Hugo Gaston and Steven Diez will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Iasi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.27
Steven Diez -> 3.58
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Prediction and head to head Hugo Gaston vs. Steven Diez
There is no head to head record between Hugo Gaston and Steven Diez since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Hugo Gaston
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-15 | 5-6 | 1-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 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 semifinal after defeating Miljan Zekic 4-6 0-1 ret., Pablo Cuevas 7-65 6-1 and Vitaliy Sachko 6-0 3-6 6-3.
In the quarter, The French player defeated Sachko (6-0 3-6 6-3). During the match, Gaston scored 81 points vs Sachko’s 68. The French player was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gaston recorded 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Hugo Gaston lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gaston put 48% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (18/39) on the 2nd serve. Hugo broke Sachko 7 times after converting 88% of his break points (7/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hugo has dropped 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Gaston has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (185-139). 17-14 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gaston has an aggregate103-64 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Gaston’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Vina del Mar Challenger.
Gaston has an aggregate 20-19 win-loss record in 2023, 17-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Iasi Challenger
Steven Diez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-12 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-36 | 7-13 | 16-19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-32 | 13-12 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-28 | 3-6 | 12-16 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-16 | 2-5 | 8-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 278, the Canadian reached the semifinal after defeating Alex Marti Pujolras 6-1 6-1, Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-3 6-4 and Kalin Ivanovski 6-4 6-3.
In the quarter, Steven had a good straight sets win against Ivanovski (6-4 6-3). During the match Diez scored 68 points vs Ivanovski’s 51. Diez was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Diez scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Steven Diez was quite efficient on serve to win 82% (27/33) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Diez broke Ivanovski 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Canadian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
Steven’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Torello.
Steven has an overall 17-21 win-loss record in 2023, 14-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gaston | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 52 |
| Pts | 188-170 | 187-124 |
| Total Points | 358 | 311 |
| Winners | 60 | 81 |
| %Winners | 32% | 43% |
Both Gaston and Diez played 3 matches. At the moment, Hugo Gaston dropped 3 sets while Steven Diez hasn’t lost a set so far. Gaston has played 2 sets more than Diez (8 vs 6). Therefore, Gaston played 3 games more than Diez. Hugo scored 60 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Diez bagged 81 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gaston | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1.3 | 0.7 |
| 1st in | 90/186 | 105/162 |
| %1st in | 48% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 60/90 | 81/105 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 49/96 | 32/57 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 56% |
Gaston blasted 4 aces (1.3 per match). Diez fired 2 aces (0.7 per match). Gaston won 67% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Diez won 77% of the points on 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 | Gaston | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 12 |
| Converted | 11/16 | 12/19 |
| % Converted | 69% | 63% |
| Conceded | 20 | 9 |
| Saved | 13 | 7 |
| % Saved | 65% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 2 |
Hugo broke his opponents 11 times with a 69% conversion rate. Gaston conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded. Steven broke his opponents 12 times with a 63% conversion rate. Diez conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gaston | |||||
| R1 Zekic |
R2 Cuevas |
1/4 Sachko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 0-1 ret. | 7-65 6-1 | 6-0 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 11 | 20 | 24 | 55 | |
| pts | 37-43 | 70-59 | 81-68 | 188-170 | |
| Total points | 80 | 129 | 149 | 358 | |
| Winners | 15 | 20 | 25 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 29% | 31% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 22/39 | 32/72 | 36/75 | 90/186 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 44% | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 15/22 | 20/32 | 25/36 | 60/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 63% | 69% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/17 | 25/40 | 18/39 | 49/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 63% | 46% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 3/5 | 7/8 | 11/16 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 60% | 88% | 69% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 9 | 20 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4/5 | 5/9 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 80% | 56% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| Diez | |||||
| R1 Marti |
R2 Pablo Ficovich |
1/4 Ivanovski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 19 | 19 | 52 | |
| pts | 53-21 | 66-52 | 68-51 | 187-124 | |
| Total points | 74 | 118 | 119 | 311 | |
| Winners | 26 | 28 | 27 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 42% | 40% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/38 | 42/72 | 33/52 | 105/162 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 58% | 63% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 26/30 | 28/42 | 27/33 | 81/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 67% | 82% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 3/8 | 16/30 | 13/19 | 32/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 53% | 68% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/6 | 3/6 | 12/19 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 67% | 50% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 4/6 | 2/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 100% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Iasi Challenger
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Jakub MensikMensik (6-1 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-0 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Steven DiezDiez – Kalin IvanovskiIvanovski (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (6-4 4-6 7-63) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Christian GarinGarin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GastonGaston – Steven DiezDiez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
