Hugo Gaston and Pablo Cuevas will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Iasi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 -> 1.68
Pablo Cuevas -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Hugo Gaston vs. Pablo Cuevas
There is no head to head record between Hugo Gaston and Pablo Cuevas since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Hugo Gaston
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 13-15 | 1-3 | 5-5 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 137, Gaston reached the 2nd round after defeating Miljan Zekic 4-6 0-1 ret..
In the 1st round against Zekic, Hugo had a free pass after Zekic retired on a 4-6 0-1 . scoreline.
Gaston has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (183-139). 15-14 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gaston has a composed101-64 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Hugo’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Vina del Mar Challenger.
Gaston has an aggregate 18-19 win-loss record in 2023, 15-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Iasi Challenger
Pablo Cuevas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-12 | 1-2 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-18 | 5-4 | 17-12 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-17 | 1-7 | 10-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 896, the Uruguayan got to the 2nd round after beating Gauthier Onclin 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Cuevas had a good straight sets win against Onclin (6-2 6-3). During the match Cuevas scored 74 points vs Onclin’s 53. Pablo was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Cuevas fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Pablo Cuevas lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Cuevas put 65% of his first serves in, winning 59% (22/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 85% (17/20) on the 2nd serve. The Uruguayan broke Onclin 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
The Uruguayan has a composed 3-5 win-loss record in 2023, 2-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gaston | Cuevas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 11 | 17 |
| Pts | 37-43 | 74-53 |
| Total Points | 80 | 127 |
| Winners | 15 | 22 |
| %Winners | 41% | 30% |
Both Gaston and Cuevas played 1 match. At the moment, Hugo Gaston conceded 2 sets while Pablo Cuevas hasn’t lost a set so far. Gaston has played 1 set more than Cuevas (3 vs 2). However, it’s interesting to notice that Gaston played 6 games less than Cuevas. The French player scored 15 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Uruguayan blasted 22 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gaston | Cuevas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 22/39 | 37/57 |
| %1st in | 56% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 15/22 | 22/37 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 6/17 | 17/20 |
| %2nd pts | 35% | 85% |
Gaston bagged 1 ace . Cuevas also recorded 3 aces . Gaston won 68% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 35% of the points. On the other side, Cuevas won 59% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 85% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gaston | Cuevas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 4 |
| Converted | 1/3 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 33% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 |
| Saved | 4 | 6 |
| % Saved | 67% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The French player broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. The French player surrendered his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Pablo broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Pablo conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gaston | |||
| R1 Zekic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 0-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 11 | 11 | |
| pts | 37-43 | 37-43 | |
| Total points | 80 | 80 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 22/39 | 22/39 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 15/22 | 15/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/17 | 6/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 35% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 1/3 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Cuevas | |||
| R1 Onclin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 74-53 | 74-53 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/57 | 37/57 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 22/37 | 22/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/20 | 17/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 85% | 85% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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