Vilius Gaubas

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Vilius Gaubas
Country (sports)Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Born (2004-12-29) 29 December 2004 (age 20)
Šiauliai, Lithuania
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach Guillermo García López [1]
Prize moneyUS $ 342,875
Singles
Career record4–8 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 132 (16 June 2025)
Current rankingNo. 140 (30 June 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q1 (2025)
French Open Q3 (2025)
Wimbledon Q2 (2025)
US Open Q3 (2024)
Doubles
Career record1–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 1036 (26 February 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open  Junior2R (2021)
Team competitions
Davis Cup 2–5
Last updated on: 30 June 2025.

Vilius Gaubas (born 29 December 2004) is a Lithuanian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 132 achieved on 16 June 2025. He is currently the No. 1 Lithuanian player. [2]

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Gaubas represents Lithuania at the Davis Cup, where he has a W–L record of 2–5. [3]

Career

2024: Maiden Challenger title, top 200 debut

In 2024, following two ATP Challenger finals and his maiden Challenger title in Cordenons, Italy, where he was the youngest of three Lithuanian champions in Challenger history (since 1978), he reached a new career-high ranking of No. 186 on 12 August 2024. [4] [5]

2025: Top 150, ATP and Masters debut & historic third round

Following his second Challenger title at the newly established 2025 Open Menorca, he reached the top 150 at world No. 149 on 7 April 2025. [6] [7] [8]

Ranked No. 154, Gaubas made his ATP and Masters 1000 main draw debut in Rome at the 2025 Italian Open after qualifying for the main draw [9] [10] and defeated Damir Dzumhur, recording his first Masters and also top 100 win. [11] [12] Next he upset 27th seed Denis Shapovalov in straight sets, his first top 50 and top 30 win, to reach the third round of an ATP tournament for the first time in his career. [13] He became the first Lithuanian male player to reach that stage at a Masters 1000. [14] [15]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–3)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Apr 2024 Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Spain.svg Alejandro Moro Cañas 5–7, 3–6
Loss0–2 Jul 2024 Verona, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Italy.svg Federico Arnaboldi 2–6, 2–6
Win1–2 Aug 2024 Cordenons, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Taberner 2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win2–2 Mar 2025 Menorca, SpainChallengerClay Flag of Spain.svg Pol Martín Tiffon6–0, 6–4
Loss2–3 Apr 2025 Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Gigante 2–6, 6–3, 4–6

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (4–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (4–3)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jul 2022M15 Velenje, SloveniaWTTClay Flag of Croatia.svg Duje Kekez6–3, 6–4
Win2–0Apr 2023M25 Reus, SpainWTTClay Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Damas6–4, 6–4
Win3–0Apr 2023M15 Telde, SpainWTTClay Flag of Spain.svg Diego Augusto Barreto Sánchez7–6(7–4), 6–2
Loss3–1Aug 2023M15 Xàtiva, SpainWTTClay Flag of Spain.svg Carlos López Montagud4–6, 6–7(7–9)
Loss3–2Aug 2023M25 Santander, SpainWTTClayFlag placeholder.svg Svyatoslav Gulin7–6(7–5), 4–6, 4–6
Win4–2Sep 2023M25 Sabadell, SpainWTTClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Felix Gill 6–4, 6–4
Loss4–3Feb 2024M25 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Gimeno Valero 6–1, 6–7(1–7), 5–7
Loss4–4Mar 2024M25 Faro, PortugalWTTHard Flag of Portugal (official).svg Jaime Faria 1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
ITF WTT (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Nov 2023M25 Benicarló, SpainWTTClay Flag of France.svg Kenny de Schepper Flag of Bulgaria.svg Anthony Genov
Flag of Spain.svg Iker Urribarrens Ramírez
7–6 (7–2), 3–6, [10–8]

References

  1. "Garcia-Lopez & Gaubas: The Player-Coach Duo Turned Doubles Partners". 9 February 2023.
  2. "Lithuania | ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  3. "Daviso taurės finiše – Viliaus Gaubo pralaimėjimas" (in Lithuanian). LRT.
  4. "#NextGenATP Gaubas survives three-hour final, wins first Challenger title". ATPTour. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  5. "Challenger Q3: Fonseca's first title marks milestone breakthrough". ATPTour. 9 September 2024.
  6. "Gaubas Crowned First Open Menorca Champion". 6 April 2025.
  7. "Drama, Sunshine and a Breakout Star: Vilius Gaubas wins Menorca Challenger's historic debut". Tennis.com. 7 April 2025.
  8. "Lithuanian-born, Spanish-trained Vilius Gaubas is ready to take on the world". 23 April 2025.
  9. "Puikią formą demonstruojantis Gaubas prasimušė į turnyro Romoje pagrindinį etapą" (in Lithuanian). LRT. 6 May 2025.
  10. "Hugo Dellien cae con Gaubas y queda fuera del Masters 1000 de Roma" (in Spanish). Los Tiempos.
  11. @EdgeAI (May 7, 2025). "Vilius Gaubas defeats Damir Dzumhur 7-6, 2-6, 6-4 to reach R64 of a Masters 1000 for the 1st time. 1st ATP tour main draw win on his Masters debut. 1st top 100 win. 3 wins in a row from the qualifying rounds. Up to a career high of 136 in live rankings. Faces Shapovalov next" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  12. "Italian Open 2025 Day 1 Recap". 7 May 2025.
  13. "Shapovalov Stumbles Against Qualifier in Rome Opener". 9 May 2025.
  14. "Gaubas, First Lithuanian Player in History to Reach the Third Round of a Masters 1000". 9 May 2025.
  15. @TennisTV (May 9, 2025). "Lithu-MANIA 🇱🇹 Vilius Gaubas records his biggest career win over Shapovalov to become the first Lithuanian to reach an ATP Masters 1000 third round!#IBI25" (Tweet) via Twitter.