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.
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
39 - 25win/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, 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.
Ivan Gakhov
48 - 30win/loss
263
142
| 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.
Tennis Scores in Valencia Challenger
- Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud – Elmer MollerMoller (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (7-5 1-6 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Ignacio BuseBuse (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Nerman FaticFatic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Miguel DamasDamas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sumit NagalNagal – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Luka PavlovicPavlovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Henri SquireSquire – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Cezar Cretu (ROU)Cretu (ROU) (1-0) – H2H and prediction