Hugo Gaston and Nikoloz Basilashvili will fight against each other in the quarter of the Lyon Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:30 pm on COURT SOPRA STERIA. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.44
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 2.61
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Prediction and head to head Hugo Gaston vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
This will be the 3rd time that Hugo Gaston and Nikoloz Basilashvili face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Gaston (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Gaston won 6-7(2) 6-2 6-1 in the quarter in the Roanne Challenger back in 2022.
Hugo Gaston
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-19 | 5-6 | 10-9 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 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. 82, Hugo got to the quarter after defeating Daniel Rincon 6-0 7-69 and Clement Tabur 6-2 6-71 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The French player defeated Tabur (6-2 6-71 6-3). During the match, Gaston scored 107 points vs Tabur’s 97. Hugo was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gaston scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Hugo Gaston lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gaston put 50% of his first serves in, winning 57% (32/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (34/55) on the 2nd serve. Gaston broke Tabur 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Gaston has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (226-170). 7-9 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gaston has an overall123-77 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Gaston has a compiled 16-18 win-loss record in 2024, 7-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lyon Challenger
Nikoloz Basilashvili
29 - 17win/loss
448
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LWWWWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-18 | 5-5 | 18-9 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-19 | 1-8 | 0-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 3-11 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-27 | 18-11 | 8-8 | 3-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-14 | 4-6 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 504, the Georgean got to the quarter after defeating Gastao Elias 6-3 3-6 6-1, Carlos Taberner 6-3 6-4, Alexander Ritschard 7-5 6-2 and Maxime Janvier 7-5 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Georgean had a good straight sets win against Janvier (7-5 6-1). During the match Basilashvili scored 69 points vs Janvier’s 51. Nikoloz was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Basilashvili was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Nikoloz Basilashvili was very effective on serve to win 71% (30/42) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nikoloz broke Janvier 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Georgean started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Nikoloz’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Murcia Challenger.
The Georgean has a composed 29-17 win-loss record in 2024, 18-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gaston | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 83 |
| Pts | 177-152 | 301-243 |
| Total Points | 329 | 544 |
| Winners | 56 | 127 |
| %Winners | 32% | 42% |
Gaston played 2 matches while Basilashvili competed in 4 matches. Basilashvili started his run from the qualifications while Gaston had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Hugo Gaston conceded 1 set, while Nikoloz Basilashvili surrendered 1 set. Gaston has played 4 set(s) less than Basilashvili (5 vs 9). Therefore, Gaston played 34 games less than Basilashvili. Gaston scored 56 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Georgean struck 127 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gaston | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 91/170 | 178/290 |
| %1st in | 54% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 56/91 | 127/178 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 47/79 | 61/112 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 54% |
Gaston bagged 1 ace (0.5 per match). Basilashvili also recorded 10 aces (2.5 per match). Gaston won 62% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Basilashvili won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gaston | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 15 |
| Converted | 11/18 | 15/28 |
| % Converted | 61% | 54% |
| Conceded | 12 | 21 |
| Saved | 7 | 16 |
| % Saved | 58% | 76% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
Hugo broke his opponents 11 times with a 61% conversion rate. Hugo dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. Basilashvili broke his opponents 15 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Georgean conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gaston | ||||
| R1 Rincon |
R2 Tabur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 7-69 | 6-2 6-71 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 30 | 49 | |
| pts | 70-55 | 107-97 | 177-152 | |
| Total points | 125 | 204 | 329 | |
| Winners | 24 | 32 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 30% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 35/59 | 56/111 | 91/170 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 50% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 32/56 | 56/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 57% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 34/55 | 47/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 62% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 6/11 | 11/18 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 55% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 5/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 63% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Basilashvili | ||||||
| Q1 Elias |
Q3 Taberner |
R1 Ritschard |
R2 Janvier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | 7-5 6-2 | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 83 | |
| pts | 89-77 | 62-49 | 81-66 | 69-51 | 301-243 | |
| Total points | 166 | 111 | 147 | 120 | 544 | |
| Winners | 36 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 127 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 48% | 38% | 43% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 53/94 | 37/58 | 46/75 | 42/63 | 178/290 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 64% | 61% | 67% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 36/53 | 30/37 | 31/46 | 30/42 | 127/178 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 81% | 67% | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/41 | 11/21 | 16/29 | 12/21 | 61/112 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 52% | 55% | 57% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/7 | 4/6 | 4/8 | 15/28 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 43% | 67% | 50% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 21 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4/5 | 7/8 | 1/2 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 80% | 88% | 50% | 143% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
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