Hugo Gaston and Juan Pablo Varillas will square off in the semifinal of the Rome 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Pablo Varillas who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Juan Pablo Varillas is the pick to win this match.
Juan Pablo Varillas -> 1.88
Hugo Gaston -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Hugo Gaston vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
There is no head to head record between Hugo Gaston and Juan Pablo Varillas since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Hugo Gaston
Ranked no. 158, the French player reached the semifinal after defeating Ernesto Escobedo 6-3 6-4, Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-2 6-3 and Tristan Lamasine 6-2 7-66.
In the quarter, Hugo had a good straight sets win against Lamasine (6-2 7-66). During the match Gaston scored 83 points vs Lamasine’s 70. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gaston scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 6 double faults. Hugo Gaston lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gaston put 55% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Hugo broke Lamasine 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gaston started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Gaston has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 60% of his matches (104-70). 4-1 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Gaston has a 54-28 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
Gaston’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Cherbourg Challenger.
Gaston has a 9-8 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome 1 Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Juan Pablo Varillas
Ranked no. 160, Juan got to the semifinal after defeating Andrea Collarini 6-2 3-6 6-2, Roberto Marcora 6-3 6-0 and Elias Ymer 6-4 6-3.
In the quarter, Juan had a good straight sets win against Ymer (6-4 6-3). During the match Pablo Patino-Samudio scored 80 points vs Ymer’s 67. Juan was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Pablo Patino-Samudio bagged 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Juan Pablo Varillas was pretty efficient on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Pablo Patino-Samudio broke Ymer 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pablo Patino-Samudio started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Pablo Patino-Samudio’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Santiago Challenger.
Pablo Patino-Samudio has a 13-5 win-loss record in 2021, 13-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gaston | Pablo Patino-Samudio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 57 | 59 |
| Pts | 219-184 | 221-160 |
| Total Points | 403 | 381 |
| Winners | 71 | 71 |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% |
Both Gaston and Pablo Patino-Samudio played 3 matches. At the moment, Juan Pablo Varillas lost 1 set while Hugo Gaston hasn’t lost a set so far. Gaston has played 1 set(s) less than Pablo Patino-Samudio (6 vs 7). Therefore, Gaston played 2 games less than Pablo Patino-Samudio. Gaston scored 71 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Juan struck 71 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gaston | Pablo Patino-Samudio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 1.7 | 3 |
| 1st in | 100/186 | 87/169 |
| %1st in | 54% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 71/100 | 71/87 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 46/86 | 48/82 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 59% |
Gaston managed to score 5 aces (1.7 per match). Pablo Patino-Samudio struck 9 aces (3 per match). Gaston won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Pablo Patino-Samudio won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gaston | Pablo Patino-Samudio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 13 |
| Converted | 13/26 | 13/26 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 18 | 11 |
| Saved | 14 | 8 |
| % Saved | 78% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Hugo broke his opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. The Peruvian broke his opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. Pablo Patino-Samudio conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gaston | |||||
| R1 Escobedo |
R2 Kokkinakis |
1/4 Lamasine |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | 6-2 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 | 21 | 57 | |
| pts | 68-55 | 68-59 | 83-70 | 219-184 | |
| Total points | 123 | 127 | 153 | 403 | |
| Winners | 21 | 25 | 25 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 37% | 30% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 28/57 | 36/63 | 36/66 | 100/186 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 57% | 55% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 25/36 | 25/36 | 71/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 69% | 69% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 15/27 | 15/30 | 46/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 56% | 50% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | 5/10 | 13/26 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 7/7 | 5/8 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 63% | 77% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Pablo Patino-Samudio | |||||
| R1 Collarini |
R2 Marcora |
1/4 Ymer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-2 | 6-3 6-0 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 15 | 19 | 59 | |
| pts | 85-60 | 56-33 | 80-67 | 221-160 | |
| Total points | 145 | 89 | 147 | 381 | |
| Winners | 24 | 23 | 24 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 41% | 30% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 31/61 | 25/46 | 31/62 | 87/169 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 54% | 50% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 23/25 | 24/31 | 71/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 92% | 77% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/30 | 11/21 | 16/31 | 48/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 52% | 52% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/5 | 4/11 | 13/26 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 80% | 36% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 1/1 | 4/5 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 100% | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWLLLLL Tennis Scores in Rome 1 Challenger
- Hugo GastonGaston – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-2 7-66) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Sebastian OfnerOfner (2-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Elias YmerYmer (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
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