Matteo Berrettini gets the better of Hugo Gaston 7-5 6-3 in the final in Kitzbuhel on Saturday. The match lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes. This is the first time that Berrettini conquered this tournament. His best achievement in this tournament so far was reaching the quarter. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Matteo added € 36,725 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 88,125 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Matteo Berrettini vs. Hugo Gaston Generali Open – Kitzbuhel
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:21
At the end of the match, the Italian scored 66 points vs. Gaston’s 50.
Berrettini
Matteo served extremely well to win 80% of the points (33/41) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 43% points (6/14) on his second serve. Berrettini was stunning in converting all the break points (4/4).
Gaston
On the other side, Hugo was not so effective in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Berrettini and Gaston is 2-0 for Matteo.
This was the 10th career title for the Italian. (see list of titles and finals). This was Hugo’s 1st final. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Berrettini grabbed in the 11th game (6-5) before finally conquering the set (7-5).
Gaston lost the 11th game (6-5) when he was 40-0 up. Gaston was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 4-5 to 7-5.
Matteo was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11th game (5-5 40-A). On the other side, Hugo wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (4-3 30-40).
They played 75 points. The Italian was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Gaston (40-35). Berrettini surrendered 7 points on serve (25-7). On the losing side, Gaston conceded 15 points on serve (28-15).
Matteo won the set after he broke Gaston 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Gaston tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Notwithstanding, the Italian kept the focus to conquer the set 6-3.
Matteo failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Berrettini won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.
Matteo was perfect in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 15-40), the 6th (4-2 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, Hugo converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 8th game (2-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 41 points. Matteo won 11 more points than the French player (26-15). The Italian dropped 9 points on serve (14-9). In addition, on the other side, Gaston conceded 12 points on serve (6-12).
