Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune and Hugo Gaston will play each other in the 3^rd round of the French Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 8:45 pm on Court PHILIPPE-CHATRIER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune is the pick to win this match.
Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune -> 1.51
Hugo Gaston -> 2.71

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Prediction and head to head Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune vs. Hugo Gaston

There is no head to head record between Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune and Hugo Gaston since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune

Ranked no. 40 (career-high), Holger got to the 3^rd round after defeating Denis Shapovalov 6-3 6-1 7-6⁴ and Henri Laaksonen 6-2 6-3 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, The Dane had a good straight sets win against Laaksonen (6-2 6-3 6-3). During the match, Vitus Nodskov Rune scored 94 points vs Laaksonen’s 66. Vitus Nodskov Rune was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Regarding the service games, Vitus Nodskov Rune struck 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune was very efficient on serve to win 86% (42/49) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Vitus Nodskov Rune broke Laaksonen 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Vitus Nodskov Rune hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

Vitus Nodskov Rune has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 67% of his matches (137-68). 19-7 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vitus Nodskov Rune has an aggregate93-41 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.

His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Munich where he beat Botic Van De Zandschulp in the final 3-4 ret..

The Dane has a compiled 25-13 win-loss record in 2022, 19-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Vitus Nodskov Rune has never competed in this tournament before.

Hugo Gaston

Ranked no. 74, the French player reached the 3^rd round after defeating Alex De Minaur 4-6 6-2 6-3 0-6 7-6⁴ and Pedro Cachin 6-4 6-2 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Hugo had a good straight sets win against Cachin (6-4 6-2 6-4). During the match Gaston scored 100 points vs Cachin’s 78. The French player was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Gaston scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Hugo Gaston was very effective on serve to win 82% (36/44) of his 1st serve and 55% (24/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Cachin 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gaston has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

The French player has an aggregate 7-14 win-loss record in 2022, 3-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4^th round in 2020. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Vitus Nodskov Rune	Gaston
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	6	8
Tot Games	55	74
Pts	189-136	267-233
Total Points	325	500
Winners	79	83
%Winners	42%	31%

Both Vitus Nodskov Rune and Gaston played 2 matches. At the moment, Hugo Gaston surrendered 2 sets while Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune hasn’t dropped a set so far. Vitus Nodskov Rune has played 2 set(s) less than Gaston (6 vs 8). Therefore, Vitus Nodskov Rune played 19 games less than Gaston. Holger scored 79 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Gaston bagged 83 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Vitus Nodskov Rune	Gaston
Aces	6	3
Avg per match	3	1.5
1st in	98/160	126/249
%1st in	61%	51%
1st pts	79/98	83/126
%1st pts	81%	66%
2nd pts	40/62	63/123
%2nd pts	65%	51%

Vitus Nodskov Rune bagged 6 aces (3 per match). Gaston bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Vitus Nodskov Rune won 81% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Gaston won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Vitus Nodskov Rune	Gaston
Won	10	15
Converted	10/20	15/41
% Converted	50%	37%
Conceded	4	27
Saved	3	15
% Saved	75%	56%
Times Broken	1	12

Holger broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. Holger lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Hugo broke his opponents 15 times with a 37% conversion rate. Gaston conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.

Vitus Nodskov Rune
	R1 Shapovalov	R2 Laaksonen	Total
Score	6-3 6-1 7-64	6-2 6-3 6-3
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	29	26	55
pts	95-70	94-66	189-136
Total points	165	160	325
Winners	37	42	79
%Winners	39%	45%	42%
SERVE
Aces	0	6	6
Double Faults	0	4	4
1st in	49/88	49/72	98/160
% 1st in	56%	68%	61%
1st pts	37/49	42/49	79/98
% 1st pts	76%	86%	81%
2nd pts	27/39	13/23	40/62
% 2nd pts	69%	57%	65%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/9	5/11	10/20
Converted %	56%	45%	50%
Conceded	3	1	4
Saved	2/3	1/1	3
Saved %	67%	100%	84%
Times Broken	1	0	1

Gaston
	R1 De Minaur	R2 Cachin	Total
Score	4-6 6-2 6-3 0-6 7-64	6-4 6-2 6-4
Tot Set	5	3	8
Tot Games	46	28	74
pts	167-155	100-78	267-233
Total points	322	178	500
Winners	47	36	83
%Winners	28%	36%	31%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	3
Double Faults	2	1	3
1st in	82/161	44/88	126/249
% 1st in	51%	50%	51%
1st pts	47/82	36/44	83/126
% 1st pts	57%	82%	66%
2nd pts	39/79	24/44	63/123
% 2nd pts	49%	55%	51%
Breaks
Won	10	5	15
Converted	10/26	5/15	15/41
Converted %	38%	33%	37%
Conceded	22	5	27
Saved	11/22	4/5	15
Saved %	50%	80%	65%
Times Broken	11	1	12

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