Hugo Gaston and Enzo Couacaud will clash against each other in the quarter of the Noumea Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:30 pm on COURT N’GODRELA. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hugo Gaston is the pick to win this match.
Hugo Gaston -> 1.5
Enzo Couacaud -> 2.44
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Prediction and head to head Hugo Gaston vs. Enzo Couacaud
There is no head to head record between Hugo Gaston and Enzo Couacaud 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 | 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 |
| 2020 | 13-15 | 1-3 | 5-5 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 104, Gaston reached the quarter after beating Maxime Chazal 6-71 7-5 7-64 and Kyrian Jacquet 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Jacquet (6-2 6-4). During the match, Gaston scored 61 points vs Jacquet’s 44. Gaston was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gaston scored 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Hugo Gaston was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Jacquet 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has lost 1 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.
Gaston has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (212-152). 2-0 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Gaston has a compiled36-26 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Hugo has a composed 2-0 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Noumea Challenger
Enzo Couacaud
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-20 | 8-6 | 21-11 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 12-9 | 9-9 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-28 | 27-13 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-24 | 5-4 | 16-17 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 1-2 | 5-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 210, Couacaud reached the quarter after beating Marc Polmans 6-1 6-2 and Moerani Bouzige 6-3 7-63.
In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Bouzige (6-3 7-63). During the match Couacaud scored 94 points vs Bouzige’s 81. Couacaud was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Couacaud blasted 9 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Enzo Couacaud was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (36/49) of his 1st serve and 57% (28/49) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Enzo broke Bouzige once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Couacaud hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Couacaud has an aggregate 2-0 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gaston | Couacaud |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 37 |
| Pts | 194-175 | 156-115 |
| Total Points | 369 | 271 |
| Winners | 72 | 59 |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% |
Both Gaston and Couacaud played 2 matches. At the moment, Hugo Gaston lost 1 set while Enzo Couacaud hasn’t conceded a set so far. Gaston has played 1 set more than Couacaud (5 vs 4). Therefore, Gaston played 19 games more than Couacaud. Gaston scored 72 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Enzo made 59 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gaston | Couacaud |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 7.5 |
| 1st in | 96/179 | 75/144 |
| %1st in | 54% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 72/96 | 59/75 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 41/83 | 40/69 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 58% |
Gaston struck 11 aces (5.5 per match). Couacaud scored 15 aces (7.5 per match). Gaston won 75% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Couacaud won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gaston | Couacaud |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 5 |
| Converted | 8/17 | 5/15 |
| % Converted | 47% | 33% |
| Conceded | 15 | 11 |
| Saved | 11 | 11 |
| % Saved | 73% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Gaston broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. The French player dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Couacaud broke his opponents 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Enzo was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 11 break points.
| Gaston | ||||
| R1 Chazal |
R2 Jacquet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-71 7-5 7-64 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 38 | 18 | 56 | |
| pts | 133-131 | 61-44 | 194-175 | |
| Total points | 264 | 105 | 369 | |
| Winners | 45 | 27 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 44% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 62/121 | 34/58 | 96/179 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 59% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 45/62 | 27/34 | 72/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 79% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/59 | 14/24 | 41/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 58% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 3/3 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 100% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 6 | 15 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 6/6 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 100% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Couacaud | ||||
| R1 Polmans |
R2 Bouzige |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 22 | 37 | |
| pts | 62-34 | 94-81 | 156-115 | |
| Total points | 96 | 175 | 271 | |
| Winners | 23 | 36 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 26/46 | 49/98 | 75/144 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 50% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 23/26 | 36/49 | 59/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 73% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 28/49 | 40/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 57% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 1/5 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 20% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 11/11 | 11 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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