Nishesh Basavareddy and Aziz Dougaz will square off in the qualifications of the European Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:00 pm on Court 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nishesh Basavareddy who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nishesh Basavareddy is the pick to win this match.
Nishesh Basavareddy -> 1.39
Aziz Dougaz -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Nishesh Basavareddy vs. Aziz Dougaz
There is no head to head record between Nishesh Basavareddy and Aziz Dougaz since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Nishesh Basavareddy
32 - 14win/loss
139
99
WLWWWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32-14 | 14-7 | 13-6 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 28-27 | 21-15 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 49-18 | 34-11 | 0-0 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 12-6 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 139, Nishesh got to the qualifications after defeating Edas Butvilas 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, Nishesh had a good straight sets win against Butvilas (6-2 6-1). During the match, Basavareddy scored 65 points vs Butvilas’s 46. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Basavareddy managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Nishesh Basavareddy was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Butvilas 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Basavareddy has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 64% of his matches (123-70). 5-1 on indoor hard courts in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Basavareddy has a composed24-13 record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Savannah Challenger where he defeated Jack Kennedy in the final 6-3 6-0 and the San Diego 2 Challenger where he defeated Igor Ribeiro Marcondes in the final 7-5 6-4.
The American has a compiled 32-14 win-loss record in 2026, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Brussels
Nishesh has never competed in this tournament before.
Aziz Dougaz
33 - 16win/loss
430
185
WLLWLWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33-16 | 31-11 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 29-23 | 25-17 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 49-31 | 17-14 | 25-12 | 7-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-38 | 28-17 | 9-10 | 10-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 68-33 | 53-23 | 7-4 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 430, Dougaz reached the qualifications after beating Tom Gentzsch 6-4 2-6 7-6(0).
In the qualifications, Dougaz defeated Gentzsch (6-4 2-6 7-60).During the match Dougaz scored less points (3) than Gentzsch. In fact, the world no. 139 won 89 points vs Gentzsch’s. That means that Dougaz was more focused during the important points. Dougaz was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.
About the serving games, Dougaz fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Aziz Dougaz lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Dougaz put 65% of his first serves in, winning 77% (48/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (14/34) on the 2nd serve. Aziz broke Gentzsch twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Aziz’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.
The Tunisian has a composed 33-16 win-loss record in 2026, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Basavareddy | Dougaz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 31 |
| Pts | 65-46 | 89-92 |
| Total Points | 111 | 181 |
| Winners | 23 | 48 |
| %Winners | 35% | 54% |
Both Basavareddy and Dougaz played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Aziz Dougaz dropped 1 set while Nishesh Basavareddy hasn’t lost a set so far. Basavareddy has played 1 set(s) less than Dougaz (2 vs 3). Therefore, Basavareddy played 16 games less than Dougaz. Nishesh scored 23 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Tunisian struck 48 winners (54%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Basavareddy | Dougaz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 31/53 | 62/96 |
| %1st in | 58% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 48/62 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 14/34 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 41% |
Basavareddy blasted 3 aces . Dougaz scored 3 aces . Basavareddy won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Dougaz won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Basavareddy | Dougaz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 45% | 67% |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 |
| Saved | 6 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Nishesh broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The American pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 6 break points. Aziz broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Aziz conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Basavareddy | |||
| Q1 Butvilas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 65-46 | 65-46 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 31/53 | 31/53 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 23/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 12/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Dougaz | |||
| Q1 Gentzsch |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 7-60 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 89-92 | 89-92 | |
| Total points | 181 | 181 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 62/96 | 62/96 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 48/62 | 48/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/34 | 14/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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