Hugo Gaston and Vitaliy Sachko will fight against each other in the quarter of the Iasi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hugo Gaston who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hugo Gaston is the pick to win this match.
Hugo Gaston -> 1.69
Vitaliy Sachko -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Hugo Gaston vs. Vitaliy Sachko
There is no head to head record between Hugo Gaston and Vitaliy Sachko since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Hugo Gaston
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-28 | 5-12 | 15-11 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-32 | 6-5 | 30-18 | 8-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-31 | 4-9 | 4-8 | 16-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-30 | 2-3 | 32-16 | 10-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-15 | 1-3 | 5-5 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 137, Hugo reached the quarter after defeating Miljan Zekic 4-6 0-1 ret. and Pablo Cuevas 7-65 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Cuevas (7-65 6-1). During the match, Gaston scored 70 points vs Cuevas’s 59. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gaston couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Hugo Gaston lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gaston put 44% of his first serves in, winning 63% (20/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (25/40) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Cuevas 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Gaston has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (184-139). 16-14 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Gaston has an overall102-64 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Hugo’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Vina del Mar Challenger.
The French player has an aggregate 19-19 win-loss record in 2023, 16-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Iasi Challenger
Vitaliy Sachko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-24 | 3-4 | 14-17 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-32 | 4-3 | 28-16 | 15-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 24-33 | 2-3 | 12-18 | 8-10 | 0-1 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 42-28 | 0-2 | 24-17 | 18-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| 2020 | 21-12 | 8-5 | 7-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 190, Vitaliy got to the quarter after beating Tomas Machac 6-75 6-4 3-0 ret. and Michael Vrbensky 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Vrbensky (6-1 6-2). During the match Sachko scored 65 points vs Vrbensky’s 44. The Ukrainian was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Sachko scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Vitaliy Sachko conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Sachko put 63% of his first serves in, winning 66% (25/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the 2nd serve. Vitaliy broke Vrbensky 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Bratislava 1 Challenger where he overcame Dimitar Kuzmanov in the final 2-6 6-2 7-6(2).
Sachko has a composed 36-18 win-loss record in 2023, 20-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gaston | Sachko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 41 |
| Pts | 107-102 | 166-142 |
| Total Points | 209 | 308 |
| Winners | 35 | 56 |
| %Winners | 33% | 34% |
Both Gaston and Sachko played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Hugo Gaston conceded 2 sets, while Vitaliy Sachko surrendered 1 set. Gaston has played 1 set(s) less than Sachko (5 vs 6). Therefore, Gaston played 10 games less than Sachko. Gaston scored 35 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Vitaliy struck 56 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gaston | Sachko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 54/111 | 87/154 |
| %1st in | 49% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 35/54 | 56/87 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 31/57 | 31/67 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 46% |
Gaston bagged 1 ace (0.5 per match). Sachko also struck 4 aces (2 per match). Gaston won 65% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Sachko won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gaston | Sachko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 11 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 11/27 |
| % Converted | 50% | 41% |
| Conceded | 11 | 16 |
| Saved | 8 | 12 |
| % Saved | 73% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Gaston broke his opponents 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Vitaliy broke his opponents 11 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Ukrainian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gaston | ||||
| R1 Zekic |
R2 Cuevas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 0-1 ret. | 7-65 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 11 | 20 | 31 | |
| pts | 37-43 | 70-59 | 107-102 | |
| Total points | 80 | 129 | 209 | |
| Winners | 15 | 20 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 29% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 22/39 | 32/72 | 54/111 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 44% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 15/22 | 20/32 | 35/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 63% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/17 | 25/40 | 31/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 63% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 3/5 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 60% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4/5 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 80% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Sachko | ||||
| R1 Machac |
R2 Vrbensky |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-4 3-0 ret. | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 15 | 41 | |
| pts | 101-98 | 65-44 | 166-142 | |
| Total points | 199 | 109 | 308 | |
| Winners | 31 | 25 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 38% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 49/94 | 38/60 | 87/154 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 63% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 31/49 | 25/38 | 56/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 66% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/45 | 13/22 | 31/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 59% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 7/20 | 4/7 | 11/27 | |
| Converted % | 35% | 57% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 6 | 16 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6/6 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 100% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
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