Pedro Sousa and Hugo Gaston will fight against each other in the quarter of the Oeiras 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:25 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, 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.
Hugo Gaston -> 1.75
Pedro Sousa -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Sousa vs. Hugo Gaston
There is no head to head record between Pedro Sousa and Hugo Gaston since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Pedro Sousa
Ranked no. 111, Sousa got to the quarter after beating Damir Dzumhur 3-6 7-64 4-0 ret. and Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Sousa had a good straight sets win against Van De Zandschulp (6-3 6-2). During the match, Sousa scored 65 points vs Van De Zandschulp’s 44. Pedro was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sousa managed to score 2 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Pedro Sousa lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Sousa put 77% of his first serves in, winning 65% (24/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the 2nd serve. Sousa broke Van De Zandschulp 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Sousa has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (344-202). 5-8 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sousa has an aggregate 317-167 match record in the last years on clay.
The Portuguese has a compiled 6-11 win-loss record in 2021, 5-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 3 Challenger
Pedro has never competed in this tournament before.
Hugo Gaston
Ranked no. 151, Hugo reached the quarter after beating Zizou Bergs 7-61 6-1 and Emilio Gomez 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Hugo had a good straight sets win against Gomez (6-4 6-3). During the match Gaston scored 61 points vs Gomez’s 44. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 17 winners.
About the serving games, Gaston wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Hugo Gaston was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (17/24) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Gaston broke Gomez 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 60% of the points he played.
The French player best result of the season was reaching the final in the Rome 1 Challenger.
Gaston has an aggregate 12-11 win-loss record in 2021, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sousa | Gaston |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 39 |
| Pts | 144-121 | 127-85 |
| Total Points | 265 | 212 |
| Winners | 44 | 48 |
| %Winners | 31% | 38% |
Both Sousa and Gaston played 2 matches. At the moment, Pedro Sousa lost 1 set while Hugo Gaston hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sousa has played 2 sets more than Gaston (6 vs 4). Therefore, Sousa played 4 games more than Gaston. Pedro scored 44 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The French player recorded 48 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sousa | Gaston |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 75/133 | 60/98 |
| %1st in | 56% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 44/75 | 48/60 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 37/58 | 27/38 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 71% |
Sousa managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Gaston didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sousa won 59% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Gaston won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sousa | Gaston |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 7 |
| Converted | 9/17 | 7/12 |
| % Converted | 53% | 58% |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 17% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
Sousa broke his opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Portuguese dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 17% of the break points that he conceded. Hugo broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Gaston conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sousa | ||||
| R1 Dzumhur | R2 Van De Zandschulp | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-64 4-0 ret. | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 17 | 43 | |
| pts | 79-77 | 65-44 | 144-121 | |
| Total points | 156 | 109 | 265 | |
| Winners | 20 | 24 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 37% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 38/85 | 37/48 | 75/133 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 77% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 20/38 | 24/37 | 44/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 53% | 65% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 29/47 | 8/11 | 37/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 73% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/9 | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 56% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/4 | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Gaston | ||||
| R1 Bergs | R2 Gomez | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-1 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 19 | 39 | |
| pts | 66-41 | 61-44 | 127-85 | |
| Total points | 107 | 105 | 212 | |
| Winners | 31 | 17 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 28% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 36/52 | 24/46 | 60/98 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 52% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 31/36 | 17/24 | 48/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 71% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/16 | 14/22 | 27/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 81% | 64% | 71% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 5/8 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 63% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 33% | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pedro SousaSousa – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo DellienDellien – Taro DanielDaniel (0-0) – H2H and prediction