Nikoloz Basilashvili and Fernando Verdasco will face off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1 pm (est) on Court 13. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Fernando Verdasco who should win in 5 sets.
As per the initial odds, Fernando Verdasco is the pick to win this match.
Fernando Verdasco -> 1.57
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 2.37
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Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Fernando Verdasco
Head 2 Head
This will be the 3rd time that Nikoloz Basilashvili and Fernando Verdasco fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Verdasco won 4-6 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in Vienna back in 2019.
Nikoloz Basilashvili
Ranked no. 29, Nikoloz reached the 1st round after beating Soon-Woo Kwon 6-75 6-4 7-5 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Nikoloz had a tough win against Kwon to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-75 6-4 7-5 3-6 6-3). During the match Basilashvili scored 187 points vs Kwon’s 179. The Georgean was extremely aggressive to blast 80 winners.
Talking about serving, Basilashvili overpowered his opponent with 22 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve 5 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 56% of his first serves in, winning 73% (80/109) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (37/84) on the 2nd serve. Nikoloz broke Kwon 7 times after converting 39% of his break points (7/18).
Basilashvili has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (510-429). 2-2 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Basilashvili has a 209-192 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Basilashvili has a 2-2 win-loss record in 2020, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Nikoloz lost in the 3rd round 6-3 3-6 7-67 6-4 to Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Fernando Verdasco
Ranked no. 51, the Spaniard reached the 1st round after beating Evgeny Donskoy 7-5 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, Verdasco had a good straight sets win against Donskoy (7-5 6-2 6-1). During the match Verdasco scored 97 points vs Donskoy’s 60. Fernando was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Verdasco blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Fernando Verdasco was extremely effective on serve to win 85% (45/53) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard broke Donskoy 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Verdasco has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (454-439). 3-1 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Verdasco has a 263-223 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Verdasco has a 3-1 win-loss record in 2020, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Verdasco lost in the 3rd round 4-6 3-6 6-1 7-68 6-3 to Marin Cilic.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Basilashvili | Verdasco |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 27 |
| Pts | 187-179 | 97-60 |
| Total Points | 366 | 157 |
| Winners | 80 | 45 |
| %Winners | 43% | 46% |
Both Basilashvili and Verdasco played 1 matche. At the moment, Nikoloz Basilashvili conceded 2 sets while Fernando Verdasco hasn’t conceded a set so far. Basilashvili has played 2 sets more than Verdasco (5 vs 3). Therefore, Basilashvili played 26 games more than Verdasco. Basilashvili scored 80 winners (43% on total points). On the other side, Verdasco blasted 45 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Basilashvili | Verdasco |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 22 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 22 | 5 |
| 1st in | 109/193 | 53/71 |
| %1st in | 56% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 80/109 | 45/53 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 37/84 | 12/18 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 67% |
Basilashvili blasted 22 aces . Verdasco blasted 5 aces . Basilashvili won 73% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Verdasco won 85% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Basilashvili | Verdasco |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/18 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 39% | 50% |
| Conceded | 16 | 1 |
| Saved | 11 | 1 |
| % Saved | 69% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 |
The Georgean broke his opponent 7 times with 39% conversion rate. Nikoloz conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 5 times with 50% conversion rate. The Spaniard was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Basilashvili | |||
| R1 Kwon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-4 7-5 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 53 | 53 | |
| pts | 187-179 | 187-179 | |
| Total points | 366 | 366 | |
| Winners | 80 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 22 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 109/193 | 109/193 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 80/109 | 80/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 37/84 | 37/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/18 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 39% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 16 | |
| Saved | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 31% | 31% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Verdasco | |||
| R1 Donskoy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 97-60 | 97-60 | |
| Total points | 157 | 157 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 53/71 | 53/71 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 45/53 | 45/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 12/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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