Bernard Tomic and Braden Shick will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Newport Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Bernard Tomic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Bernard Tomic is the pick to win this match.
Bernard Tomic -> 1.65
Braden Shick -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Bernard Tomic vs. Braden Shick
There is no head to head record between Bernard Tomic and Braden Shick since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Bernard Tomic
13 - 16win/loss
185
17
LWWWWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33-25 | 27-17 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 43-34 | 30-24 | 6-7 | 2-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 50-29 | 34-19 | 12-5 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-27 | 35-19 | 4-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-12 | 24-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 204, Bernard will start his run in the Newport Challenger after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 6-4 6-4 to O in the qualifications on the 24th of June.
The Australian has a compiled 13-16 win-loss record in 2026, 2-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Tomic has an overall 512-392 record. He has a positive 78-50 record on grass.
Previously in the Newport Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2025. See his history.
Braden Shick
37 - 11win/loss
211
202
LWLLWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43-18 | 32-12 | 2-2 | 9-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 31-15 | 25-12 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 7-7 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-7 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 325, will start his run in the Newport Challenger after he won the title in the Cary Challenger after beating 4-6 7-5 6-3 Legout in the final.
Braden has an overall 37-11 win-loss record in 2026, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on grass.
The American’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Salem,M15 Huamantla,M25 Nottingham and the Cary Challenger.
In terms of his career, The American has an overall 90-43 record. He has a flat 0-0 record on grass.
Previously in the Newport Challenger
Shick has never competed in this tournament before.
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