Hugo Gaston and Alexey Vatutin will square off in the 1st round of the European Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.63
Alexey Vatutin -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Hugo Gaston vs. Alexey Vatutin
This will be the 2nd time that Hugo Gaston and Alexey Vatutin clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Vatutin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Vatutin won 6-1 6-3 in the qualifications in at the French Open back in 2019.
Hugo Gaston
27 - 28win/loss
74
58
LWLLWWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-31 | 5-12 | 15-11 | 8-6 | 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. 77, Hugo will start his run in Antwerp after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Munar Clar in the 1st round on the 3rd of October.
Hugo has a composed 27-28 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Lyon Challenger where he defeated Alexandre Muller in the final 6-2 1-6 6-1.
Talking about his overall career, Hugo has an overall 237-180 record. He has a positive 59-53 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Antwerp
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
Alexey Vatutin
48 - 28win/loss
340
136
WWLWWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52-30 | 0-2 | 32-15 | 20-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-27 | 5-7 | 6-8 | 12-11 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 38-39 | 8-3 | 19-20 | 11-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-38 | 0-1 | 15-26 | 16-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-19 | 1-4 | 1-5 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 336, Vatutin reached the 1st round after defeating Yannick Hanfmann 6-4 6-2 and Manuel Guinard 6-4 3-6 7-5.
In the qualifications, Alexey defeated Guinard (6-4 3-6 7-5). During the match Vatutin scored 94 points vs Guinard’s 86. Vatutin was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Vatutin scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alexey Vatutin lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Vatutin put 63% of his first serves in, winning 65% (34/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (19/30) on the 2nd serve. Vatutin broke Guinard 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Vatutin’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15+H Bagnoles de l’Orne,M25 Creteil and M25 Deauville.
The Russian has a compiled 48-28 win-loss record in 2024, 16-11 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Antwerp
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2016. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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WWLWWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Antwerp
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander Erler/Lucas MiedlerErler/Lucas Miedler – Constantin Frantzen/Hendrik JebensFrantzen/Hendrik Jebens (7-64 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-3 4-6 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexey VatutinVatutin – Hugo GastonGaston (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Zizou BergsBergs (0-0) – H2H and prediction
