Nikoloz Basilashvili and Hugo Gaston will clash against each other in the quarter of the Roanne Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:00 pm on COURT PIERRE TROISGROS. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.56
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 2.36

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Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Hugo Gaston

This will be the 2nd time that Nikoloz Basilashvili and Hugo Gaston square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Gaston (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Gaston won 7-6(6) 3-0 ret. in the 1st round in Bastad back in July 2022.

Nikoloz Basilashvili

Nikoloz Basilashvili

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Rank
110
High
16
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 41-29 18-13 9-10 9-3 5-3 0-0
2024 51-32 11-8 27-15 13-9 0-0 0-0
2023 4-19 1-8 0-5 3-6 0-0 0-0
2022 16-31 3-11 5-9 4-7 4-4 0-0
2021 35-27 18-11 8-8 3-5 6-3 0-0
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Ranked no. 96, Basilashvili got to the quarter after beating Antoine Hoang 7-65 4-6 6-2 and Mathias Bourgue 6-4 6-2.

In the 2nd round, The Georgean had a good straight sets win against Bourgue (6-4 6-2). During the match, Basilashvili scored 62 points vs Bourgue’s 51. Basilashvili was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about the service games, Basilashvili fired 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 61% (19/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nikoloz broke Bourgue 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Basilashvili has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Basilashvili has good match record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (297-269). 4-6 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Basilashvili has an aggregate 49-56 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

The Georgean’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Doha.

Basilashvili has a compiled 16-30 win-loss record in 2022, 4-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Roanne Challenger

Nikoloz has never competed in this tournament before.

Roanne Challenger
Basilashvili's Record

Hugo Gaston

Hugo Gaston

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Rank
98
High
58
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 30-31 9-12 6-14 15-4 0-1 0-0
2024 31-31 5-12 15-11 8-6 3-2 0-0
2023 45-32 6-5 30-18 8-6 1-3 0-0
2022 27-31 4-9 4-8 16-11 3-3 0-0
2021 44-30 2-3 32-16 10-10 0-1 0-0
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Ranked no. 132, Hugo got to the quarter after beating Alexandar Lazarov 6-4 4-2 ret. and Valentin Royer 3-6 6-2 6-3.

In the 2nd round against Royer, Gaston recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-3). During the match Gaston scored 69 points vs Royer’s 61. Hugo was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Gaston managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Hugo Gaston was very efficient on serve to win 79% (30/38) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Gaston broke Royer 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

The French player best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Rennes Challenger,the Orleans Challenger and the Captif Challenger.

Hugo has a compiled 24-29 win-loss record in 2022, 13-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Roanne Challenger
Gaston's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

N.Basilashvili
H.Gaston
3h:38
3h:38
Time on court​
2h:28
2h:28
1h:16
1h:16
Last match​
1h:28
1h:28
2
2
Match played
2
2
49
49
Games Played​
42
42
5
5
Set played​​
6
6
163
163
Total points​
123
123
81.5
81.5
Avg point​
61.5
61.5
58
58
Winners
52
52
29
29
Avg Winners​
26
26
36%
36%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
11
11
3.5
3.5
Avg Aces
5.5
5.5
9
9
Double Faults
4
4
4.5
4.5
Avg Double Faults
2
2
58/85
58/85
1st won total​
52/68
52/68
68%
68%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
42/72
42/72
2nd won total​
24/43
24/43
58%
58%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
8/21
8/21
BP won
7/11
7/11
4/10.5
4/10.5
Avg BP won
3.5/5.5
3.5/5.5
38%
38%
Won
!
64%
64%
10
10
Conceded
6
6
5
5
Avg Conceded
3
3
4
4
Broken
3
3
2
2
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
6
6
Saved
3
3
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Basilashvili Gaston
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 6
Tot Games 49 42
Pts 163-152 123-99
Total Points 315 222
Winners 58 52
%Winners 36% 42%

Both Basilashvili and Gaston played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Nikoloz Basilashvili conceded 1 set, while Hugo Gaston dropped 1 set. Basilashvili has played 1 set(s) less than Gaston (5 vs 6). However, it’s interesting to notice that Basilashvili played 7 games more than Gaston. Nikoloz scored 58 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The French player recorded 52 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Basilashvili Gaston
Aces 7 11
Avg per match 3.5 5.5
1st in 85/157 68/111
%1st in 54% 61%
1st pts 58/85 52/68
%1st pts 68% 76%
2nd pts 42/72 24/43
%2nd pts 58% 56%

Basilashvili made 7 aces (3.5 per match). Gaston managed to score 11 aces (5.5 per match). Basilashvili won 68% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Gaston won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Basilashvili Gaston
Won 8 7
Converted 8/21 7/11
% Converted 38% 64%
Conceded 10 6
Saved 6 3
% Saved 60% 50%
Times Broken 4 3

Nikoloz broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. Nikoloz surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Hugo broke his opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Hugo conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Basilashvili
R1
Hoang		 R2
Bourgue		 Total
Score 7-65 4-6 6-2 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 31 18 49
pts 101-101 62-51 163-152
Total points 202 113 315
Winners 35 23 58
%Winners 35% 37% 36%
SERVE
Aces 5 2 7
Double Faults 5 4 9
1st in 54/95 31/62 85/157
% 1st in 57% 50% 54%
1st pts 35/54 23/31 58/85
% 1st pts 65% 74% 68%
2nd pts 23/41 19/31 42/72
% 2nd pts 56% 61% 58%
Breaks
Won 5 3 8
Converted 5/16 3/5 8/21
Converted % 31% 60% 38%
Conceded 7 3 10
Saved 3/7 3/3 6
Saved % 43% 100% 72%
Times Broken 4 0 4
Gaston
R1
Lazarov		 R2
Royer		 Total
Score 6-4 4-2 ret. 3-6 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 16 26 42
pts 54-38 69-61 123-99
Total points 92 130 222
Winners 22 30 52
%Winners 41% 43% 42%
SERVE
Aces 4 7 11
Double Faults 0 4 4
1st in 30/46 38/65 68/111
% 1st in 65% 58% 61%
1st pts 22/30 30/38 52/68
% 1st pts 73% 79% 76%
2nd pts 9/16 15/27 24/43
% 2nd pts 56% 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 3 4 7
Converted 3/5 4/6 7/11
Converted % 60% 67% 64%
Conceded 4 2 6
Saved 3/4 0/2 3
Saved % 75% 0% 38%
Times Broken 1 2 3

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