Hugo Gaston and Raul Brancaccio will face off in the 2nd round of the Valencia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on PISTA 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 -> 1.31
Raul Brancaccio -> 3.22
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Prediction and head to head Hugo Gaston vs. Raul Brancaccio
There is no head to head record between Hugo Gaston and Raul Brancaccio since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other 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. 102, the French player got to the 2nd round after defeating Harold Mayot 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Mayot (6-1 6-1). During the match, Gaston scored 59 points vs Mayot’s 32. Hugo was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gaston scored 2 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Hugo Gaston was quite efficient on serve to win 80% (20/25) of his 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Hugo broke Mayot 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Gaston has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (209-151). 29-17 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Gaston has a composed115-67 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning 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.
Hugo has an aggregate 44-31 win-loss record in 2023, 29-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Hugo has never competed in this tournament before.
Raul Brancaccio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-16 | 6-5 | 6-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-32 | 14-7 | 11-19 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-26 | 7-6 | 31-18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-26 | 2-1 | 43-21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-12 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 195, Raul reached the 2nd round after defeating Salvatore Caruso 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Brancaccio had a good straight sets win against Caruso (6-1 6-4). During the match Brancaccio scored 67 points vs Caruso’s 46. Raul was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Brancaccio blasted 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Raul Brancaccio lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Brancaccio put 62% of his first serves in, winning 67% (22/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. Raul broke Caruso 7 times after converting 41% of his break points (7/17).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Noumea Challenger where he overcame Laurent Lokoli in the final 4-6 7-5 6-2.
Raul has an aggregate 27-30 win-loss record in 2023, 10-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gaston | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 17 |
| Pts | 59-32 | 67-46 |
| Total Points | 91 | 113 |
| Winners | 20 | 22 |
| %Winners | 34% | 33% |
Both Gaston and Brancaccio played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gaston and Brancaccio have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gaston played 3 games less than Brancaccio. Hugo scored 20 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Brancaccio scored 22 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gaston | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 25/37 | 33/53 |
| %1st in | 68% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 22/33 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 8/12 | 8/20 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 40% |
Gaston blasted 2 aces . Brancaccio struck 2 aces . Gaston won 80% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Brancaccio won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gaston | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 7/17 |
| % Converted | 71% | 41% |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The French player broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Gaston very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Italian broke his opponent 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. Raul conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gaston | |||
| R1 Mayot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 59-32 | 59-32 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 25/37 | 25/37 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 20/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/12 | 8/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Brancaccio | |||
| R1 Caruso |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 67-46 | 67-46 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 33/53 | 33/53 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 22/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 8/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/17 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 41% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLLWWLLW Tennis Scores in Valencia Challenger
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Miguel DamasDamas (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Corentin MoutetMoutet (3-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (2-6 6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (6-74 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Carlos TabernerTaberner (7-5 7-62) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (6-2 7-611) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel RinconRincon – Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (2-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Sumit NagalNagal (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Pablo AndujarAndujar (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Elias YmerYmer (6-1 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Harold MayotMayot (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Carlos TabernerTaberner (7-5 7-6(2)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Jozef KovalikKovalik (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Adrian AndreevAndreev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GastonGaston – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (0-1) – H2H and prediction
