Hugo Gaston and Giulio Zeppieri will square off in the 2nd round of the Brest Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on CENTRAL. 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 -> 1.55
Giulio Zeppieri -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Hugo Gaston vs. Giulio Zeppieri
There is no head to head record between Hugo Gaston and Giulio Zeppieri since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Hugo Gaston
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 92, Hugo reached the 2nd round after beating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-0 6-4.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Blancaneaux (6-0 6-4). During the match, Gaston scored 58 points vs Blancaneaux’s 31. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gaston blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Hugo Gaston was very effective on serve to win 86% (19/22) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Hugo broke Blancaneaux 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Gaston has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (206-148). 6-3 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Gaston has a compiled53-47 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Iasi Challenger where he beat 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.
The French player has a composed 41-28 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Brest Challenger
Giulio Zeppieri
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-18 | 8-4 | 7-10 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-26 | 7-5 | 19-13 | 14-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-31 | 1-2 | 25-22 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-20 | 0-0 | 26-16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-12 | 0-0 | 7-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 128, Zeppieri reached the 2nd round after defeating Antoine Escoffier 6-3 3-1 ret..
In the 1st round against Escoffier, Zeppieri had a free pass after Escoffier retired on a 6-3 3-1 . scoreline.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Cherbourg Challenger where he defeated Titouan Droguet in the final 7-5 7-6(4).
The Italian has an aggregate 41-25 win-loss record in 2023, 14-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gaston | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 13 |
| Pts | 58-31 | 43-32 |
| Total Points | 89 | 75 |
| Winners | 19 | 22 |
| %Winners | 33% | 51% |
Both Gaston and Zeppieri played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Gaston has played 1 set(s) less than Zeppieri (2 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Gaston played 3 games more than Zeppieri. Hugo scored 19 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Giulio bagged 22 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gaston | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 8 |
| 1st in | 22/41 | 29/44 |
| %1st in | 54% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 19/22 | 22/29 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 9/15 |
| %2nd pts | 74% | 60% |
Gaston scored 3 aces . Zeppieri blasted 8 aces . Gaston won 86% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 74% of the points. On the other side, Zeppieri won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gaston | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The French player broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Hugo had a solid display on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. Giulio broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Italian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Gaston | |||
| R1 Blancaneaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 58-31 | 58-31 | |
| Total points | 89 | 89 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 22/41 | 22/41 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 19/22 | 19/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 14/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 74% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Zeppieri | |||
| R1 Escoffier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 43-32 | 43-32 | |
| Total points | 75 | 75 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/44 | 29/44 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 22/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 9/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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Tennis Scores in Brest Challenger
- Benoit PairePaire – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (7-5 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (2-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Dennis NovakNovak (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – Matteo MartineauMartineau (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-72 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-74 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Luca NardiNardi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-3 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (7-5 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Zsombor PirosPiros (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Calvin HemeryHemery (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – David GoffinGoffin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
