Hugo Gaston

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.

His next tournament was in Lyon and buoyed by his French Open results, he reached the third round, beating Bernabé Zapata Miralles 6–1, 6–3 and world no.199 Tallon Griekspoor 2–6, 6–4 ret.

His run was ended by the top seed and former world no.17 Albert Ramos Viñolas 2–6, 1–6.

Over the next four months, Gaston reached four ITF Futures finals, winning one in Houston.

He also competed in Cassis but lost in the first round to world no. 291 Marc-Andrea Hüsler 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 3–6.

These combined results brought inside the world's top 400 at number 379 in the world.

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(8–10), 1–6.

He continued his good run of form, winning Futures in Norman and Rodez defeating Michael Geerts and Benjamin Bonzi in the finals respectively.

He played his last challenger of the year in Brest where he beat Constant Lestienne 7–6(7–3), 6–2 before losing to world no.106 Lloyd Harris 6–7(3–7), 5–7.

In the first round, he played the 5th seed and world no.51 Juan Ignacio Londero.

He upset the Argentine, defeating him 7–6(7–2), 6–4 for his first top 100 win.

In the qualifying competition, he lost to world no.63 Casper Ruud in three tight sets.

Hugo Gaston (born 26 September 2000) is a French professional tennis player.

His career high ATP ranking in singles is world No. 58, which he achieved on 11 July 2022, and in doubles is world No. 220, which he achieved on 16 May 2022.

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

He won the 2018 Australian Open – Boys' doubles title with compatriot Clément Tabur.

In 2018, Gaston won the Boys' Doubles at the Australian Open with fellow countryman Clément Tabur.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Gaston started 2019 with no ranking points to his name and $44,264 in prize money.

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.

His next challenger was in Quimper where he lost in the first round to world no. 185 Daniel Brands 2–6, 6–7(7–3).

In April, Gaston won his first Futures tournament in Pula, Italy, defeating David Pichler in the final 6–4, 2–6, 6–3.

This win brought hime to a new career high of number 661T in the world.

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(7–3).

He lost in the next round to world no. 148 Antoine Hoang 2–6, 1–6.

In May, he was again given a wildcard into French Open qualifying draw.

Due to his impressive form and promise, he was given a wildcard into the 2019 Paris Masters qualifying draw.

He earned $54,214 in prize money in 2019, bringing his career earnings to $98,478.

Gaston began his 2020 season at Nouméa where he defeated world no. 211 Yan Bai 6–4, 7–6(8–6) before losing to the 5th seed and world no. 111 Thomas Fabbiano 2–6, 2–6.

He next played in Bendigo where he was the no. 9 seed.

He lost his first match to Alexander Crnokrak 4–6 6–7(2–7).

At the end of January, Hugo received a wildcard into the main draw of the 2020 Australian Open in his first Grand Slam tournament.