Max Houkes vs Vilius Gaubas — Alicante CH Round of 16

Alicante CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
NED
Max Houkes
#239ATP
1460ELO
1444Clay ELO
26 yrs · 188 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLWWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 23 March 2026
clay
LTU3
Vilius Gaubas
#129ATP
1581ELO
1535Clay ELO
$275kYTD
$759kCAREER
21 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLLLL
Houkes M.
6-7 6-4 7-6
Gaubas V.
Houkes M.
676772
Gaubas V.
794641

Max Houkes defeated Vilius Gaubas 6-7 6-4 7-6 in the Alicante CH round of 16 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Vilius Gaubas came in ranked #129.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Houkes M.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Gaubas V.

Gaubas V.serving68% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Houkes M.

Serve advantage — Houkes M.

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
Houkes M.Gaubas V.
1st serve in·Slight edge
60%
66%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
50%
Service points won·Even
61%
61%
Return points won·Even
40%
37%
Break points saved·Slight edge
61%
67%
Aces / match·Even
3.7
3.3
Double faults / match·Even
2.2
2.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (21 vs 30). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Houkes M.Gaubas V.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
23
57
Break points saved·Clear edge
66
87
Break points won·Clear edge
29
52
Deciding sets·Dominant
34
86
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
16
8

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Houkes M.
5.8
Slight disadvantageUmpiry Score
Gaubas V.
6.5
Marginal edgeUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
3.5Clay Elo 1444
Surface ELO
6.5+91 Clay Elo edge
3.2Overall Elo 1460
ELO gap
6.8Overall Elo 1581
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
5.7
Surface form
4.6
Win streak
0.0Lost last 5
Fatigue & Travel
4.1
Minutes 14d
8.8
0.0
3-set count
Prev. match
7.0
Context
5.0
Defending pts
5.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Houkes M.Gaubas V.
Freshness·Clear edge
100
78

Houkes M.: 20 days rest · Gaubas V.: 3 days rest · 2 matches, 48 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Final
Llamas Ruiz P.
Carreno Busta P.[5]
6-46-2
Semi-finals
Carreno Busta P.[5]
Ofner S.[1]
3-66-36-4
Llamas Ruiz P.
Safiullin R.
6-47-5
Quarter-finals
Ofner S.[1]
Cecchinato M.
7-667-5
Carreno Busta P.[5]
Martinez P.[4]
6-44-66-4
Safiullin R.
Houkes M.
6-46-1
Llamas Ruiz P.
Butvilas E.
6-16-2
R16
Llamas Ruiz P.
Blanch D.
6-16-2
Butvilas E.
De Jong J.[2]
7-52-66-4
Cecchinato M.
Harris L.
6-26-1
Ofner S.[1]
Moro Canas A.
7-656-4
Martinez P.[4]
Bertola R.
4-66-06-1
Carreno Busta P.[5]
Sanchez Quilez A.
3-67-56-3
Houkes M.
Gaubas V.[3]
6-776-47-64
Safiullin R.
Choinski J.[7]
6-26-3
R32
Moro Canas A.
Kolar Z.
6-42-66-0
Cecchinato M.
Lajovic D.[8]
7-56-3
Safiullin R.
Bailly G.
6-16-4
Gaubas V.[3]
Shelbayh A.
6-767-646-1
Sanchez Quilez A.
Montes De La Torre I.
6-36-0
Carreno Busta P.[5]
Gulin S.
7-56-1
Butvilas E.
Martin Tiffon P.
6-36-3
De Jong J.[2]
Pieri S.
5-76-17-62
Harris L.
Gakhov I.
6-30-0
Martinez P.[4]
Sanchez Jover C.
6-36-2
Bertola R.
Hassan B.
6-36-2
Ofner S.[1]
Skatov T.
6-36-4
Choinski J.[7]
Pereira T.
6-16-2
Houkes M.
Merida Aguilar D.
3-66-36-4
Llamas Ruiz P.
Ivashka I.
6-36-4
Blanch D.
Engel J.
6-26-1