Max Basing and Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine will square off in the 2nd round of the Samsun Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Max Basing who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Basing is the pick to win this match.
Max Basing -> 1.22
Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine -> 3.74
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Prediction and head to head Max Basing vs. Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine
There is no head to head record between Max Basing and Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Max Basing
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33-16 | 25-9 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 33-9 | 31-8 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 20-8 | 20-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-6 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 257 (career-high), Basing got to the 2nd round after beating Sidharth Rawat 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, Basing had a good straight sets win against Rawat (6-3 6-1). During the match, Basing scored 73 points vs Rawat’s 51. Basing was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Basing scored 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Max Basing was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brit broke Rawat 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Basing has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 69% of his matches (105-48). 16-3 on hard in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Basing has an overall84-30 record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Brit’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Manacor and M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio.
Basing has a compiled 24-10 win-loss record in 2026, 16-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Samsun Challenger
The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.
Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine
29 - 20win/loss
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LWLLLLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33-26 | 32-24 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 42-34 | 38-25 | 4-5 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-31 | 19-18 | 14-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-34 | 25-16 | 15-13 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-29 | 41-20 | 7-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 507, Bittoun got to the 2nd round after beating Kerem Yilmaz 2-6 6-2 6-3, Grigoriy Lomakin 6-3 6-1 and Cem Ilkel 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Ilkel (6-3 6-2). During the match Bittoun scored 67 points vs Ilkel’s 50. Constantin was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Bittoun fired 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Ilkel 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
The French player best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Kayseri.
Constantin has an overall 29-20 win-loss record in 2026, 28-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Basing | Bittoun |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 58 |
| Pts | 73-51 | 206-155 |
| Total Points | 124 | 361 |
| Winners | 23 | 82 |
| %Winners | 32% | 40% |
Basing played 1 match while Bittoun competed in 3 matches. Bittoun started his run from the qualifications while Basing had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine conceded 1 set while Max Basing hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Basing has played 5 set(s) less than Bittoun (2 vs 7). Therefore, Basing played 42 games less than Bittoun. Max scored 23 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The French player managed to score 82 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Basing | Bittoun |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 31/57 | 120/189 |
| %1st in | 54% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 82/120 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 40/69 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 58% |
Basing recorded 3 aces . Bittoun struck 8 aces (2.7 per match). Basing won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Bittoun won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Basing | Bittoun |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 13 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 13/19 |
| % Converted | 40% | 68% |
| Conceded | 3 | 15 |
| Saved | 3 | 10 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Basing broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Max extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 3 break points. Bittoun broke his opponents 13 times with a 68% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Basing | |||
| R1 Rawat |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 73-51 | 73-51 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 31/57 | 31/57 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 23/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 17/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Bittoun | |||||
| Q1 Yilmaz |
Q3 Lomakin |
R1 Ilkel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-2 6-3 | 6-3 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 16 | 17 | 58 | |
| pts | 85-77 | 54-28 | 67-50 | 206-155 | |
| Total points | 162 | 82 | 117 | 361 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | 28 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 50% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 50/83 | 31/39 | 39/67 | 120/189 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 79% | 58% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 27/50 | 27/31 | 28/39 | 82/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 54% | 87% | 72% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/33 | 5/8 | 17/28 | 40/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 63% | 61% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 6/6 | 4/6 | 3/7 | 13/19 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 67% | 43% | 68% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 0 | 4 | 15 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 0/0 | 4/4 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 55% | – | 100% | 155% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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