Ernests Gulbis vs Robin Vik — St. Petersburg Round of 32

St. Petersburg · ATP · Round of 32
LAT
Ernests Gulbis
37 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLWLWWWLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 23 October 2006
carpet
CZE
Robin Vik
46 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLWLL
Gulbis E.
6-4 3-6 7-6
Vik R.
Gulbis E.
63772
Vik R.
46641

Ernests Gulbis defeated Robin Vik 6-4 3-6 7-6 in the St. Petersburg round of 32 on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Robin Vik came in defending last year's semi-final.

Key context

  • Match story: Ernests Gulbis closed it out in three sets, 6–4 3–6 7–6.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Gulbis E.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Vik R.

Vik R.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Gulbis E.

Even serve battle

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Gulbis E.Vik R.
1st serve in·Slight edge
55%
63%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
74%
65%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
47%
42%
Service points won·Slight edge
62%
57%
Return points won·Even
36%
39%
Break points saved·Slight edge
59%
52%
Aces / match·Dominant
6.7
3.7
Double faults / match·Clear edge
5.1
3.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 39). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Ancic M.
Johansson T.
7-57-62
Semi-finals
Johansson T.
Kunitsyn I.
6-37-63
Ancic M.
Gulbis E.
6-26-3
Quarter-finals
Johansson T.
Moodie W.
6-33-66-3
Gulbis E.
Hernych J.
7-666-746-2
Ancic M.
Mirnyi M.
6-47-5
Kunitsyn I.
Starace P.
6-36-2
R16
Moodie W.
Davydenko N.
2-63-3
Johansson T.
Youzhny M.
W/O
Starace P.
Nieminen J.
7-53-2
Kunitsyn I.
Haas T.
7-644-66-2
Mirnyi M.
Pavel A.
6-37-5
Ancic M.
Sluiter R.
6-36-4
Gulbis E.
Dlouhy L.
5-76-36-3
Hernych J.
Arthurs W.
6-46-4
R32
Davydenko N.
Santoro F.
6-36-1
Moodie W.
Gabashvili T.
2-67-56-3
Kunitsyn I.
Phau B.
7-666-3
Starace P.
Bracciali D.
6-36-3
Nieminen J.
Tipsarevic J.
7-56-2
Mirnyi M.
Tursunov D.
4-66-36-4
Pavel A.
Cilic M.
6-47-5
Sluiter R.
Kubot L.
6-43-66-3
Ancic M.
Goldstein P.
7-56-1
Dlouhy L.
Melzer J.
3-66-46-3
Gulbis E.
Vik R.
6-43-67-64
Hernych J.
Korolev E.
6-756-47-67
Haas T.
Zimonjic N.
6-26-766-2
Arthurs W.
Robredo T.
6-32-66-4
Youzhny M.
Schuettler R.
7-666-4
Johansson T.
Dancevic F.
6-06-736-3