Denis Shapovalov and Vilius Gaubas will square off in the 2^nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:30 pm on PIETRANGELI. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Shapovalov who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Denis Shapovalov is the pick to win this match.
Denis Shapovalov -> 1.43
Vilius Gaubas -> 2.82

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Prediction and head to head Denis Shapovalov vs. Vilius Gaubas

There is no head to head record between Denis Shapovalov and Vilius Gaubas since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Denis Shapovalov

Ranked no. 28, the Canadian will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in Madrid where he lost 6-3 7-6(3) to De Minaur in the 3^rd round on the 29^th of April.

Shapovalov has an overall 13-9 win-loss record in 2025, 1-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Dallas where he overcame Casper Ruud in the final 7-6(5) 6-3.

Talking about his overall career, Denis has an overall 322-216 record. He has a positive 76-48 record on clay.

Previously in Rome

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2020. See his history.

Vilius Gaubas

Ranked no. 154, the Lithuanian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Eliot Spizzirri 6-1 6-2, Hugo Dellien 7-5 6-3 and Damir Dzumhur 7-6(3) 2-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Vilius defeated Dzumhur (7-6³ 2-6 6-4). During the match Gaubas scored 95 points vs Dzumhur’s 93. Vilius was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about serving, Gaubas couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Vilius Gaubas lost the serve 6 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gaubas put 75% of his first serves in, winning 56% (43/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the 2nd serve. Vilius broke Dzumhur 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

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

Vilius has an overall 18-12 win-loss record in 2025, 15-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Gaubas has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Rome

• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (7-6² 6-2) – See score progression
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Joao FonsecaFonseca (6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-1 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (4-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Mariano NavoneNavone – Federico CinaCina (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Matteo GiganteGigante – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-6⁴ 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Nicolas JarryJarry – Hugo GastonGaston (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (2-6 6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-3 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (4-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-0 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (3-6 6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Rinky HijikataHijikata (3-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Laslo DjereDjere – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Vilius GaubasGaubas – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (7-6³ 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Luciano DarderiDarderi – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-2 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Mariano NavoneNavone – Federico CinaCina (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Nicolas JarryJarry – Hugo GastonGaston (7-6(4) 6-4) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (4-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (7-6(2) 6-2) – See score progression
• Alexander BublikBublik – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Matteo GiganteGigante – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-6(4) 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Joao FonsecaFonseca (6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-1 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-4) – H2H and prediction
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Sebastian OfnerOfner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (2-4) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander BublikBublik – Casper RuudRuud (1-6) – H2H and prediction
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Sebastian KordaKorda (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Tommy PaulPaul – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (3-3) – H2H and prediction
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Carlos TabernerTaberner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Sebastian BaezBaez (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Andrey RublevRublev (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Nicolas JarryJarry (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jack DraperDraper – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Fabio FogniniFognini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – Marcos GironGiron (0-0) – H2H and prediction