Vilius Gaubas and Lukas Neumayer will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Rome Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lukas Neumayer who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Lukas Neumayer is the pick to win this match.
Lukas Neumayer -> 1.86
Vilius Gaubas -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Vilius Gaubas vs. Lukas Neumayer

This will be the 2^nd time that Vilius Gaubas and Lukas Neumayer clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gaubas (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Gaubas won 0-6 7-5 7-5 in the 2^nd round in M25 Palmanova back in 2023.

Vilius Gaubas

Ranked no. 149, the Lithuanian got to the semifinal after defeating Khumoun Sultanov 3-6 6-4 6-2, Oleg Prihodko 6-2 6-2 and Andrea Pellegrino 6-3 4-6 6-4.

In the quarter, The Lithuanian defeated Pellegrino (6-3 4-6 6-4). During the match, Gaubas scored 100 points vs Pellegrino’s 88. Gaubas was extremely aggressive to blast 53 winners.

Talking about the service games, Gaubas struck 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Vilius Gaubas lost the serve twice and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Gaubas put 75% of his first serves in, winning 70% (53/76) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the 2nd serve. Vilius broke Pellegrino 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gaubas has surrendered 2 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.

Gaubas has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 60% of his matches (142-94). 10-3 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gaubas has an aggregate122-68 record in the last 5 years on clay.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Menorca Challenger where he beat Pol Martin Tiffon in the final 6-0 6-4.

Vilius has a composed 13-10 win-loss record in 2025, 10-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Rome Challenger

Lukas Neumayer

Ranked no. 191 (career-high), the Austrian got to the semifinal after defeating Mili Poljicak 6-4 6-4

, Lukas Pokorny 6-2 6-1 and Timofey Skatov 6-3 7-6(3).

In the quarter, Lukas had a good straight sets win against Skatov (6-3 7-6³). During the match Neumayer scored 78 points vs Skatov’s 63. The Austrian was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Neumayer blasted 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Lukas Neumayer lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Neumayer put 73% of his first serves in, winning 69% (37/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. The Austrian broke Skatov 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Neumayer hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

The Austrian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Menorca Challenger.

Neumayer has an aggregate 18-10 win-loss record in 2025, 15-5 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Rome Challenger

Lukas has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gaubas	Neumayer
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	8	6
Tot Games	72	57
Pts	252-202	208-160
Total Points	454	368
Winners	119	97
%Winners	47%	47%

Both Gaubas and Neumayer played 3 matches. At the moment, Vilius Gaubas surrendered 2 sets while Lukas Neumayer hasn’t lost a set so far. Gaubas has played 2 sets more than Neumayer (8 vs 6). Therefore, Gaubas played 15 games more than Neumayer. Vilius scored 119 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Lukas managed to score 97 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gaubas	Neumayer
Aces	16	5
Avg per match	5.3	1.7
1st in	164/224	135/185
%1st in	73%	73%
1st pts	119/164	97/135
%1st pts	73%	72%
2nd pts	34/60	21/50
%2nd pts	57%	42%

Gaubas managed to score 16 aces (5.3 per match). Neumayer made 5 aces (1.7 per match). Gaubas won 73% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Neumayer won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Gaubas	Neumayer
Won	11	13
Converted	11/21	13/22
% Converted	52%	59%
Conceded	18	19
Saved	13	14
% Saved	72%	74%
Times Broken	5	5

The Lithuanian broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Gaubas dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded. Neumayer broke his opponents 13 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.

Gaubas
	R1 Sultanov	R2 Prihodko	1/4 Pellegrino	Total
Score	3-6 6-4 6-2	6-2 6-2	6-3 4-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	27	16	29	72
pts	95-82	57-32	100-88	252-202
Total points	177	89	188	454
Winners	37	29	53	119
%Winners	39%	51%	53%	47%
SERVE
Aces	5	5	6	16
Double Faults	1	0	1	2
1st in	52/82	36/40	76/102	164/224
% 1st in	63%	90%	75%	73%
1st pts	37/52	29/36	53/76	119/164
% 1st pts	71%	81%	70%	73%
2nd pts	17/30	3/4	14/26	34/60
% 2nd pts	57%	75%	54%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	4	3	11
Converted	4/8	4/8	3/5	11/21
Converted %	50%	50%	60%	52%
Conceded	4	0	14	18
Saved	1/4	0/0	12/14	13
Saved %	25%	–	86%	37%
Times Broken	3	0	2	5

Neumayer
	R1 Poljicak	R2 Pokorny	1/4 Skatov	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-2 6-1	6-3 7-63
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	20	15	22	57
pts	72-69	58-28	78-63	208-160
Total points	141	86	141	368
Winners	37	23	37	97
%Winners	51%	40%	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	0	1	4	5
Double Faults	4	3	3	10
1st in	55/75	26/36	54/74	135/185
% 1st in	73%	72%	73%	73%
1st pts	37/55	23/26	37/54	97/135
% 1st pts	67%	88%	69%	72%
2nd pts	6/20	6/10	9/20	21/50
% 2nd pts	30%	60%	45%	42%
Breaks
Won	4	5	4	13
Converted	4/7	5/9	4/6	13/22
Converted %	57%	56%	67%	59%
Conceded	8	3	8	19
Saved	6/8	3/3	5/8	14
Saved %	75%	100%	63%	79%
Times Broken	2	0	3	5

Tennis Scores in Rome Challenger

• Vilius GaubasGaubas – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Sandro KoppKopp – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Vilius GaubasGaubas – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Sandro KoppKopp – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-2 6-4) – See score progression

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