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Ernests Gulbis v John Isner: stats compared | Lineball
Isner wins on first serve in %. Gulbis’s case rests on break points converted %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Gulbis 455 matches, Isner 765 matches.
Isner averages 18.7 aces a match to Gulbis’ 9.4 — 2 times as many.
Isner averages 2.3 double faults a match to Gulbis’ 4.2.
Isner has the better first serve in %: 69 to Gulbis’s 60.1.
Winners’ edge: Isner’s team won 62%, Gulbis’s team won 49% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Isner has 765 matches across 17 seasons, Gulbis 455 in 17 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, finals): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.06 total · best 1Titlesper game0.016 total · best 1
60.1First serve in %69.0
75.2First-serve points won %78.9
63.8Break points saved %70.5
35.4Return points won %29.6
9.44,247 total · best 39Acesper game18.714,285 total · best 113
Head to head
47 matches since 20083
Hard · 5 matchesGulbis 2Isner 3
Clay · 1 matchGulbis 1Isner 0
Grass · 1 matchGulbis 1Isner 0
Grand Slams · 1 matchGulbis 1Isner 0
Last meetings
15 Oct 2018 · Stockholm · Semifinal · HardGulbis won 1-6 6-3 6-3
26 Oct 2015 · Basel · Round of 32 · HardIsner won 6-3 6-4
19 Oct 2015 · Vienna · Round of 16 · HardGulbis won 6-4 4-6 6-4
6 Mar 2014 · ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells · Quarterfinal · HardIsner won 7-6(4) 7-6(3)
21 Oct 2013 · Valencia · Round of 32 · HardIsner won 7-6(4) 7-6(2)
14 Apr 2013 · ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo · Round of 64 · ClayGulbis won 4-6 6-2 6-3
23 June 2008 · Wimbledon · Round of 128 · GrassGulbis won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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12.7
5,774 total · best 32
Games wonper game
15.211,626 total · best 92
37.4Break points converted %30.1
49.2Sets won %58.5
50.0Games won %51.5
0.07 total · best 1Finalsper game0.131 total · best 1
1.3571 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.61,201 total · best 3
1.3590 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1.1851 total · best 3
12.75,769 total · best 34Games lostper game · lower is better14.310,957 total · best 91
0.5209 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game1.0793 total · best 4
4.21,916 total · best 18Double faultsper game · lower is better2.31,773 total · best 11