Vilius Gaubas and Ignacio Buse will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Menorca Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on MENORCA CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ignacio Buse who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ignacio Buse is the pick to win this match.
Ignacio Buse -> 1.55
Vilius Gaubas -> 2.33
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Prediction and head to head Vilius Gaubas vs. Ignacio Buse
There is no head to head record between Vilius Gaubas and Ignacio Buse since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Vilius Gaubas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-10 | 1-3 | 7-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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. 198, Gaubas reached the semifinal after defeating Henri Squire 6-0 7-6(5), Arthur Gea 7-5 6-3 and Sebastian Ofner 7-6(2) 6-2.
In the quarter, The Lithuanian had a good straight sets win against Ofner (7-62 6-2). During the match, Gaubas scored 78 points vs Ofner’s 67. The Lithuanian was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gaubas blasted 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Vilius Gaubas lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Gaubas put 54% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (18/36) on the 2nd serve. Vilius broke Ofner 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Vilius hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Gaubas has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 59% of his matches (135-93). 3-2 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Gaubas has a compiled115-67 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
Gaubas has an overall 6-9 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Menorca Challenger
Gaubas has never competed in this tournament before.
Ignacio Buse
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-11 | 0-3 | 8-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-28 | 3-3 | 44-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-19 | 7-3 | 28-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-8 | 4-2 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 215, Ignacio got to the semifinal after beating Marin Cilic 6-2 6-1, Daniel Rincon 6-0 6-1 and Zsombor Piros 7-6(4) 6-3.
In the quarter, Ignacio had a good straight sets win against Piros (7-64 6-3). During the match Buse scored 77 points vs Piros’s 61. Buse was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Buse scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Ignacio Buse was pretty effective on serve to win 73% (36/49) of his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Buse broke Piros twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ignacio hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
The Peruvian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Santiago Challenger.
The Peruvian has a composed 9-9 win-loss record in 2025, 8-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gaubas | Buse |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 61 | 50 |
| Pts | 230-188 | 191-130 |
| Total Points | 418 | 321 |
| Winners | 85 | 85 |
| %Winners | 37% | 45% |
Both Gaubas and Buse played 3 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gaubas and Buse have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Gaubas played 11 games more than Buse. The Lithuanian scored 85 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Peruvian struck 85 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gaubas | Buse |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 119/200 | 123/171 |
| %1st in | 60% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 85/119 | 85/123 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 42/81 | 35/48 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 73% |
Gaubas made 5 aces (1.7 per match). Buse struck 4 aces (1.3 per match). Gaubas won 71% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Buse won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 73% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gaubas | Buse |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 11 |
| Converted | 13/29 | 11/22 |
| % Converted | 45% | 50% |
| Conceded | 15 | 8 |
| Saved | 10 | 7 |
| % Saved | 67% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 |
Vilius broke his opponents 13 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Lithuanian surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Buse broke his opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ignacio conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gaubas | |||||
| R1 Squire |
R2 Gea |
1/4 Ofner |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 7-65 | 7-5 6-3 | 7-62 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 21 | 21 | 61 | |
| pts | 74-59 | 78-62 | 78-67 | 230-188 | |
| Total points | 133 | 140 | 145 | 418 | |
| Winners | 27 | 28 | 30 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | 38% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 39/60 | 37/61 | 43/79 | 119/200 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 61% | 54% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 27/39 | 28/37 | 30/43 | 85/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 76% | 70% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 11/24 | 18/36 | 42/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 46% | 50% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/12 | 4/6 | 13/29 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 42% | 67% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 2/4 | 8/10 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 80% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Buse | |||||
| R1 Cilic |
R2 Rincon |
1/4 Piros |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-0 6-1 | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 13 | 22 | 50 | |
| pts | 53-32 | 61-37 | 77-61 | 191-130 | |
| Total points | 85 | 98 | 138 | 321 | |
| Winners | 26 | 23 | 36 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 38% | 47% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 36/46 | 38/60 | 49/65 | 123/171 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 63% | 75% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 26/36 | 23/38 | 36/49 | 85/123 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 61% | 73% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/10 | 15/22 | 12/16 | 35/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 68% | 75% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 5/7 | 2/9 | 11/22 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 71% | 22% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 6/6 | 0/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 0% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWLWLWW Tennis Scores in Menorca Challenger
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Elmer MollerMoller (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Carlos TabernerTaberner (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Vilius GaubasGaubas – Sebastian OfnerOfner (7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- Ignacio BuseBuse – Zsombor PirosPiros (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Benjamin Hassan/Sebastian OfnerHassan/Sebastian Ofner – Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha/Sergio Martos GornesKaliyanda Poonacha/Sergio Martos Gornes (6-4 5-7 10-5) – See score progression
- Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Carlos TabernerTaberner (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Elmer MollerMoller (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Vilius GaubasGaubas – Sebastian OfnerOfner (7-6(2) 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
