
Hugo Gaston and Alexandre Muller will square off in the semifinal of the Barcelona Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 10:50 am on PISTA 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.
As per the initial odds, Hugo Gaston is the pick to win this match.
Hugo Gaston -> 1.57
Alexandre Muller -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Hugo Gaston vs. Alexandre Muller
This will be the 2nd time that Hugo Gaston and Alexandre Muller face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Muller (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Muller won 1-6 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in the Biella 5 Challenger back in May 2021.
Hugo Gaston
Ranked no. 111 (career-high), Hugo reached the semifinal after beating Andrea Collarini 7-5 6-2, Oleksii Krutykh 6-0 6-2 and Nicolas Alvarez Varona 6-2 6-1.
In the quarter, The French player had a good straight sets win against Alvarez Varona (6-2 6-1). During the match, Gaston scored 61 points vs Alvarez Varona’s 38. Gaston was quite aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gaston bagged 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Hugo Gaston lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gaston put 53% of his first serves in, winning 64% (16/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the 2nd serve. Gaston broke Alvarez Varona 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
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 conquer 61% of the points he played.
Gaston has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 62% of his matches (131-82). 31-14 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Gaston has an overall81-40 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
Gaston’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Rome 1 Challenger,the Iasi Challenger, Gstaad and the Tulln Challenger.
Hugo has an aggregate 37-23 win-loss record in 2021, 31-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Barcelona Challenger
Gaston has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexandre Muller
Ranked no. 204, the French player reached the semifinal after beating Adrian Andreev 6-4 4-1 ret., Javier Barranco Cosano 6-3 6-2 and Matteo Martineau 6-3 6-2.
In the quarter, The French player had a good straight sets win against Martineau (6-3 6-2). During the match Muller scored 66 points vs Martineau’s 54. Alexandre was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Muller scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexandre Muller lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Muller put 62% of his first serves in, winning 62% (26/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the 2nd serve. Muller was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Martineau 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexandre started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
The French player best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Biella 5 Challenger.
The French player has an aggregate 23-27 win-loss record in 2021, 15-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Gaston | Muller |
---|---|---|
Match played | 3 | 3 |
Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
Tot Games | 49 | 49 |
Pts | 194-124 | 192-150 |
Total Points | 318 | 342 |
Winners | 53 | 74 |
%Winners | 27% | 39% |
Both Gaston and Muller played 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Gaston has played 1 set(s) less than Muller (6 vs 7). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (49). Gaston scored 53 winners (27% of the total points). On the other side, Alexandre blasted 74 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Gaston | Muller |
---|---|---|
Aces | 7 | 3 |
Avg per match | 2.3 | 1 |
1st in | 76/153 | 110/176 |
%1st in | 50% | 63% |
1st pts | 53/76 | 74/110 |
%1st pts | 70% | 67% |
2nd pts | 46/77 | 36/66 |
%2nd pts | 60% | 55% |
Gaston made 7 aces (2.3 per match). Muller scored 3 aces (1 per match). Gaston won 70% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Muller won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Gaston | Muller |
---|---|---|
Won | 17 | 13 |
Converted | 17/25 | 13/22 |
% Converted | 68% | 59% |
Conceded | 13 | 17 |
Saved | 9 | 13 |
% Saved | 69% | 76% |
Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Gaston broke his opponents 17 times with a 68% conversion rate. Hugo surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Muller broke his opponents 13 times with a 59% conversion rate. Alexandre conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.
Gaston | |||||
R1 Collarini |
R2 Krutykh |
1/4 Alvarez |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-5 6-2 | 6-0 6-2 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 20 | 14 | 15 | 49 | |
pts | 77-62 | 56-24 | 61-38 | 194-124 | |
Total points | 139 | 80 | 99 | 318 | |
Winners | 27 | 10 | 16 | 53 | |
%Winners | 35% | 18% | 26% | 27% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
1st in | 39/73 | 12/33 | 25/47 | 76/153 | |
% 1st in | 53% | 36% | 53% | 50% | |
1st pts | 27/39 | 10/12 | 16/25 | 53/76 | |
% 1st pts | 69% | 83% | 64% | 70% | |
2nd pts | 16/34 | 15/21 | 15/22 | 46/77 | |
% 2nd pts | 47% | 71% | 68% | 60% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |
Converted | 5/9 | 6/9 | 6/7 | 17/25 | |
Converted % | 56% | 67% | 86% | 68% | |
Conceded | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | |
Saved | 3/5 | 0/1 | 6/7 | 9 | |
Saved % | 60% | 0% | 86% | 49% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Muller | |||||
R1 Andreev |
R2 Barranco |
1/4 Martineau |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 4-1 ret. | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 15 | 17 | 17 | 49 | |
pts | 52-39 | 74-57 | 66-54 | 192-150 | |
Total points | 91 | 131 | 120 | 342 | |
Winners | 20 | 28 | 26 | 74 | |
%Winners | 38% | 38% | 39% | 39% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
1st in | 27/49 | 41/59 | 42/68 | 110/176 | |
% 1st in | 55% | 69% | 62% | 63% | |
1st pts | 20/27 | 28/41 | 26/42 | 74/110 | |
% 1st pts | 74% | 68% | 62% | 67% | |
2nd pts | 12/22 | 9/18 | 15/26 | 36/66 | |
% 2nd pts | 55% | 50% | 58% | 55% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
Converted | 4/5 | 5/13 | 4/4 | 13/22 | |
Converted % | 80% | 38% | 100% | 59% | |
Conceded | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | |
Saved | 3/4 | 2/4 | 8/9 | 13 | |
Saved % | 75% | 50% | 89% | 71% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Head 2 Head



Tennis Scores in Barcelona Challenger
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Teimuraz GabashviliGabashvili (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Nicola KuhnKuhn (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Alex MolcanMolcan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GastonGaston – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-1) – H2H and prediction