Hugo Gaston and Francesco Maestrelli will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Brest Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hugo Gaston who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Hugo Gaston is the pick to win this match.
Hugo Gaston -> 1.363
Francesco Maestrelli -> 2.95

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Prediction and head to head Hugo Gaston vs. Francesco Maestrelli

This will be the 2nd time that Hugo Gaston and Francesco Maestrelli play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gaston (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played, Gaston won 7-5 6-4 in the qualifications in at the Wimbledon back in 2023.

Hugo Gaston

Hugo Gaston

25 - 30win/loss

Hard
9-12
I Hard
10-3
Clay
6-14
Grass
0-1
Rank
98
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. 113, Hugo got to the 2nd round after defeating Calvin Hemery 6-1 7-6(6).

In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Hemery (6-1 7-66). During the match, Gaston scored 71 points vs Hemery’s 56. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Gaston bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Hugo Gaston lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Gaston put 67% of his first serves in, winning 75% (33/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Hugo broke Hemery 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Gaston has positive record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (266-213). 10-3 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gaston has an overall 73-59 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Rennes Challenger where he overcame Stan Wawrinka in the final 6-4 6-4.

The French player has a composed 25-30 win-loss record in 2025, 10-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Brest Challenger

Brest Challenger
Gaston's Record

Francesco Maestrelli

Francesco Maestrelli

38 - 26win/loss

Hard
9-7
I Hard
1-0
Clay
28-18
Grass
0-1
Rank
157
High
149
WWLWLWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 43-29 9-7 28-18 6-3 0-1 0-0
2024 37-36 11-7 21-23 5-5 0-1 0-0
2023 27-38 9-10 16-24 2-3 0-1 0-0
2022 44-24 5-4 34-12 5-8 0-0 0-0
2021 32-18 8-3 18-12 6-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 153, Maestrelli reached the 2nd round after defeating Harry Wendelken 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2.

In the 1st round against Wendelken, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-4 6-2). During the match Maestrelli scored 94 points vs Wendelken’s 85. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 55 winners.

Talking about serving, Maestrelli submerged his opponent with 23 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Francesco Maestrelli lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Maestrelli put 79% of his first serves in, winning 76% (55/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. Francesco broke Wendelken 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

His best result of the year was winning the title the Francavilla Challenger where he beat Valentin Vacherot in the final 6-4 6-4 and the Brasov Challenger where he beat Luka Pavlovic in the final 7-6(7) 6-4.

The Italian has a compiled 38-26 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Brest Challenger
Maestrelli's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

H.Gaston
F.Maestrelli
1h:15
1h:15
Time on court​
!
2h:09
2h:09
1h:15
1h:15
Last match​
!
2h:09
2h:09
1
1
Match played
1
1
20
20
Games Played​
31
31
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
71
71
Total points​
94
94
71
71
Avg point​
94
94
33
33
Winners
55
55
33
33
Avg Winners​
55
55
46%
46%
Ratio winners
59%
59%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
23
23
6
6
Avg Aces
!
23
23
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
1
1
Avg Double Faults
0
0
33/44
33/44
1st won total​
55/72
55/72
!
75%
75%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
11/22
11/22
2nd won total​
8/19
8/19
50%
50%
2nd won %
42%
42%
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
BP won
4/6
4/6
3/6
3/6
Avg BP won
4/6
4/6
50%
50%
Won
!
67%
67%
3
3
Conceded
4
4
3
3
Avg Conceded
4
4
1
1
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
2
2
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Gaston Maestrelli
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 20 31
Pts 71-56 94-85
Total Points 127 179
Winners 33 55
%Winners 46% 59%

Both Gaston and Maestrelli played 1 match. At the moment, Francesco Maestrelli dropped 1 set while Hugo Gaston hasn’t lost a set so far. Gaston has played 1 set(s) less than Maestrelli (2 vs 3). Therefore, Gaston played 11 games less than Maestrelli. Gaston scored 33 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Maestrelli scored 55 winners (59%).

Serve Performance

Serve Gaston Maestrelli
Aces 6 23
Avg per match 6 23
1st in 44/66 72/91
%1st in 67% 79%
1st pts 33/44 55/72
%1st pts 75% 76%
2nd pts 11/22 8/19
%2nd pts 50% 42%

Gaston struck 6 aces . Maestrelli bagged 23 aces . Gaston won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Maestrelli won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Gaston Maestrelli
Won 3 4
Converted 3/6 4/6
% Converted 50% 67%
Conceded 3 4
Saved 2 3
% Saved 67% 75%
Times Broken 1 1

The French player broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Gaston surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Maestrelli broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Gaston
R1
Hemery
Total
Score 6-1 7-66
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 71-56 71-56
Total points 127 127
Winners 33 33
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 44/66 44/66
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 33/44 33/44
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 11/22 11/22
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/6 3/6
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 2/3 2
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 1 1
Maestrelli
R1
Wendelken
Total
Score 6-73 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 31 31
pts 94-85 94-85
Total points 179 179
Winners 55 55
%Winners 59% 59%
SERVE
Aces 23 23
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 72/91 72/91
% 1st in 79% 79%
1st pts 55/72 55/72
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 8/19 8/19
% 2nd pts 42% 42%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/6 4/6
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3/4 3
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores in Brest Challenger

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