Arthur Gea and Edas Butvilas will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Olbia Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Gea who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Arthur Gea is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Gea -> 1.72
Edas Butvilas -> 2.04

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Prediction and head to head Arthur Gea vs. Edas Butvilas

There is no head to head record between Arthur Gea and Edas Butvilas since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Arthur Gea

Ranked no. 254, Gea got to the 2^nd round after beating Tom Paris 6-2 6-0.

In the 1^st round, Arthur had a good straight sets win against Paris (6-2 6-0). During the match, Gea scored 57 points vs Paris’s 30. Gea was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gea scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Arthur Gea lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Gea put 51% of his first serves in, winning 86% (19/22) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. Arthur broke Paris 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Gea has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 60% of his matches (123-81). 17-6 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gea has a compiled48-14 record in the last 5 years on hard.

The French player best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Hazebrouck,M15 Bressuire,M25 Santa Margherita di Pula,M25 Bali and M25 Monastir.

Gea has an aggregate 45-25 win-loss record in 2025, 17-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Olbia Challenger

The French player has never competed in this tournament before.

Edas Butvilas

Ranked no. 300, Edas reached the 2^nd round after beating Moez Echargui 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Edas had a good straight sets win against Echargui (6-4 6-2). During the match Butvilas scored 59 points vs Echargui’s 46. Edas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.

About the serving games, Butvilas scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Edas Butvilas lost the serve once. Furthermore, Butvilas put 67% of his first serves in, winning 68% (23/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the 2nd serve. The Lithuanian broke Echargui 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Hersonissos 1 Challenger where he beat Stuart Parker in the final 6-3 6-3.

The Lithuanian has a compiled 28-27 win-loss record in 2025, 19-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gea	Butvilas
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	18
Pts	57-30	59-46
Total Points	87	105
Winners	19	23
%Winners	33%	39%

Both Gea and Butvilas played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gea and Butvilas have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gea played 4 games less than Butvilas. Gea scored 19 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Lithuanian struck 23 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gea	Butvilas
Aces	1	1
Avg per match	1	1
1st in	22/43	34/51
%1st in	51%	67%
1st pts	19/22	23/34
%1st pts	86%	68%
2nd pts	9/21	11/17
%2nd pts	43%	65%

Gea fired 1 ace . Butvilas also fired 1 ace . Gea won 86% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Butvilas won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Gea	Butvilas
Won	6	4
Converted	6/10	4/10
% Converted	60%	40%
Conceded	3	1
Saved	2	0
% Saved	67%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Arthur broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Arthur surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Lithuanian broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Butvilas conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Gea
	R1 Paris	Total
Score	6-2 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	14
pts	57-30	57-30
Total points	87	87
Winners	19	19
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	22/43	22/43
% 1st in	51%	51%
1st pts	19/22	19/22
% 1st pts	86%	86%
2nd pts	9/21	9/21
% 2nd pts	43%	43%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/10	6/10
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Butvilas
	R1 Echargui	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	59-46	59-46
Total points	105	105
Winners	23	23
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	34/51	34/51
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	23/34	23/34
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	11/17	11/17
% 2nd pts	65%	65%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/10	4/10
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Olbia Challenger

• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Michele RibecaiRibecai (6-2 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Norbert GombosGombos – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-1 6-7⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Borna GojoGojo – Francesco FortiForti (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniil GlinkaGlinka – Clement TaburTabur (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Arthur GeaGea – Tom ParisParis (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Carlo Alberto CaniatoAlberto Caniato – Dan AddedAdded (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Alex MolcanMolcan – Marek GengelGengel (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Nerman FaticFatic – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Lorenzo CarboniCarboni (4-6 6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (7-5 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Edas ButvilasButvilas – Moez EcharguiEchargui (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy (3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Norbert GombosGombos – Hugo GrenierGrenier (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nerman FaticFatic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Daniil GlinkaGlinka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alex MolcanMolcan – Dusan LajovicLajovic (1-1) – H2H and prediction