Edas Butvilas and Max Basing will fight against each other in the quarter of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on Center Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Edas Butvilas who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Edas Butvilas is the pick to win this match.
Edas Butvilas -> 1.25
Max Basing -> 3.48
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Prediction and head to head Edas Butvilas vs. Max Basing
There is no head to head record between Edas Butvilas and Max Basing since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Edas Butvilas
33 - 24win/loss
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WLLWWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34-25 | 22-10 | 12-11 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 32-32 | 20-12 | 2-10 | 10-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 54-26 | 28-12 | 26-11 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 9-9 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 195 (career-high), Edas reached the quarter after defeating Gabriel Ghetu 7-5 6-2 and Miguel Tobon 7-6(1) 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Lithuanian had a good straight sets win against Tobon (7-61 6-1). During the match, Butvilas scored 77 points vs Tobon’s 53. Butvilas was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Butvilas scored 3 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Edas Butvilas was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (33/42) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Lithuanian broke Tobon 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Lithuanian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 59% of the points he played.
ATP Istanbul Challenger - Edas Butvilas's projected path
Butvilas has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 57% of his matches (156-119). 21-9 on hard in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Butvilas has a composed84-45 record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Lexington Challenger where he overcame Andre Ilagan in the final 6-2 1-6 7-6(6).
The Lithuanian has a composed 33-23 win-loss record in 2026, 21-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
The Lithuanian has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 259, Max reached the quarter after beating Atakan Karahan 6-1 6-0 and Mert Alkaya 6-4 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Max had a good straight sets win against Alkaya (6-4 7-5). During the match Basing scored 76 points vs Alkaya’s 69. Max was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Basing scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Max Basing lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Basing put 52% of his first serves in, winning 56% (19/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (19/32) on the 2nd serve. Max broke Alkaya 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brit hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
ATP Istanbul Challenger - Max Basing's projected path
Max’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Manacor and M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio.
The Brit has a composed 30-15 win-loss record in 2026, 22-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Butvilas | Basing |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 35 |
| Pts | 144-100 | 134-94 |
| Total Points | 244 | 228 |
| Winners | 60 | 41 |
| %Winners | 42% | 31% |
Both Butvilas and Basing played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Butvilas and Basing have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Butvilas played 5 games more than Basing. The Lithuanian scored 60 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit struck 41 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Butvilas | Basing |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 80/114 | 60/105 |
| %1st in | 70% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 60/80 | 41/60 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 23/34 | 28/45 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 62% |
Butvilas blasted 5 aces (2.5 per match). Basing scored 1 ace (0.5 per match). Butvilas won 75% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Basing won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Butvilas | Basing |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 10 |
| Converted | 7/15 | 10/17 |
| % Converted | 47% | 59% |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 71% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Edas broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Lithuanian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Brit broke his opponents 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. Max conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Butvilas | ||||
| R1 Ghetu |
R2 Tobon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 7-61 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | 40 | |
| pts | 67-47 | 77-53 | 144-100 | |
| Total points | 114 | 130 | 244 | |
| Winners | 27 | 33 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 43% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 38/54 | 42/60 | 80/114 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 33/42 | 60/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 79% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 12/18 | 23/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 67% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/8 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 38% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 3/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 75% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Basing | ||||
| R1 Karahan |
R2 Alkaya |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 22 | 35 | |
| pts | 58-25 | 76-69 | 134-94 | |
| Total points | 83 | 145 | 228 | |
| Winners | 22 | 19 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 25% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 26/39 | 34/66 | 60/105 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 52% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 19/34 | 41/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 56% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 19/32 | 28/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 59% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/9 | 10/17 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 56% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Istanbul Challenger
- Mert Alkaya/Tuncay DuranAlkaya/Tuncay Duran – Arda Azkara/Yanki ErelAzkara/Yanki Erel (5-7 7-65 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings
- August Holmgren/Carl Emil OverbeckHolmgren/Carl Emil Overbeck – Edas Butvilas/Francesco MaestrelliButvilas/Francesco Maestrelli (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
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