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Vejvara started his professional career this season, he is 19-years-old, and his best ranking as junior player was 153rd. That's not impressive, neither are his results against somewhat quality players, and we should keep in mind that these are all matches from this season. If we focus only on players from the Top 1000, then his record is 1-6. He lost most of those matches in handicap. Safranek (301-400) 2-6, 2-6, the odds were 1.05; Marti (301-400) 2-6, 2-6, 1.03 odds; Mertl (201-300), 2-6, 2-6, 1.06 odds; Kekercheni (801-900) 1-6, 6-7, no odds; Vocel (901-1000) 1-6, 7-5, 6-4, no odds. This match is interesting because Vocel entered the main draw at that same tournament as the lucky-loser, and he defeated him 6-4 6-2. Ofner (901-1000) 3-6 2-6, 1.15 odds. It is evident that Vejvara doesn't really have any quality, he lost to +1.6 handicap to players like Mari, Mertl and Safranek, and realistically, Gimeno-Traver is better than all three of them. He also easily lost to players like Kekercheni, Ofner and Vocel, players who would have odds under 1.10 against Gimeno-Traver. The Spaniard did not play a single match against players outside the Top 1000 this and last season, so the situation is different with him, and it is hard to compare his to players like Vejvara. As far as the odds at 1.05 or under are concerned, he played only two of those in the last two years. He only covered the handicap in one of them. This season he had two slip ups against Soderlund and Gialcone, but they are in Top 500, much better than Vejvara. His record against players who are a level under Gimeno-Traver is what interests me the most. Vejvara easily loses at -6.5 to players from 300th - 400th position, and he cannot compete against players who are in the Top 1000. I think Gimeno won't even need his best tennis to cover this handicap.