Jiri Vesely and Tom Gentzsch will fight against each other in the qualifications of the St. Brieuc Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 4:00 pm on COURT TCSB. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jiri Vesely who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jiri Vesely is the pick to win this match.
Jiri Vesely -> 1.43
Tom Gentzsch -> 2.66

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Prediction and head to head Jiri Vesely vs. Tom Gentzsch

There is no head to head record between Jiri Vesely and Tom Gentzsch since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Jiri Vesely

Jiri Vesely

17 - 26win/loss

Hard
6-8
I Hard
3-5
Clay
7-12
Grass
1-1
Rank
358
High
35
WLWLWLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 17-26 6-8 7-12 3-5 1-1 0-0
2023 11-15 5-3 3-7 1-1 1-3 1-1
2022 20-19 12-10 3-6 0-0 5-3 0-0
2021 25-27 4-5 8-12 9-5 2-3 2-2
2020 21-12 8-5 9-5 4-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 358, the Czech reached the qualifications after beating Victor Barrere 6-4 6-4.

In the qualifications, Vesely had a good straight sets win against Barrere (6-4 6-4). During the match, Vesely scored 66 points vs Barrere’s 55. Vesely was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Vesely scored 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Jiri Vesely was exceptionally effective on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Vesely broke Barrere 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Vesely has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (260-235). 3-5 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vesely has an overall 27-31 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Prague Challenger where he defeated Gauthier Onclin in the final 6-2 3-6 7-6(3).

Jiri has a compiled 17-26 win-loss record in 2024, 3-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the St. Brieuc Challenger

Vesely has never competed in this tournament before.

St. Brieuc Challenger
Vesely's Record

Tom Gentzsch

Tom Gentzsch

38 - 22win/loss

Hard
2-3
I Hard
4-2
Clay
26-15
Carpet
6-2
Rank
463
High
455
WLLWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 38-22 2-3 26-15 4-2 0-0 6-2
2023 45-39 10-6 29-25 2-5 0-0 4-3
2022 34-28 14-11 15-11 3-4 0-0 2-2
2021 11-11 1-2 8-6 2-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 463, Gentzsch reached the qualifications after beating Stefan Palosi 6-2 7-6(4).

In the qualifications, Tom had a good straight sets win against Palosi (6-2 7-64). During the match Gentzsch scored 78 points vs Palosi’s 65. Tom was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Gentzsch recorded 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Tom Gentzsch lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Gentzsch put 68% of his first serves in, winning 72% (28/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Gentzsch broke Palosi 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Gentzsch’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Nussloch and M15 Haren.

Gentzsch has a composed 38-22 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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St. Brieuc Challenger
Gentzsch's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Vesely
T.Gentzsch
1h:32
1h:32
Time on court​
1h:30
1h:30
1h:32
1h:32
Last match​
1h:30
1h:30
1
1
Match played
1
1
20
20
Games Played​
21
21
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
66
66
Total points​
78
78
66
66
Avg point​
78
78
27
27
Winners
28
28
27
27
Avg Winners​
28
28
41%
41%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
4
4
3
3
Avg Aces
4
4
3
3
Double Faults
5
5
3
3
Avg Double Faults
5
5
27/35
27/35
1st won total​
28/39
28/39
!
77%
77%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
16/27
16/27
2nd won total​
9/18
9/18
59%
59%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
3/5
3/5
BP won
4/13
4/13
3/5
3/5
Avg BP won
4/13
4/13
!
60%
60%
Won
31%
31%
2
2
Conceded
2
2
2
2
Avg Conceded
2
2
1
1
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
1
1
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Vesely Gentzsch
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 21
Pts 66-55 78-65
Total Points 121 143
Winners 27 28
%Winners 41% 36%

Both Vesely and Gentzsch played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Vesely and Gentzsch have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Vesely played 1 game less than Gentzsch. Jiri scored 27 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The German fired 28 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Vesely Gentzsch
Aces 3 4
Avg per match 3 4
1st in 35/62 39/57
%1st in 56% 68%
1st pts 27/35 28/39
%1st pts 77% 72%
2nd pts 16/27 9/18
%2nd pts 59% 50%

Vesely blasted 3 aces . Gentzsch managed to score 4 aces . Vesely won 77% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Gentzsch won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Vesely Gentzsch
Won 3 4
Converted 3/5 4/13
% Converted 60% 31%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1 0
% Saved 50% 0%
Times Broken 1 2

Jiri broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Jiri surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Vesely
Q1
Barrere
Total
Score 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 66-55 66-55
Total points 121 121
Winners 27 27
%Winners 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 35/62 35/62
% 1st in 56% 56%
1st pts 27/35 27/35
% 1st pts 77% 77%
2nd pts 16/27 16/27
% 2nd pts 59% 59%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/5 3/5
Converted % 60% 60%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1
Gentzsch
Q1
Palosi
Total
Score 6-2 7-64
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 78-65 78-65
Total points 143 143
Winners 28 28
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 39/57 39/57
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 28/39 28/39
% 1st pts 72% 72%
2nd pts 9/18 9/18
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/13 4/13
Converted % 31% 31%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 0/2 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 2 2

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