Hugo Gaston and Alexandre Muller will square off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on Court 8. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

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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 -> 1.7
Alexandre Muller -> 2.09

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Prediction and head to head Hugo Gaston vs. Alexandre Muller

This will be the 3^rd time that Hugo Gaston and Alexandre Muller face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Gaston and Muller (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Gaston won 6-2 0-6 6-0 in the semifinal in the Barcelona Challenger back in 2021.

Hugo Gaston

Ranked no. 105, Hugo reached the qualifications after defeating Egor Gerasimov 6-1 6-1.

In the qualifications, The French player had a good straight sets win against Gerasimov (6-1 6-1). During the match, Gaston scored 55 points vs Gerasimov’s 27. Hugo was quite aggressive to blast 13 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gaston made 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Hugo Gaston was very effective on serve to win 81% (13/16) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gaston broke Gerasimov 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

Gaston has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (167-121). 2-1 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Gaston has an overall30-22 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

The French player has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Alexandre Muller

Ranked no. 161, Alexandre got to the qualifications after beating James McCabe 7-6² 6-7⁴ 6-3.

In the qualifications, The French player defeated McCabe (7-6² 6-7⁴ 6-3). During the match Muller scored 113 points vs McCabe’s 97. Alexandre was quite aggressive to blast 54 winners.

Talking about serving, Muller managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Alexandre Muller was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (54/71) of his 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Muller broke McCabe 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Alexandre has a compiled 4-1 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2021. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gaston	Muller
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	14	35
Pts	55-27	113-97
Total Points	82	210
Winners	13	54
%Winners	24%	48%

Both Gaston and Muller played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Alexandre Muller surrendered 1 set while Hugo Gaston hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gaston has played 1 set(s) less than Muller (2 vs 3). Therefore, Gaston played 21 games less than Muller. Hugo scored 13 winners (24% of the total points). On the other side, Muller made 54 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gaston	Muller
Aces	6	5
Avg per match	6	5
1st in	16/38	71/95
%1st in	42%	75%
1st pts	13/16	54/71
%1st pts	81%	76%
2nd pts	14/22	17/24
%2nd pts	64%	71%

Gaston fired 6 aces . Muller fired 5 aces . Gaston won 81% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Muller won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Gaston	Muller
Won	6	3
Converted	6/9	3/9
% Converted	67%	33%
Conceded	1	2
Saved	0	1
% Saved	0%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

The French player broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Muller broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Alexandre conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Gaston
	Q1 Gerasimov	Total
Score	6-1 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	14
pts	55-27	55-27
Total points	82	82
Winners	13	13
%Winners	24%	24%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	16/38	16/38
% 1st in	42%	42%
1st pts	13/16	13/16
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	14/22	14/22
% 2nd pts	64%	64%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/9	6/9
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Muller
	Q1 McCabe	Total
Score	7-62 6-74 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	35	35
pts	113-97	113-97
Total points	210	210
Winners	54	54
%Winners	48%	48%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	71/95	71/95
% 1st in	75%	75%
1st pts	54/71	54/71
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	17/24	17/24
% 2nd pts	71%	71%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/9
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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• Nicolas JarryJarry – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (5-7 6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
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• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Paul JubbJubb (6-3 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
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• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-7(7) 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (2-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression

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• Bradley KlahnKlahn – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Marc PolmansPolmans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Denis KudlaKudla – Carlos TabernerTaberner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alex BoltBolt – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Laurent LokoliLokoli – Li TuTu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Michael MmohMmoh – Benoit PairePaire (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas JarryJarry – Timofey SkatovSkatov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Max PurcellPurcell – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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• Pavel KotovKotov – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Elias YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hugo GastonGaston – Alexandre MullerMuller (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon HoltHolt – Gastao EliasElias (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adam WaltonWalton – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Gianluca MagerMager (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Nicolas KickerKicker (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (0-0) – H2H and prediction