Hugo Gaston and Enzo Couacaud will play each other in the 2nd round of the Rennes Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on LE LIBERTE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.54
Enzo Couacaud -> 2.35
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Prediction and head to head Hugo Gaston vs. Enzo Couacaud
This will be the 2nd time that Hugo Gaston and Enzo Couacaud clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Couacaud (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Couacaud won 6-7(4) 6-4 6-0 in the quarter in the Noumea Challenger back in 2024.
Hugo Gaston
16 - 27win/loss
97
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. 128, Gaston got to the 2nd round after defeating Christoph Negritu 6-2 7-5.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Negritu (6-2 7-5). During the match, Gaston scored 77 points vs Negritu’s 52. Hugo was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gaston made 4 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Hugo Gaston was pretty efficient on serve to win 89% (24/27) of his 1st serve and 74% (17/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Negritu 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Gaston has positive record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (257-210). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gaston has an overall 64-56 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Gaston has a composed 16-27 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rennes Challenger
Enzo Couacaud
14 - 12win/loss
594
151
LWWWLLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-13 | 3-6 | 8-6 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-20 | 8-6 | 21-11 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 12-9 | 9-9 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-28 | 27-13 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-24 | 5-4 | 16-17 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 543, the French player reached the 2nd round after beating Enzo Wallart 6-2 4-6 6-2, Robin Catry 6-3 6-3 and Mikhail Kukushkin 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Kukushkin (7-5 6-3). During the match Couacaud scored 64 points vs Kukushkin’s 55. The French player was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Couacaud managed to score 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Enzo Couacaud was very efficient on serve to win 76% (32/42) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Kukushkin 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Enzo’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Brussels.
The French player has a composed 14-12 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gaston | Couacaud |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 65 |
| Pts | 77-52 | 215-166 |
| Total Points | 129 | 381 |
| Winners | 24 | 84 |
| %Winners | 31% | 39% |
Gaston played 1 match while Couacaud competed in 3 matches. Couacaud started his run from the qualifications while Gaston had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Enzo Couacaud lost 1 set while Hugo Gaston hasn’t conceded a set so far. Gaston has played 5 set(s) less than Couacaud (2 vs 7). Therefore, Gaston played 45 games less than Couacaud. Hugo scored 24 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The French player struck 84 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gaston | Couacaud |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 27 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 9 |
| 1st in | 27/50 | 105/180 |
| %1st in | 54% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 24/27 | 84/105 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 17/23 | 46/75 |
| %2nd pts | 74% | 61% |
Gaston made 4 aces . Couacaud struck 27 aces (9 per match). Gaston won 89% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 74% of the points. On the other side, Couacaud won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gaston | Couacaud |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 12 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 12/23 |
| % Converted | 33% | 52% |
| Conceded | 2 | 11 |
| Saved | 2 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Gaston broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The French player was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. Enzo broke his opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. Couacaud conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gaston | |||
| R1 Negritu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 77-52 | 77-52 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 27/50 | 27/50 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 24/27 | 24/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/23 | 17/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 74% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Couacaud | |||||
| Q1 Wallart |
Q3 Catry |
R1 Kukushkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 18 | 21 | 65 | |
| pts | 89-68 | 62-43 | 64-55 | 215-166 | |
| Total points | 157 | 105 | 119 | 381 | |
| Winners | 28 | 24 | 32 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 39% | 50% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 5 | 13 | 27 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 32/63 | 31/50 | 42/67 | 105/180 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 62% | 63% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 28/32 | 24/31 | 32/42 | 84/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 77% | 76% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/31 | 11/19 | 14/25 | 46/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 58% | 56% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/8 | 3/4 | 12/23 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 63% | 75% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 2/4 | 5/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 83% | 133% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLLWWWW Tennis Scores in Rennes Challenger
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Eliakim CoulibalyCoulibaly – Leo RaquilletRaquillet (6-4 6-70 6-2) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Daniel JadeJade (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Federico CinaCina – Lucas PoullainPoullain (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Patrick ZahrajZahraj – Nikolay VylegzhaninVylegzhanin (3-6 7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur BouquierBouquier – Marek GengelGengel (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Christoph NegrituNegritu (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg – Tom ParisParis (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Clement ChidekhChidekh – Vadym UrsuUrsu (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Daniel JadeJade (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
- Patrick ZahrajZahraj – Nikolay VylegzhaninVylegzhanin (3-6 7-6(2) 6-2) – See score progression
- Federico CinaCina – Lucas PoullainPoullain (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Michael GeertsGeerts – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo MartineauMartineau – Titouan DroguetDroguet (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GastonGaston – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Clement ChidekhChidekh – Maxime JanvierJanvier (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Harold MayotMayot – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cannon KingsleyKingsley – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur BouquierBouquier – Patrick ZahrajZahraj (0-0) – H2H and prediction
