Hugo Gaston and Thanasi Kokkinakis will face off in the 2nd round of the Rome 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thanasi Kokkinakis who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Thanasi Kokkinakis is the pick to win this match.
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 1.5
Hugo Gaston -> 2.59
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Prediction and head to head Hugo Gaston vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
There is no head to head record between Hugo Gaston and Thanasi Kokkinakis since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Hugo Gaston
Ranked no. 158, the French player reached the 2nd round after beating Ernesto Escobedo 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Hugo had a good straight sets win against Escobedo (6-3 6-4). During the match Gaston scored 68 points vs Escobedo’s 55. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gaston recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Hugo Gaston was extremely efficient on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Escobedo 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Gaston has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 59% of his matches (102-70). 2-1 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gaston has a 52-28 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
Gaston’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Cherbourg Challenger.
Hugo has a 7-8 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome 1 Challenger
Hugo has never competed in this tournament before.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Ranked no. 215, Thanasi reached the 2nd round after defeating Jay Clarke 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Kokkinakis had a good straight sets win against Clarke (6-2 6-4). During the match Kokkinakis scored 60 points vs Clarke’s 42. Kokkinakis was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Kokkinakis scored 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Thanasi Kokkinakis was quite effective on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kokkinakis broke Clarke 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Kokkinakis has a 10-6 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gaston | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 |
| Pts | 68-55 | 60-42 |
| Total Points | 123 | 102 |
| Winners | 21 | 21 |
| %Winners | 31% | 35% |
Both Gaston and Kokkinakis played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gaston and Kokkinakis have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gaston played 1 game more than Kokkinakis. Gaston scored 21 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Thanasi scored 21 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gaston | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 28/57 | 28/47 |
| %1st in | 49% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 21/28 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 13/19 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 68% |
Gaston fired 2 aces . Kokkinakis blasted 3 aces . Gaston won 75% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gaston | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 50% | 40% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Hugo broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Hugo lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gaston | |||
| R1 Escobedo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 68-55 | 68-55 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/57 | 28/57 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 21/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 16/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kokkinakis | |||
| R1 Clarke |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 60-42 | 60-42 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/47 | 28/47 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 21/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 13/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWLWWLWWLL Tennis Scores in Rome 1 Challenger
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Steven DiezDiez (1-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Tristan LamasineLamasine – Alex BoltBolt (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Borna GojoGojo (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky – Mathias BourgueBourgue (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Guido AndreozziAndreozzi – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Paolo LorenziLorenzi – Yannick MadenMaden (7-64 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Aleksandar VukicVukic (7-5 5-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Tristan LamasineLamasine – Alex BoltBolt (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Aleksandar VukicVukic (7-5 5-0 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Paolo LorenziLorenzi – Tristan LamasineLamasine (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bernard TomicTomic – Ruben BemelmansBemelmans (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Filip HoranskyHoransky (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Guido AndreozziAndreozzi – Elias YmerYmer (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Hugo DellienDellien (1-0) – H2H and prediction
