Vilius Gaubas and Marco Cecchinato will face off in the 2nd round of the Braga Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Vilius Gaubas who should win in 3 sets.
Vilius Gaubas -> 1.53
Marco Cecchinato -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Vilius Gaubas vs. Marco Cecchinato
This will be the 2nd time that Vilius Gaubas and Marco Cecchinato fight 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 played each other, Gaubas won 7-6(8) 7-6(3) in the 1st round in the Trieste Challenger back in 2024.
Vilius Gaubas
36 - 24win/loss
130
128
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40-28 | 1-4 | 36-19 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 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. 143, Gaubas got to the 2nd round after defeating Buvaysar Gadamauri 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Gadamauri, The Lithuanian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-4 6-4). During the match, Gaubas scored 134 points vs Gadamauri’s 125. The Lithuanian was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gaubas struck 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Vilius Gaubas lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Gaubas put 61% of his first serves in, winning 66% (45/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (22/44) on the 2nd serve. Vilius broke Gadamauri 5 times after converting 23% of his break points (5/22).
Gaubas has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 60% of his matches (165-108). 32-15 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gaubas has an overall144-80 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Menorca Challenger where he beat Pol Martin Tiffon in the final 6-0 6-4 and the Lisbon Challenger where he beat Henrique Rocha in the final 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4.
Vilius has an aggregate 36-24 win-loss record in 2025, 32-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braga Challenger
Marco Cecchinato
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-34 | 0-0 | 39-34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-25 | 0-2 | 26-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-23 | 1-4 | 12-17 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-33 | 0-3 | 43-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-27 | 1-5 | 31-19 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 271, the Italian reached the 2nd round after beating Lilian Marmousez 7-6(6) 4-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, Marco defeated Marmousez (7-66 4-6 7-5). During the match Cecchinato scored 111 points vs Marmousez’s 105. Marco was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.
About the serving games, Cecchinato fired 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Marco Cecchinato lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cecchinato put 64% of his first serves in, winning 69% (46/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (16/37) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Marmousez 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Milan Challenger where he defeated Dino Prizmic in the final 6-2 6-3.
Cecchinato has a composed 34-29 win-loss record in 2025, 34-29 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braga Challenger
Cecchinato has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gaubas | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 35 |
| Pts | 134-125 | 111-105 |
| Total Points | 259 | 216 |
| Winners | 45 | 46 |
| %Winners | 34% | 41% |
Both Gaubas and Cecchinato played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Vilius Gaubas surrendered 1 set, while Marco Cecchinato surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Gaubas and Cecchinato have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Gaubas played 2 games less than Cecchinato. Vilius scored 45 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian recorded 46 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gaubas | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 68/112 | 67/104 |
| %1st in | 61% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 45/68 | 46/67 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 22/44 | 16/37 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 43% |
Gaubas bagged 2 aces . Cecchinato scored 3 aces . Gaubas won 66% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Cecchinato won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gaubas | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/22 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 23% | 56% |
| Conceded | 10 | 7 |
| Saved | 7 | 2 |
| % Saved | 70% | 29% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Gaubas broke his opponent 5 times with a 23% conversion rate. Gaubas conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Cecchinato conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 29% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gaubas | |||
| R1 Gadamauri | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 134-125 | 134-125 | |
| Total points | 259 | 259 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 68/112 | 68/112 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 45/68 | 45/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/44 | 22/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/22 | 5/22 | |
| Converted % | 23% | 23% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Cecchinato | |||
| R1 Marmousez | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 111-105 | 111-105 | |
| Total points | 216 | 216 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 67/104 | 67/104 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 46/67 | 46/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/37 | 16/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/7 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 29% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Tennis Scores in Braga Challenger
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- Elmer MollerMoller – Henrique RochaRocha (6-72 6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Luka MikrutMikrut – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Zdenek KolarKolar – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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