Hugo Gaston

Hugo Gaston (French pronunciation: ​[yɡo ɡastɔ̃]; born 26 September 2000) is a French tennis player. His career high ATP Ranking in singles is world No. 157 which he first achieved on 12 October 2020 and in doubles is world No. 309 which he achieved on 31 of August 2020.[1] He won the 2018 Australian Open - Boys' Doubles title with compatriot Clément Tabur.

Hugo Gaston
Gaston with his gold medal of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Country (sports) France
ResidenceFonsorbes, France
Born (2000-09-26) 26 September 2000
Toulouse, France
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$434,011
Singles
Career record3–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 157 (12 October 2020)
Current rankingNo. 161 (16 November 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (2020)
French Open4R (2020)
Doubles
Career record0–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 309 (31 August 2020)
Current rankingNo. 334 (16 November 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open1R (2018, 2019, 2020)
Last updated on: 4 October 2020.

Junior career

In December 2017, Gaston won the Orange Bowl International Tennis Championship.[2]

In 2018, Gaston won the Boys' Doubles at the Australian Open with fellow countryman Clément Tabur.[3] The same year, he was named flag bearer for France at the Youth Summer Olympics in Buenos Aires. There, Gaston captured his first singles major title as well as two bronze medals, with Clément Tabur in the boys' doubles and with Clara Burel in the mixed doubles.[4] He achieved a junior career-high ranking of No.2 the next week. Gaston also qualified for the ITF Junior Masters, where he reached the semifinals, losing to Tseng Chun-hsin.

Professional career

2018

In February, Gaston received a wildcard into the main draw of the 2018 Open 13 but lost in the first round to world no. 129 Stefano Travaglia 2-6 2–6.[5]

Gaston received a wildcard into the 2018 French Open qualifying but lost in the first round to 24th Seed Jürgen Zopp 7-5 4-6 2–6.[6]

2019: Steady progress on the Challenger Tour

Gaston started 2019 with no ranking points to his name and just $44,264 in prize money. [7] He played in his first Challenger of the year in Rennes, but lost in the first round to world no. 164 Alexander Bublik 5-7 6-3 3–6. [8] His next challenger was in Quimper where he lost in the first round to world no. 185 Daniel Brands 2-6 6-7(3).[9]

In April, Gaston won his first Futures tournament in Pula, Italy, defeating David Pichler in the final 6-4 2-6 6–3.[10] This win brought hime to a new career high of number 661T in the world.[11] He continued his good form into May by winning his first Challenger match in Aix en Provence against world no. 553 Dan Added 6-1 7-6(3). He lost in the next round to world no. 148 Antoine Hoang 2-6 1–6.[12]

In 2019, He was again given a wildcard into Roland Garros qualifying draw. In the first round he met the 25th Seed and world no. 139, Marco Trungelliti. He beat Trungelliti 6-4 6–1 to mark his first win against a top 200 player. He lost to world no. 212 Alexey Vatutin in the next round 1-6 3–6.[13]

Hugo Gaston at the 2019 French Open

His next tournament was in Lyon and buoyed by his Roland Garros results, he reached the third round, beating Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-1 6-3 and world no.199 Tallon Griekspoor 2-6 6-4 ret. His run was ended by the 1st seed and former world no.17[14] Albert Ramos-Vinolas 2-6 1–6.[15]

Over the next four months, Gaston reached four ITF Futures finals, winning one in Houston.[16] He also competed in Cassis but lost in the first round to world no. 291 Marc-Andrea Hüsler 6-4 6-7(5) 3–6. These combined results brought inside the world's top 400 at number 379 in the world.[17]

His next tournament was in Tiburon where he equalled his best challenger result by reaching the third round, beating Evan Song and Daniel Galan before losing to eventual champion and world no. 87 Tommy Paul 6-7(8) 1–6.[18] He continued his good run of form, winning Futures in Norman and Rodez defeating Michael Geerts and Benjamin Bonzi in the finals respectively.[19]

He played his last challenger of the year in Brest where he beat Constant Lestienne 7-6(3) 6-2 before losing to world no.106 Lloyd Harris 6-7(3) 5–7.[20] Due to his impressive form and promise, he was given a wildcard into the 2019 Paris Masters qualifying draw. In the first round, he played the 5th seed and world no.51 Juan Ignacio Londero. He upset the Argentine, defeating him 7-6(2) 6-4 for his first top 100 win. In the qualifying competition, he lost to world no.63 Casper Ruud in three tight sets. [21]

He ended the year ranked 252 in the world with 185 ranking points, a huge improvement compared to his ranking at the end of 2018. He earned $54,214 in prize money in 2019, bringing his career earnings to $98,478.[22] [23]

2020: Roland Garros fourth round and first top 20 win

Gaston began his 2020 season at Nouméa where he defeated world no. 211 Yan Bai 6-4 7-6(6) before losing to the 5th seed and world no. 111 Thomas Fabbiano 2-6 2–6.[24] He next played in Bendigo where he was the no. 9 seed. He lost his first match to Alexander Crnokrak 4-6 6-7(2).[25]

At the end of January, Hugo received a wildcard into the main draw of the 2020 Australian Open in his first Grand Slam tournament.[26] He played the world no. 90 and clay-court specialist Jaume Munar in the first round, but lost in 4 sets, 5-7 7-5 0-6 3–6.

He next played in the Montpellier qualifying draw but lost to the French veteran and world no. 192 Nicolas Mahut 2-6 2–6.[27] He next competed in Cherbourg but lost in the first round to former world no. 45 Maximilian Marterer 7-6(5) 4-6 4–6.[28]

The week after, Hugo played in Bergamo as the 15th seed. In the second round, he played fellow Frenchman and world no. 246 Hugo Grenier, beating him 6-3 6–0. In the third round he played the 1st seed and world no. 154 Lorenzo Giustino and beat him 6-3 3-6 6–4 to reach his first challenger quarter-final. There he faced world no. 199 Cem İlkel and defeated him 6-4 6–4 to reach the semi-finals of a challenger for the first time. In the semi-finals Gaston faced former world no. 49 Illya Marchenko. In a tight match full of breaks of serve, Gaston came up short against Marchenko, losing 6-4 4-6 4–6. Gaston hit 34 dropshts throughout the match, including 14 in the third set. After the tournament, Gaston's ranking climbed to number 228 in the world.[29][30]

Next week he played in Pau.[31] In the first round he played world no. 262 Aslan Karatsev and beat him 6-3 1-6 6–1. In the next round he played world no. 139 and 5th seed Yannick Maden and beat him 1-6 6-4 6–4 to make the third round. There, he played 18-year old and world no. 514 Harold Mayot, a fellow up and coming French prodigy. After losing the first set 1–6, he retired due to injury to end his run. This was the last tournament he played before the coronavirus pandemic halted professional men's tennis until August.[32]

After the tennis season resumed in August, Gaston went on a poor run of form, losing before or in the first round in his next four challenger tournaments, losing to Facundo Bagnis, Maximilian Marterer, Andrea Pelligrino and Roberto Cid Subervi respectively.

In September, he received a wildcard into the main draw of the 2020 French Open and was given an opportunity to turn his form around.[33] Gaston made a breakthrough at the 2020 French Open, defeating countryman Maxime Janvier, Yoshihito Nishioka, and 2015 French Open champion and sixteenth-seeded Stan Wawrinka to advance to the fourth round of the tournament, where he exited in five sets to World No. 3 Dominic Thiem. [34][35] He attempted 58 drop shots in his match against Thiem, winning 40 of those points [36] 5.6 million French tuned in to watch his match against Thiem, the highest number for any match at the tournament.[37]

Two weeks after Roland Garros, Gaston competed in Hamburg where he was forced to play in the Qualifying draw. In the first round he played world no. 249 Hugo Grenier. He beat his compatriot in three sets after squandering a 5–1 lead in the second set, 7-6(0) 6-7(1) 6–4.[38] In the next round he faced world no. 280 Matthias Bachinger but lost 6-4 4-6 4–6. He still made it into the main draw as a lucky loser and played 5th seed and world no. 130 Sumit Nagal in the first round, beating him 7-5 4-1 ret. In the next round he lost to world no. 171 Sebastian Ofner 6-7(5) 2–6.

He received a wildcard from the French Tennis Federation into the first round at the 2020 Rolex Paris Masters. He lost to world no. 15 Pablo Carreno Busta in the first round 3-6 2–6.

Playing style

Gaston is known for his unique and unorthodox style of play. He is left-handed and utilizes the wide serve on the advantage court like many left-handed players. Gaston weaponizes dropshots often in his matches. He is known to hit dropshots after bringing his opponent out wide with his serve, to make them cover more of the court. After his fourth round loss to Dominic Thiem, Gaston said "I love to do some dropshots. But I can do all the shots in my game, so it's important to change".[39]Dominic Thiem said of him "I haven't seen in a very long time a player with such a big touch in his hands, his dropshots are just from another planet".[40] Gaston has a varied playing style and hits sliced forehands as well as backhands to destabilize his opponents. His favourite surface is clay and his backhand is his favourite groundstroke.[41][42]

Performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2021 Australian Open.

Tournament2018201920202021SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open Q1 Q2 4R 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Wimbledon A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 3–2 0–0 0 / 2 3–2 60%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Paris Masters A Q2 1R 0 / 1 0–1  – 
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 0 3 0 Career: 4
Overall Win–Loss 0–1 0–0 3–3 0–0 Career: 3–4
Win % 0%  –  50% Career: 43%
Year-end ranking – 252 Earnings: $171,247

Doubles
Tournament2018201920202021SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open 1R 1R 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Wimbledon A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–Loss 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Career statistics
Tournaments 2 1 3 0 Career: 6
Overall Win–Loss 0–2 0–1 0–3 0–0 Career: 0–6
Win % 0% 0% 0% Career: 0%
Year-end ranking – 835

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Winners 2018 Australian Open Hard Clément Tabur Rudolf Molleker
Henri Squire		 6–2, 6–2

ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (4–4)
Titles by Surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2019 M25 Pula, Italy World Tennis Tour Clay Christian Lindell 2–6, 0–6
Win 1–1 Apr 2019 M25 Pula, Italy World Tennis Tour Clay David Pichler 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Jun 2019 M25+H Toulouse, France World Tennis Tour Clay Benjamin Bonzi 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Jun 2019 M25 Montauban, France World Tennis Tour Clay Thiago Seyboth Wild 4–6, 2–6
Loss 1–4 Aug 2019 M15 Piombino, Italy World Tennis Tour Hard Matteo Martineau 6–2, 6–7(6–8), 6–7(3–7)
Win 2–4 Sep 2019 M25 Houston, United States World Tennis Tour Hard Liam Caruana 6–1, 6–3
Win 3–4 Sep 2019 M25 Norman, United States World Tennis Tour Hard Michael Geerts 6–4, 7–5
Win 4–4 Oct 2019 M25+H Rodez, France World Tennis Tour Hard Benjamin Bonzi 7–6(7–4), 6–3

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger (0–2)
Futures / ITF World Tennis Tour (2–0)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 2018 France F9, Grasse Futures Clay Clément Tabur Corentin Denolly
Alexandre Müller		 6–2, 6–4
Win 2–0 Jul 2019 M25 Gandia, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay Jonathan Eysseric Alejandro Gómez
Junior Alexander Ore		 6–4, 1–6, [10–4]
Loss 2–1 Aug 2020 Todi, Italy Challenger Clay Elliot Benchetrit Ariel Behar
Andrey Golubev		 4–6, 2–6
Loss 2–2 Aug 2020 Trieste, Italy Challenger Clay Tristan Lamasine Ariel Behar
Andrey Golubev		 4–6, 2–6

Record against top-10 players

Hugo Gaston has a (1–2, 33%) win/loss record against players who have been ranked inside the top 10.[43]
Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.

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  3. "GASTON CONTINUES 13-MATCH WINNING STREAK IN MELBOURNE". ITF Tennis. 21 January 2018.
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  41. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBB3PQR2MfM
  42. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6j3sjub3gk
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