Sumit Nagal and Geoffrey Blancaneaux will play each other in the 1st round of the Bengaluru Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sumit Nagal who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sumit Nagal is the pick to win this match.
Sumit Nagal -> 1.26
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 3.6
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Prediction and head to head Sumit Nagal vs. Geoffrey Blancaneaux
This will be the 4th time that Sumit Nagal and Geoffrey Blancaneaux square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Nagal (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Nagal won 6-3 7-5 in the qualifications in at the Australian Open back in January 2024.
Sumit Nagal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-27 | 2-3 | 30-23 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-29 | 15-13 | 16-11 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-29 | 9-8 | 32-17 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-18 | 0-1 | 16-17 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-26 | 1-4 | 22-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 98 (career-high), Sumit will start his run in the Bengaluru Challenger after he won the title in the Chennai Challenger after beating 6-1 6-4 Nardi in the final.
Sumit has an overall 9-2 win-loss record in 2024, 9-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Chennai Challenger where he defeated Luca Nardi in the final 6-1 6-4.
Sumit won his last 5 matches.
Talking about his overall career, Nagal has an overall 307-195 record. He has a positive 90-61 record on hard.
Previously in the Bengaluru Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2020. See his history.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-36 | 0-5 | 24-23 | 7-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-33 | 6-5 | 13-19 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-37 | 7-10 | 14-18 | 8-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-38 | 17-10 | 14-15 | 8-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-31 | 8-6 | 17-19 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 274, Geoffrey will start his run in the Bengaluru Challenger after he played his last match in the Quimper Challenger where he lost 3-6 6-4 6-2 to Cressy in the 1st round on the 24th of January.
Geoffrey has an aggregate 1-4 win-loss record in 2024, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Blancaneaux has an overall 280-224 record. He has a positive 92-52 record on hard.
Previously in the Bengaluru Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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- Benjamin BonziBonzi – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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