Hugo Gaston and Alessandro Giannessi will square off in the quarter of the Seville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 9:00 pm on CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, 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 -> 1.29
Alessandro Giannessi -> 3.44
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Prediction and head to head Hugo Gaston vs. Alessandro Giannessi
There is no head to head record between Hugo Gaston and Alessandro Giannessi since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Hugo Gaston
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-20 | 5-6 | 10-9 | 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. 99, Gaston reached the quarter after defeating Fernando Verdasco 6-1 6-1 and Carlos Taberner 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Taberner (6-1 6-4). During the match, Gaston scored 65 points vs Taberner’s 43. The French player was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gaston managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Hugo Gaston lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Gaston put 46% of his first serves in, winning 79% (19/24) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Taberner 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gaston hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 64% of the points he played.
Gaston has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (198-142). 26-15 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gaston has an overall112-65 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Iasi Challenger where he defeated Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the final 3-6 6-0 6-4 and the Trieste Challenger where he overcame Francesco Passaro in the final 6-3 5-7 6-2.
Gaston has a compiled 33-22 win-loss record in 2023, 26-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seville Challenger
Hugo has never competed in this tournament before.
Alessandro Giannessi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-21 | 0-5 | 12-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-33 | 3-5 | 33-27 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-30 | 2-1 | 18-28 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-27 | 0-2 | 31-20 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-14 | 0-1 | 10-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 244, Giannessi reached the quarter after defeating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 6-73 6-3 6-4 and Daniel Rincon 7-63 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Alessandro had a good straight sets win against Rincon (7-63 6-0). During the match Giannessi scored 88 points vs Rincon’s 65. Giannessi was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Giannessi fired 3 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alessandro Giannessi lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Giannessi put 74% of his first serves in, winning 75% (40/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Rincon 4 times after converting 27% of his break points (4/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Giannessi has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Zadar Challenger where he beat Sebastian Ofner in the final 6-4 5-7 7-6(6).
The Italian has a compiled 33-24 win-loss record in 2023, 30-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gaston | Giannessi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 51 |
| Pts | 119-68 | 191-162 |
| Total Points | 187 | 353 |
| Winners | 38 | 83 |
| %Winners | 32% | 43% |
Both Gaston and Giannessi played 2 matches. At the moment, Alessandro Giannessi lost 1 set while Hugo Gaston hasn’t lost a set so far. Gaston has played 1 set(s) less than Giannessi (4 vs 5). Therefore, Gaston played 20 games less than Giannessi. Hugo scored 38 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Alessandro struck 83 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gaston | Giannessi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 46/90 | 120/177 |
| %1st in | 51% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 38/46 | 83/120 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 24/44 | 32/57 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 56% |
Gaston struck 7 aces (3.5 per match). Giannessi managed to score 5 aces (2.5 per match). Gaston won 83% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Giannessi won 69% 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 | Gaston | Giannessi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 9 |
| Converted | 10/12 | 9/26 |
| % Converted | 83% | 35% |
| Conceded | 6 | 19 |
| Saved | 4 | 15 |
| % Saved | 67% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
The French player broke his opponents 10 times with a 83% conversion rate. Gaston conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Alessandro broke his opponents 9 times with a 35% conversion rate. Giannessi conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gaston | ||||
| R1 Verdasco |
R2 Taberner |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 17 | 31 | |
| pts | 54-25 | 65-43 | 119-68 | |
| Total points | 79 | 108 | 187 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 29% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 22/38 | 24/52 | 46/90 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 46% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 19/22 | 19/24 | 38/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 79% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 14/28 | 24/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 50% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/7 | 10/12 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 71% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Giannessi | ||||
| R1 Munar Clar |
R2 Rincon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-3 6-4 | 7-63 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 19 | 51 | |
| pts | 103-97 | 88-65 | 191-162 | |
| Total points | 200 | 153 | 353 | |
| Winners | 43 | 40 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 45% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 67/105 | 53/72 | 120/177 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 74% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 43/67 | 40/53 | 83/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 75% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/38 | 9/19 | 32/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 47% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/15 | 9/26 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 27% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 9 | 19 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 8/9 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 89% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
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