on the 2nd serve. Negritu broke Debru 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Christoph started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Negritu’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.
Negritu has an overall 23-15 win-loss record in 2024, 12-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gea | Negritu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 90 |
| Pts | 185-148 | 322-280 |
| Total Points | 333 | 602 |
| Winners | 61 | 129 |
| %Winners | 33% | 40% |
Gea played 2 matches while Negritu competed in 4 matches. Negritu started his run from the qualifications while Gea had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Arthur Gea surrendered 1 set, while Christoph Negritu surrendered 1 set. Gea has played 4 set(s) less than Negritu (5 vs 9). Therefore, Gea played 43 games less than Negritu. Arthur scored 61 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Christoph made 129 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gea | Negritu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 84/156 | 172/315 |
| %1st in | 54% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 61/84 | 129/172 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 44/72 | 70/143 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 49% |
Gea fired 5 aces (2.5 per match). Negritu scored 24 aces (6 per match). Gea won 73% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Negritu won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gea | Negritu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 16 |
| Converted | 9/27 | 16/39 |
| % Converted | 33% | 41% |
| Conceded | 12 | 28 |
| Saved | 10 | 21 |
| % Saved | 83% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 7 |
Gea broke his opponents 9 times with a 33% conversion rate. Arthur lost his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponents 16 times with a 41% conversion rate. Christoph conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gea | ||||
| R1 Martin | R2 Sels | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-73 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 17 | 47 | |
| pts | 114-101 | 71-47 | 185-148 | |
| Total points | 215 | 118 | 333 | |
| Winners | 36 | 25 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 35% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 50/103 | 34/53 | 84/156 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 64% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 36/50 | 25/34 | 61/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 74% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 32/53 | 12/19 | 44/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 63% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 5/14 | 9/27 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 36% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 4/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 80% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Negritu | ||||||
| Q1 Zhu | Q3 Ilkel | R1 Serdarusic | R2 Debru | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 7-64 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 20 | 19 | 30 | 90 | |
| pts | 75-60 | 77-66 | 68-54 | 102-100 | 322-280 | |
| Total points | 135 | 143 | 122 | 202 | 602 | |
| Winners | 26 | 34 | 29 | 40 | 129 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 44% | 43% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 33/58 | 40/81 | 36/66 | 63/110 | 172/315 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 49% | 55% | 57% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 34/40 | 29/36 | 40/63 | 129/172 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 85% | 81% | 63% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 16/41 | 18/30 | 23/47 | 70/143 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 39% | 60% | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/6 | 2/9 | 6/10 | 16/39 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 67% | 22% | 60% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 28 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 9/11 | 2/2 | 8/12 | 21 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 82% | 100% | 67% | 158% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – (1-1) – H2H and prediction