Svyatoslav Gulin and Alejo Sanchez Quilez will face off in the qualifications of the Montemar Challenger for the 6^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Svyatoslav Gulin who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Svyatoslav Gulin is the pick to win this match.
Svyatoslav Gulin -> 1.69
Alejo Sanchez Quilez -> 2.02

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Prediction and head to head Svyatoslav Gulin vs. Alejo Sanchez Quilez

This will be the 6^th time that Svyatoslav Gulin and Alejo Sanchez Quilez clash against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Gulin (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Sanchez won 7-5 6-2 in the quarter in M15 La Nucia back in May 2025.

Svyatoslav Gulin

Ranked no. 373, the Russian got to the qualifications after defeating Oliwier Sterniczuk 6-1 6-1.

In the qualifications, Gulin had a good straight sets win against Sterniczuk (6-1 6-1). During the match, Gulin scored 57 points vs Sterniczuk’s 29. Svyatoslav was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gulin managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Svyatoslav Gulin was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (20/24) of his 1st serve and 80% (8/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Svyatoslav broke Sterniczuk 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Gulin has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 69% of his matches (198-89). 44-17 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Gulin has a composed181-73 record in the last 5 years on clay.

Svyatoslav’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Kursumlijska Banja and M15 Bol.

The Russian has an overall 44-17 win-loss record in 2025, 44-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Montemar Challenger

Alejo Sanchez Quilez

Ranked no. 671, the Spaniard reached the qualifications after beating Gabriele Pennaforti 1-6 6-4 6-3.

In the qualifications against Pennaforti, Sanchez recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Sanchez scored 73 points vs Pennaforti’s 66. Sanchez was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Sanchez fired 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alejo Sanchez Quilez lost the serve 5 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez put 53% of his first serves in, winning 61% (23/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Pennaforti 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Sanchez’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 La Nucia.

The Spaniard has a composed 25-17 win-loss record in 2025, 17-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Montemar Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gulin	Sanchez
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	14	26
Pts	57-29	73-66
Total Points	86	139
Winners	20	23
%Winners	35%	32%

Both Gulin and Sanchez played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Alejo Sanchez Quilez dropped 1 set while Svyatoslav Gulin hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gulin has played 1 set(s) less than Sanchez (2 vs 3). Therefore, Gulin played 12 games less than Sanchez. Svyatoslav scored 20 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Sanchez blasted 23 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gulin	Sanchez
Aces	5	2
Avg per match	5	2
1st in	24/34	38/72
%1st in	71%	53%
1st pts	20/24	23/38
%1st pts	83%	61%
2nd pts	8/10	21/34
%2nd pts	80%	62%

Gulin managed to score 5 aces . Sanchez struck 2 aces . Gulin won 83% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 80% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez won 61% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Gulin	Sanchez
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/7
% Converted	56%	71%
Conceded	0	6
Saved	0	1
% Saved	0%	17%
Times Broken	0	5

Svyatoslav broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Russian quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Sanchez broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Alejo conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 17% of the break points that he conceded.

Gulin
	Q1 Sterniczuk	Total
Score	6-1 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	14
pts	57-29	57-29
Total points	86	86
Winners	20	20
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	24/34	24/34
% 1st in	71%	71%
1st pts	20/24	20/24
% 1st pts	83%	83%
2nd pts	8/10	8/10
% 2nd pts	80%	80%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Sanchez
	Q1 Pennaforti	Total
Score	1-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	26
pts	73-66	73-66
Total points	139	139
Winners	23	23
%Winners	32%	32%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	38/72	38/72
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	23/38	23/38
% 1st pts	61%	61%
2nd pts	21/34	21/34
% 2nd pts	62%	62%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	1/6	1
Saved %	17%	17%
Times Broken	5	5

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