Hugo Gaston and Jesper De Jong will fight against each other in the quarter of the Braga Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hugo Gaston is the pick to win this match.
Hugo Gaston -> 1.39
Jesper De Jong -> 3
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Prediction and head to head Hugo Gaston vs. Jesper De Jong
There is no head to head record between Hugo Gaston and Jesper De Jong since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Hugo Gaston
Ranked no. 115 (career-high), the French player got to the quarter after beating Javier Barranco Cosano 6-4 6-0 and Pedro Araujo 7-65 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Araujo (7-65 6-3). During the match, Gaston scored 84 points vs Araujo’s 73. Gaston was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gaston couldn’t to score even 1 ace and he committed only 1 double fault. Hugo Gaston lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gaston put 56% of his first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the 2nd serve. Gaston broke Araujo 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Gaston has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (124-80). 24-12 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Gaston has a composed74-38 record in the last 6 years on clay.
The French player best result of the season was reaching the final in the Rome 1 Challenger,the Iasi Challenger, Gstaad and the Tulln Challenger.
Gaston has an aggregate 30-21 win-loss record in 2021, 24-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braga Challenger
Hugo has never competed in this tournament before.
Jesper De Jong
Ranked no. 247 (career-high), Jesper reached the quarter after defeating Joao Domingues 6-4 6-4 and Alessandro Giannessi 6-3 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Jesper had a good straight sets win against Giannessi (6-3 7-5). During the match De scored 89 points vs Giannessi’s 76. The Dutch was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, De blasted 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Jesper De Jong lost the serve 3 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, De put 61% of his first serves in, winning 67% (36/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (14/35) on the 2nd serve. Jesper broke Giannessi 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Dutch started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title in the Almaty 2 Challenger where he defeated Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera in the final 6-1 6-2.
Jesper has a composed 24-23 win-loss record in 2021, 19-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gaston | De |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 41 |
| Pts | 160-127 | 163-141 |
| Total Points | 287 | 304 |
| Winners | 56 | 61 |
| %Winners | 35% | 37% |
Both Gaston and De played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gaston and De have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Gaston played 3 games less than De. Hugo scored 56 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch made 61 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gaston | De |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 78/138 | 100/168 |
| %1st in | 57% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 56/78 | 61/100 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 31/60 | 36/68 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 53% |
Gaston managed to score 3 aces (1.5 per match). De managed to score 5 aces (2.5 per match). Gaston won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, De won 61% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gaston | De |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 9 |
| Converted | 8/19 | 9/20 |
| % Converted | 42% | 45% |
| Conceded | 15 | 21 |
| Saved | 12 | 16 |
| % Saved | 80% | 76% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Hugo broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Gaston surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. De broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gaston | ||||
| R1 Barranco |
R2 Araujo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 22 | 38 | |
| pts | 76-54 | 84-73 | 160-127 | |
| Total points | 130 | 157 | 287 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 33% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/67 | 40/71 | 78/138 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 56% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 28/38 | 28/40 | 56/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 70% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 17/31 | 31/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 55% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 3/9 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 6 | 15 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 4/6 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 67% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| De | ||||
| R1 Domingues |
R2 Giannessi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 21 | 41 | |
| pts | 74-65 | 89-76 | 163-141 | |
| Total points | 139 | 165 | 304 | |
| Winners | 25 | 36 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 40% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 46/79 | 54/89 | 100/168 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 61% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 25/46 | 36/54 | 61/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 54% | 67% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/33 | 14/35 | 36/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 40% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 5/11 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 15 | 21 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 12/15 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 80% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
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