
Ben Shelton and Hugo Gaston will play each other in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 8:15pm on Court PHILIPPE-CHATRIER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 4 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.363
Hugo Gaston -> 3.125
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Hugo Gaston
This will be the 2nd time that Ben Shelton and Hugo Gaston fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Shelton won 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in at the French Open back in 2024.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs Hugo Gaston – French Open 27-May-2024
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40-24 | 23-9 | 7-5 | 4-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-26 | 22-13 | 8-4 | 8-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-26 | 21-13 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-11 | 16-9 | 0-0 | 24-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-7 | 7-3 | 5-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 13, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Lorenzo Sonego 6-4 4-6 3-6 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, The American had a tough win against Sonego to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-4 4-6 3-6 6-2 6-3). During the match, Shelton scored 141 points vs Sonego’s 125. The American was quite aggressive to blast 72 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shelton scored 15 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Ben Shelton lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Shelton put 74% of his first serves in, winning 70% (72/103) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (20/37) on the 2nd serve. Ben broke Sonego 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Shelton has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 64% of his matches (144-80). 6-4 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shelton has an aggregate23-18 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.
The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Munich.
Shelton has a composed 16-10 win-loss record in 2025, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Hugo Gaston
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-31 | 9-12 | 6-14 | 15-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 83, Hugo reached the 2nd round after defeating Ugo Blanchet 2-6 6-0 2-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The French player had a tough win against Blanchet to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (2-6 6-0 2-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Gaston scored 139 points vs Blanchet’s 130. Hugo was very aggressive to blast 57 winners.
About the serving games, Gaston scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Hugo Gaston lost the serve 6 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Gaston put 63% of his first serves in, winning 63% (57/91) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (26/54) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Blanchet 8 times after converting 62% of his break points (8/13).
Hugo has a composed 13-18 win-loss record in 2025, 5-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Gaston |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 41 |
| Pts | 141-125 | 139-130 |
| Total Points | 266 | 269 |
| Winners | 72 | 57 |
| %Winners | 51% | 41% |
Both Shelton and Gaston played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Ben Shelton lost 2 sets, while Hugo Gaston lost 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Shelton and Gaston have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Shelton played 5 games more than Gaston. The American scored 72 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The French player managed to score 57 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Gaston |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 15 | 1 |
| 1st in | 103/140 | 91/145 |
| %1st in | 74% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 72/103 | 57/91 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 20/37 | 26/54 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 48% |
Shelton blasted 15 aces . Gaston bagged 1 ace . Shelton won 70% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Gaston won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelton | Gaston |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 8/13 |
| % Converted | 67% | 62% |
| Conceded | 10 | 17 |
| Saved | 6 | 11 |
| % Saved | 60% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
The American broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Shelton conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Gaston broke his opponent 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. Gaston conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelton | |||
| R1 Sonego |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 3-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 46 | 46 | |
| pts | 141-125 | 141-125 | |
| Total points | 266 | 266 | |
| Winners | 72 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 15 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 103/140 | 103/140 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 72/103 | 72/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/37 | 20/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Gaston | |||
| R1 Blanchet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-0 2-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 41 | 41 | |
| pts | 139-130 | 139-130 | |
| Total points | 269 | 269 | |
| Winners | 57 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 91/145 | 91/145 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 57/91 | 57/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/54 | 26/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/13 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 62% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 17 | |
| Saved | 11/17 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 65% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
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