

What Time Will Alexander Zverev Play Against Hugo Gaston?
Zverev and Gaston are on the Day 4 Schedule at Hamburg Open 2024 on Thursday 18 July 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Alexander Zverev, a 27-year-old German tennis player, is set to face Hugo Gaston from France in their first-ever meeting. Zverev, currently ranked as the world number 4, reached a career-high ranking of number 2 after suffering from a right ankle injury during the 2022 Roland Garros semifinals against Nadal where he tore 3 ligaments. He has had a successful career with numerous achievements, including holding the former world number 1 junior title and winning 6 titles in the ATP Tour in 2021. Zverev also has the most career titles among players born since 1990 with 22 victories. Notable wins for Zverev include defeating Djokovic in the 2018 Nitto ATP Finals, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and the 2021 Nitto ATP Finals championships. He reached his first Grand Slam final at the 2020 US Open and his second at the 2024 Roland Garros. Zverev has been successful in defeating top players such as Djokovic and Federer at the ATP Masters 1000 tournaments. He is one of only three players, alongside Murray and Thiem, to have defeated Djokovic on hardcourts, Federer on grass, and Nadal on clay. Zverev currently aims to tie Sinner for the most wins on the ATP Tour this season and has an impressive record against left-handers and French players on clay.
Hugo Gaston, a 23-year-old French tennis player, holds the world number 81 ranking with a career-high of number 58. He made his breakthrough into the top 100 after reaching the 2021 ATP
Masters 1000 Paris quarterfinals as a qualifier and achieved his career-high ranking in July 2022. In 2021, Gaston reached his first-ever ATP Tour quarterfinals, semifinals, and final at the Gstaad tournament while being ranked 155th in the world. He also participated in the Next Gen ATP Finals that year. At the 2020 Roland Garros, Gaston became the first Frenchman to reach the fourth round in his tournament debut since 1971. He defeated the 2015 champion, Wawrinka, in a thrilling 5-set match before eventually losing to the 2-time finalist, Thiem, also in 5 sets. Additionally, Gaston holds the distinction of being the lowest-ranked player to reach the fourth round in both the Australian Open (since 2004) and Roland Garros (since 2002). In his junior years, Gaston ended 2018 as the world number 2 after winning a gold medal in singles and bronze medals in both doubles events at the Youth Olympics.
Regarding their head-to-head record, Gaston has yet to defeat a top 10 player and hopes to secure the biggest win of his career against Zverev. He aims to reach his sixth ATP Tour quarterfinals, with his only previous experience above the ATP 250 level being the 2021 ATP Masters 1000 Paris, where he lost to Medvedev. Gaston is also looking to become the first Frenchman to defeat Zverev since Humbert at the 2021 Halle tournament. French players have struggled against Zverev, with only one victory and 19 losses against him since 2018.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Zverev will win.
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