H2H, prediction of Ben Shelton vs Hugo Gaston at the French Open with odds, preview, pick | 28th May 2025

PREVIEW. Paris. Shelton and Gaston will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the French Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Wednesday the 28th of May

Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Hugo Gaston

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.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 4 sets.

See updated oddsAs 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

Ben Shelton
Ben Shelton

16 - 10win/loss

Hard
9-5
I Hard
1-1
Clay
6-4
Rank
9
High
5
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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

Shelton
French Open
Shelton's Record

Hugo Gaston

Hugo Gaston
Hugo Gaston

13 - 18win/loss

Hard
8-7
I Hard
0-0
Clay
5-11
Rank
97
High
58
LWWWWWWLWW
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.

Gaston
French Open
Gaston's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

B.Shelton
H.Gaston
3h:31
3h:31
Time on court​
2h:55
2h:55
!
3h:31
3h:31
Last match​
!
2h:55
2h:55
1
1
Match played
1
1
46
46
Games Played​
41
41
5
5
Set played​​
5
5
141
141
Total points​
139
139
141
141
Avg point​
139
139
72
72
Winners
57
57
72
72
Avg Winners​
57
57
51%
51%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
15
15
Aces
1
1
!
15
15
Avg Aces
1
1
5
5
Double Faults
4
4
5
5
Avg Double Faults
4
4
72/103
72/103
1st won total​
57/91
57/91
70%
70%
1st won %
63%
63%
20/37
20/37
2nd won total​
26/54
26/54
54%
54%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
6/9
6/9
BP won
8/13
8/13
6/9
6/9
Avg BP won
8/13
8/13
!
67%
67%
Won
!
62%
62%
10
10
Conceded
17
17
10
10
Avg Conceded
17
17
4
4
Broken
6
6
4
4
Avg Broken
!
6
6
6
6
Saved
11
11

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

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Shelton
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Gaston
LWWWWWWLWW
2025 2024 2023
40 - 24
30 - 31
23-9
Hard
9-12
4-6
I Hard
15-4
7-5
Clay
6-14
6-4
Grass
0-1

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