Hugo Gaston and Henri Laaksonen will play each other in the final of the Roanne Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:00 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hugo Gaston is the pick to win this match.
Hugo Gaston -> 1.41
Henri Laaksonen -> 2.82
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Prediction and head to head Hugo Gaston vs. Henri Laaksonen
This will be the 2nd time that Hugo Gaston and Henri Laaksonen fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gaston (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Gaston won 7-6(6) 4-6 7-6(7) in the 1st round in the Captif Challenger back in October 2022.
Hugo Gaston
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-28 | 5-12 | 15-11 | 4-3 | 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 |
| 2020 | 13-15 | 1-3 | 5-5 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 132, the French player reached the final after beating Alexandar Lazarov 6-4 4-2 ret., Valentin Royer 3-6 6-2 6-3, Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-72 6-2 6-1 and Otto Virtanen 7-5 7-5.
In the semifinal, The French player had a good straight sets win against Virtanen (7-5 7-5). During the match, Gaston scored 75 points vs Virtanen’s 65. Hugo was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gaston scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Hugo Gaston was extremely efficient on serve to win 75% (30/40) of his 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gaston broke Virtanen 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has dropped 2 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Gaston has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (164-118). 15-9 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Gaston has a compiled46-42 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Gaston’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Rennes Challenger,the Orleans Challenger,the Captif Challenger and the Roanne Challenger.
The French player has an overall 26-29 win-loss record in 2022, 15-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Roanne Challenger
Hugo has never competed in this tournament before.
Henri Laaksonen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-23 | 1-2 | 9-16 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-35 | 5-12 | 5-11 | 12-9 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-25 | 8-5 | 19-10 | 17-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-15 | 1-3 | 9-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 182, the Swiss got to the final after beating Antoine Bellier 3-6 7-5 7-5, Fernando Verdasco 1-6 6-3 2-1 ret., Luca Van Assche 7-65 6-4 and Alexei Popyrin 6-4 3-6 6-4.
In the semifinal, Laaksonen defeated Popyrin (6-4 3-6 6-4).During the match Laaksonen scored less points (1) than Popyrin. In fact, the world no. 132 won 88 points vs Popyrin’s. That means that Laaksonen was more focused during the important points. Henri was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Laaksonen recorded 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Henri Laaksonen lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Laaksonen put 63% of his first serves in, winning 74% (43/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (15/34) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Popyrin 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Henri has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 50% of the points he played.
The Swiss’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Hamburg Challenger.
Laaksonen has a compiled 22-33 win-loss record in 2022, 12-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Roanne Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gaston | Laaksonen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 11 | 12 |
| Tot Games | 94 | 104 |
| Pts | 298-246 | 297-303 |
| Total Points | 544 | 600 |
| Winners | 118 | 133 |
| %Winners | 40% | 45% |
Both Gaston and Laaksonen played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Hugo Gaston surrendered 2 sets, while Henri Laaksonen surrendered 3 sets. Gaston has played 1 set(s) less than Laaksonen (11 vs 12). Therefore, Gaston played 10 games less than Laaksonen. Gaston scored 118 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss struck 133 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gaston | Laaksonen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 39 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 9.8 |
| 1st in | 161/272 | 177/317 |
| %1st in | 59% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 118/161 | 133/177 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 65/111 | 73/140 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 52% |
Gaston bagged 17 aces (4.3 per match). Laaksonen made 39 aces (9.8 per match). Gaston won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Laaksonen won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gaston | Laaksonen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 10 |
| Converted | 16/27 | 10/16 |
| % Converted | 59% | 63% |
| Conceded | 20 | 23 |
| Saved | 14 | 15 |
| % Saved | 70% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 8 |
Gaston broke his opponents 16 times with a 59% conversion rate. Hugo dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Laaksonen broke his opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. Laaksonen conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gaston | ||||||
| R1 Lazarov |
R2 Royer |
1/4 Basilashvili |
1/2 Virtanen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-2 ret. | 3-6 6-2 6-3 | 6-72 6-2 6-1 | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 26 | 28 | 24 | 94 | |
| pts | 54-38 | 69-61 | 100-82 | 75-65 | 298-246 | |
| Total points | 92 | 130 | 182 | 140 | 544 | |
| Winners | 22 | 30 | 36 | 30 | 118 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 43% | 36% | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 30/46 | 38/65 | 53/94 | 40/67 | 161/272 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 58% | 56% | 60% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 30/38 | 36/53 | 30/40 | 118/161 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 79% | 68% | 75% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 15/27 | 23/41 | 18/27 | 65/111 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | 56% | 67% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/6 | 6/10 | 3/6 | 16/27 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 67% | 60% | 50% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 20 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 0/2 | 10/12 | 1/2 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 0% | 83% | 50% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Laaksonen | ||||||
| R1 Bellier |
R2 Verdasco |
1/4 Van |
1/2 Popyrin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 7-5 | 1-6 6-3 2-1 ret. | 7-65 6-4 | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 19 | 23 | 29 | 104 | |
| pts | 94-101 | 52-59 | 63-54 | 88-89 | 297-303 | |
| Total points | 195 | 111 | 117 | 177 | 600 | |
| Winners | 45 | 20 | 25 | 43 | 133 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 38% | 40% | 49% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 16 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 39 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 59/107 | 32/59 | 28/59 | 58/92 | 177/317 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 54% | 47% | 63% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 45/59 | 20/32 | 25/28 | 43/58 | 133/177 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 63% | 89% | 74% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/48 | 12/27 | 19/31 | 15/34 | 73/140 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 44% | 61% | 44% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 3/4 | 2/2 | 3/7 | 10/16 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 75% | 100% | 43% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 23 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 4/7 | 0/1 | 3/6 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 57% | 0% | 50% | 49% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
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