Vilius Gaubas and Ivan Gakhov will play each other in the 1st round of the Valencia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on PISTA 2. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Vilius Gaubas is the pick to win this match.
Vilius Gaubas -> 1.3
Ivan Gakhov -> 3.3

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Prediction and head to head Vilius Gaubas vs. Ivan Gakhov

There is no head to head record between Vilius Gaubas and Ivan Gakhov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Vilius Gaubas

Vilius Gaubas

39 - 25win/loss

Hard
1-4
I Hard
2-4
Clay
35-16
Grass
1-1
Rank
130
High
128
LWLLLWWWWW
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, the Lithuanian will start his run in the Valencia Challenger after he played his last match in the Braga Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Mikrut in the final on the 5th of October.

The Lithuanian has a composed 39-25 win-loss record in 2025, 35-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the year 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 defeated Henrique Rocha in the final 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, The Lithuanian has an overall 168-109 record. He has a positive 147-81 record on clay.

Previously in the Valencia Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.

Valencia Challenger
Gaubas's Record

Ivan Gakhov

Ivan Gakhov

48 - 30win/loss

Hard
3-3
I Hard
5-4
Clay
40-23
Rank
263
High
142
LLWLWWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 52-35 3-3 44-28 5-4 0-0 0-0
2024 36-35 1-2 35-32 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 30-30 2-4 26-21 2-4 0-1 0-0
2022 56-32 1-3 53-26 2-3 0-0 0-0
2021 43-28 0-1 38-23 5-4 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 288, the Russian got to the 1st round after defeating Rudolf Molleker 7-5 7-5 and Martin Krumich 6-4 2-6 6-3.

In the qualifications, Ivan defeated Krumich (6-4 2-6 6-3). During the match Gakhov scored 81 points vs Krumich’s 80. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Gakhov scored 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ivan Gakhov lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Gakhov put 68% of his first serves in, winning 66% (37/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. Ivan broke Krumich 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

The Russian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Santa margherita di Pula and M25 The Hague.

Ivan has a compiled 48-30 win-loss record in 2025, 40-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Valencia Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.

Valencia Challenger
Gakhov's Record

Tennis Scores in Valencia Challenger

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