Nikoloz Basilashvili and Malek Jaziri will square off in the 2nd round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7:30 pm on COURT B. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nikoloz Basilashvili who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nikoloz Basilashvili is the pick to win this match.
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 1.44
Malek Jaziri -> 2.875

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Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Malek Jaziri

This will be the 2nd time that Nikoloz Basilashvili and Malek Jaziri face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Basilashvili (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Basilashvili won 6-2 6-2 in the quarter in Beijing back in 2018.

Nikoloz Basilashvili

Ranked no. 42, Nikoloz reached the 2nd round after defeating John Millman 2-6 6-4 6-2.

In the 1st round against Millman, Nikoloz recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-2). During the match Basilashvili scored 78 points vs Millman’s 70. Basilashvili was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Basilashvili scored 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 61% of his first serves in, winning 71% (30/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (11/27) on the 2nd serve. Basilashvili broke Millman 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

Basilashvili has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (303-238). 3-3 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Basilashvili has a 122-87 match record in the last years on hard.

Basilashvili has a 3-5 win-loss record in 2021, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Doha

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.

Doha
Basilashvili's Record

Malek Jaziri

Ranked no. 262, Jaziri got to the 2nd round after defeating Norbert Gombos 6-2 7-5.

In the 1st round, Malek had a good straight sets win against Gombos (6-2 7-5). During the match Jaziri scored 64 points vs Gombos’s 53. Jaziri was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Jaziri wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Malek Jaziri lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Jaziri put 55% of his first serves in, winning 74% (26/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. Jaziri broke Gombos 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Jaziri has a 3-5 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Doha

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2020. See his history.

Doha
Jaziri's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Basilashvili Jaziri
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 26 20
Pts 78-70 64-53
Total Points 148 117
Winners 30 26
%Winners 38% 41%

Both Basilashvili and Jaziri played 1 match. At the moment, Nikoloz Basilashvili conceded 1 set while Malek Jaziri hasn’t dropped a set so far. Basilashvili has played 1 set more than Jaziri (3 vs 2). Therefore, Basilashvili played 6 games more than Jaziri. Basilashvili scored 30 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Tunisian bagged 26 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Basilashvili Jaziri
Aces 7 0
Avg per match 7 0
1st in 42/69 35/64
%1st in 61% 55%
1st pts 30/42 26/35
%1st pts 71% 74%
2nd pts 11/27 14/29
%2nd pts 41% 48%

Basilashvili fired 7 aces . Jaziri didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Basilashvili won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Jaziri won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Basilashvili Jaziri
Won 6 5
Converted 6/9 5/6
% Converted 67% 83%
Conceded 7 5
Saved 2 3
% Saved 29% 60%
Times Broken 5 2

Nikoloz broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Nikoloz conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 29% of the break points that he conceded. The Tunisian broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Malek conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Basilashvili
R1
Millman		 Total
Score 2-6 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 26 26
pts 78-70 78-70
Total points 148 148
Winners 30 30
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 42/69 42/69
% 1st in 61% 61%
1st pts 30/42 30/42
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 11/27 11/27
% 2nd pts 41% 41%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/9 6/9
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 2/7 2
Saved % 29% 29%
Times Broken 5 5
Jaziri
R1
Gombos		 Total
Score 6-2 7-5
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 64-53 64-53
Total points 117 117
Winners 26 26
%Winners 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 35/64 35/64
% 1st in 55% 55%
1st pts 26/35 26/35
% 1st pts 74% 74%
2nd pts 14/29 14/29
% 2nd pts 48% 48%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/6 5/6
Converted % 83% 83%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 3/5 3
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 2 2

Tennis Scores in Doha

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