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Hugo Gaston

Hugo Gaston (French pronunciation: [yɡo ɡastɔ̃]; 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. He won the 2018 Australian Open – Boys' doubles title with compatriot Clément Tabur.

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

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.

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 him to a new career high of number 661 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. 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.

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