Hugo Gaston shocks Baez in the quarter to battle vs Diaz Acosta. HIGHLIGHTS – KITZBUHEL RESULTS

GENERALI OPEN - KITZBUHEL DRAW AND RESULTS. Gaston shocks Baez to take on Facundo Diaz Acosta in the semifinal

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Hugo Gaston vs. Sebastian Baez

Hugo Gaston upsets Sebastian Baez 7-5 5-7 7-6(6) in the quarter in Kitzbuhel on Thursday. Gaston will square off with Facundo Diaz Acosta in the semifinal. The epic lasted 3 hours and 8 minutes.

Gaston
Kitzbuhel
Gaston's Record

Hugo added to his prize money € 12,710 after winning this match. He has already won € 30,220 so far in this event. If he wins the next match, Hugo will add € 21,180 to his earnings to get in total € 51,400.

Highlights Hugo Gaston vs. Sebastian Baez Generali Open – Kitzbuhel

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Gaston
Baez
Hugo Gaston
7-5 5-7 7-66
3h:08
Sebastian Baez
138
138
Total points
138
138
44
44
Winners
60
60
32%
32%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
7
7
47%
47%
1st in
67%
67%
68%
68%
1st won
65%
65%
44/65
44/65
1st won
60/92
60/92
55%
55%
2nd won
52%
52%
40/73
40/73
2nd won
24/46
24/46
-- Break Points --
4/11
4/11
Total
4/16
4/16
36%
36%
Won
25%
25%
See Full Stats

The French player won this match even if he won the same amount of points of the Argentine (138 vs. 138).

Gaston

Gaston won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.

Baez

On the other side, Baez wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 25% – 4/16). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Gaston and Baez is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Hugo Gaston vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta – stats

Gaston will take on Diaz Acosta in the semifinal.

This will be the 3rd time that Hugo Gaston and Facundo Diaz Acosta fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Gaston and Diaz Acosta (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they played, Gaston won 7-64 1-6 6-4 in the 1st round in Hamburg back in July 2024.

Hugo Gaston Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Gaston 7-5
GastonBaez
7
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
GastonBaez
7
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
GastonBaez
6
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
GastonBaez
5
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
GastonBaez
5
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
GastonBaez
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
GastonBaez
4
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
GastonBaez
3
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
GastonBaez
3
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
GastonBaez
3
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
GastonBaez
2
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
GastonBaez
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
GastonBaez
1
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40

Gaston enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Sebastian Baez in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Hugo to win the set since Baez succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Gaston maintained his focus to break Baez in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game before conquering the set (7-5).

Hugo converted 33% of his break points (3/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 4th (3-1 40-A), the 6th (3-3 40-A), the 11th (5-5 30-40) and the 13th game (7-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Baez converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-5 0-40 and 15-40).

They played 95 points. Hugo conquered the set after winning 5 points more than the Argentine (50-45). Hugo dropped 17 points on serve (22-17). On the other side, the Argentine conceded 28 points on serve (28-28).

2nd Set -
Baez 7-5
BaezGaston
7
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
BaezGaston
7
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
BaezGaston
6
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
BaezGaston
5
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
BaezGaston
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
BaezGaston
4
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
BaezGaston
3
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
BaezGaston
2
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
BaezGaston
2
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
BaezGaston
1
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
BaezGaston
1
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
BaezGaston
0
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40

Gaston enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Sebastian Baez in the 2nd game (2-0). Sebastian managed to boost his lead after breaking Gaston in the 12th (7-5) game before winning the set.

The Argentine failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 30.

The Argentine was perfect in converting all his break points in the 8th (3-4 40-A and 40-A), the 10th (5-4 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Also, on the other side, Hugo was spot on in converting all his break points in the 2nd game (2-1 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 85 points. Baez was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Gaston (47-38). The Argentine lost 13 points on serve (27-13). on the other side of the net, the French player conceded 20 points on serve (25-20).

3rd Set -
Gaston 7-6
GastonBaez
7
6
B
0
1
G
1
1
G
2
1
B
2
2
B
2
3
G
3
3
G
4
3
B
4
4
B
4
5
G
4
6
G
5
6
B
6
6
B
7
6
G
8
6
GastonBaez
6
6
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
GastonBaez
5
6
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
GastonBaez
5
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
GastonBaez
4
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
GastonBaez
4
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
GastonBaez
3
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
GastonBaez
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
GastonBaez
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
GastonBaez
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
GastonBaez
1
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
GastonBaez
1
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Gaston won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.

Tiebreak

The French player won 3 minibreaks in the 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Sebastian won a minibreak in the 10th (6-4) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Hugo saved 3 set points when he was 4-5, 4-6 and 5-6 down. On the other side, Sebastian was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A).

They contested 96 points. Gaston was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Sebastian (50-46). Gaston dropped 17 points on serve (36-17). Regarding the other side of the net, Baez conceded 14 points on serve (29-14).

1st
Gaston
Baez
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Gaston
Baez
5-7
5
7
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
3rd
Gaston
Baez
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

Tennis Scores in Kitzbuhel

  • Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-72 6-3 6-4)
  • Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (7-65 6-3)
  • Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (7-62 6-4)
  • Hugo GastonGaston – Sebastian BaezBaez (7-5 5-7 7-66)

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