Hugo Gaston and Pierre-Hugues Herbert will play each other in the semifinal of the St. Brieuc Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:30 pm on COURT STEREDENN. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hugo Gaston is the pick to win this match.
Hugo Gaston -> 1.5
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Hugo Gaston vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert
This will be the 2nd time that Hugo Gaston and Pierre-Hugues Herbert square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Gaston (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Gaston won 3-6 6-2 6-3 in the qualifications in Marseille back in 2024.
Hugo Gaston
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29-25 | 7-7 | 12-12 | 7-4 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 95, the French player reached the semifinal after beating Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg 6-2 6-4, Mikhail Kukushkin w/o and Ugo Blanchet 6-4 6-1.
In the quarter, Gaston had a good straight sets win against Blanchet (6-4 6-1). During the match, Gaston scored 64 points vs Blanchet’s 46. Gaston was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gaston was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Hugo Gaston was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (20/27) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gaston broke Blanchet 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gaston hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.
ATP St. Brieuc Challenger - Hugo Gaston's projected path
Gaston has good record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (273-216). 4-2 on indoor hard courts in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gaston has an aggregate 82-60 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The French player has an overall 6-5 win-loss record in 2026, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Brieuc Challenger
Gaston has never competed in this tournament before.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17-18 | 5-5 | 5-8 | 5-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 27-27 | 1-5 | 8-11 | 15-8 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-31 | 3-5 | 8-11 | 19-12 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 2-4 | 5-4 | 16-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 10-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 182, the French player reached the semifinal after beating Raphael Perot 6-4 6-4, Mark Lajal 6-4 7-6(1) and Titouan Droguet 4-6 6-2 6-2.
In the quarter against Droguet, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-2). During the match Herbert scored 99 points vs Droguet’s 80. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Herbert bagged 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Pierre-Hugues Herbert was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (35/49) of his 1st serve and 66% (21/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Pierre-Hugues broke Droguet 4 times after converting 24% of his break points (4/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Herbert has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
ATP St. Brieuc Challenger - Pierre-Hugues Herbert's projected path
Herbert has an overall 7-3 win-loss record in 2026, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gaston | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 69 |
| Pts | 131-100 | 242-201 |
| Total Points | 231 | 443 |
| Winners | 40 | 89 |
| %Winners | 31% | 37% |
Gaston played 2 matches while Herbert competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Pierre-Hugues Herbert dropped 1 set while Hugo Gaston hasn’t lost a set so far. Gaston has played 3 set(s) less than Herbert (4 vs 7). Therefore, Gaston played 34 games less than Herbert. Hugo scored 40 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Herbert scored 89 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gaston | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 8.3 |
| 1st in | 54/101 | 121/213 |
| %1st in | 53% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 40/54 | 89/121 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 21/47 | 57/92 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 62% |
Gaston fired 3 aces (1.5 per match). Herbert bagged 25 aces (8.3 per match). Gaston won 74% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Herbert won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gaston | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 9 |
| Converted | 11/29 | 9/30 |
| % Converted | 38% | 30% |
| Conceded | 8 | 13 |
| Saved | 4 | 10 |
| % Saved | 50% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Gaston broke his opponents 11 times with a 38% conversion rate. Gaston lost his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Herbert broke his opponents 9 times with a 30% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gaston | |||||
| R1 Gueymard |
R2 Kukushkin |
1/4 Blanchet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | w/o | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | – | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | – | 17 | 35 | |
| pts | 67-54 | – | 64-46 | 131-100 | |
| Total points | 121 | – | 110 | 231 | |
| Winners | 20 | – | 20 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 30% | – | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 27/54 | – | 27/47 | 54/101 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | – | 57% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | – | 20/27 | 40/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | – | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/27 | – | 11/20 | 21/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | – | 55% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | – | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | – | 5/15 | 11/29 | |
| Converted % | 43% | – | 33% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 7 | – | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | – | 0/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | – | 0% | 19% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | |
| Herbert | |||||
| R1 Perot |
R2 Lajal |
1/4 Droguet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 7-61 | 4-6 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 | 26 | 69 | |
| pts | 65-57 | 78-64 | 99-80 | 242-201 | |
| Total points | 122 | 142 | 179 | 443 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | 35 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 35% | 35% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 12 | 7 | 6 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 37/64 | 35/68 | 49/81 | 121/213 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 51% | 60% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 27/35 | 35/49 | 89/121 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 77% | 71% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 18/33 | 21/32 | 57/92 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 55% | 66% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 3/9 | 4/17 | 9/30 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 24% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/4 | 7/8 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 88% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
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