Roberto Carballes Baena and Hugo Gaston will square off in the semifinal of the Seville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:00 pm on CENTRAL. 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 Roberto Carballes Baena who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roberto Carballes Baena is the pick to win this match.
Roberto Carballes Baena -> 1.64
Hugo Gaston -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Hugo Gaston
There is no head to head record between Roberto Carballes Baena and Hugo Gaston since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Roberto Carballes Baena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-18 | 4-5 | 11-11 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-29 | 3-8 | 19-14 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-33 | 3-8 | 41-23 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-30 | 3-5 | 33-20 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-18 | 3-4 | 16-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 63, Roberto got to the semifinal after defeating Inigo Cervantes 6-2 6-1, Carlos Lopez Montagud 6-2 6-1 and Elias Ymer 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Ymer (6-4 6-4). During the match, Carballes Baena scored 64 points vs Ymer’s 57. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Carballes Baena scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Roberto Carballes Baena was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (38/53) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Carballes Baena broke Ymer twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Carballes Baena hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Carballes Baena has winning record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (394-295). 17-13 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Carballes Baena has an overall 351-225 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Marrakech where he overcame Alexandre Muller in the final 4-6 7-6(3) 6-2.
Roberto has an aggregate 22-22 win-loss record in 2023, 17-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seville Challenger
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, the French player got to the semifinal after beating Fernando Verdasco 6-1 6-1, Carlos Taberner 6-1 6-4 and Alessandro Giannessi 3-6 6-1 6-0.
In the quarter against Giannessi, Hugo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-0). During the match Gaston scored 80 points vs Giannessi’s 55. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Gaston bagged 6 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Hugo Gaston was very efficient on serve to win 73% (32/44) of his 1st serve and 75% (15/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Giannessi 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gaston has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 62% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Iasi Challenger where he overcame Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the final 3-6 6-0 6-4 and the Trieste Challenger where he beat Francesco Passaro in the final 6-3 5-7 6-2.
Gaston has a compiled 34-22 win-loss record in 2023, 27-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seville Challenger
Hugo has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Carballes Baena | Gaston |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 53 |
| Pts | 189-137 | 199-123 |
| Total Points | 326 | 322 |
| Winners | 78 | 70 |
| %Winners | 41% | 35% |
Both Carballes Baena and Gaston played 3 matches. At the moment, Hugo Gaston dropped 1 set while Roberto Carballes Baena hasn’t dropped a set so far. Carballes Baena has played 1 set(s) less than Gaston (6 vs 7). Therefore, Carballes Baena played 3 games less than Gaston. Carballes Baena scored 78 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The French player struck 70 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Carballes Baena | Gaston |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 0.7 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 105/153 | 90/154 |
| %1st in | 69% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 78/105 | 70/90 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 32/48 | 39/64 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 61% |
Carballes Baena managed to score 2 aces (0.7 per match). Gaston scored 13 aces (4.3 per match). Carballes Baena won 74% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Gaston won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Carballes Baena | Gaston |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 15 |
| Converted | 12/26 | 15/21 |
| % Converted | 46% | 71% |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 |
| Saved | 8 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Carballes Baena broke his opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. Carballes Baena had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 8 break points. Hugo broke his opponents 15 times with a 71% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Carballes Baena | |||||
| R1 Cervantes |
R2 Lopez Montagud |
1/4 Ymer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | 20 | 50 | |
| pts | 62-40 | 63-40 | 64-57 | 189-137 | |
| Total points | 102 | 103 | 121 | 326 | |
| Winners | 18 | 22 | 38 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 35% | 59% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 26/46 | 26/36 | 53/71 | 105/153 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 72% | 75% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 18/26 | 22/26 | 38/53 | 78/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 85% | 72% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 7/10 | 11/18 | 32/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | 61% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/13 | 2/4 | 12/26 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 38% | 50% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/2 | 5/5 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gaston | |||||
| R1 Verdasco |
R2 Taberner |
1/4 Giannessi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-1 6-4 | 3-6 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 17 | 22 | 53 | |
| pts | 54-25 | 65-43 | 80-55 | 199-123 | |
| Total points | 79 | 108 | 135 | 322 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | 32 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 29% | 40% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 22/38 | 24/52 | 44/64 | 90/154 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 46% | 69% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 19/22 | 19/24 | 32/44 | 70/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 79% | 73% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 14/28 | 15/20 | 39/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 50% | 75% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/7 | 5/9 | 15/21 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 71% | 56% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2/4 | 0/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 0% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLWWWWW Tennis Scores in Seville Challenger
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Elias YmerYmer (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (3-6 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Sadio Doumbia/Fabien ReboulDoumbia/Fabien Reboul – Mathias Bourgue/Valentin RoyerBourgue/Valentin Royer (w/o) – See score progression
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz (6-2 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (3-6 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Calvin HemeryHemery (1-0) – H2H and prediction
