Roger Federer and Nikoloz Basilashvili will face off in the quarter of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 pm on CENTRE 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 Roger Federer who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roger Federer is the pick to win this match.
Roger Federer -> 1.148
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 6.25
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Prediction and head to head Roger Federer vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
This will be the 2nd time that Roger Federer and Nikoloz Basilashvili clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Federer (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Federer won 6-2 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in at the Australian Open back in 2016.
Roger Federer
Ranked no. 6, the Swiss got to the quarter after beating Daniel Evans 7-68 3-6 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Swiss defeated Evans (7-68 3-6 7-5). During the match Federer scored 116 points vs Evans’s 112. Roger was extremely aggressive to blast 56 winners.
Talking about the service games, Federer recorded 13 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Roger Federer was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (56/71) of his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Roger broke Evans once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Federer has a superlative win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 84% of his matches (436-85). 1-0 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Federer has a 207-36 record in the last years on hard.
Roger has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Previously, he won this tournament 3 times in 2005, 2006 and 2011. See his history.
Nikoloz Basilashvili
Ranked no. 42, Nikoloz reached the quarter after defeating John Millman 2-6 6-4 6-2 and Malek Jaziri 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Georgean had a good straight sets win against Jaziri (6-2 6-2). During the match Basilashvili scored 65 points vs Jaziri’s 42. The Georgean was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Basilashvili fired 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 55% of his first serves in, winning 82% (23/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (9/23) on the 2nd serve. Nikoloz broke Jaziri 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nikoloz started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Basilashvili has a 4-5 win-loss record in 2021, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Federer | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 42 |
| Pts | 116-112 | 143-112 |
| Total Points | 228 | 255 |
| Winners | 56 | 53 |
| %Winners | 48% | 37% |
Federer played 1 match while Basilashvili competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Roger Federer surrendered 1 set, while Nikoloz Basilashvili lost 1 set. Federer has played 2 set(s) less than Basilashvili (3 vs 5). Therefore, Federer played 8 games less than Basilashvili. Roger scored 56 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Nikoloz scored 53 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Federer | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 6 |
| 1st in | 71/105 | 70/120 |
| %1st in | 68% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 56/71 | 53/70 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 18/34 | 20/50 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 40% |
Federer fired 13 aces . Basilashvili recorded 12 aces (6 per match). Federer won 79% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Basilashvili won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Federer | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 12 |
| Converted | 1/4 | 12/24 |
| % Converted | 25% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 11 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 75% | 36% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
Federer broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. The Swiss dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Nikoloz broke his opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Georgean conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 36% of the break points that he conceded.
| Federer | |||
| R2 Evans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-68 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 116-112 | 116-112 | |
| Total points | 228 | 228 | |
| Winners | 56 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 71/105 | 71/105 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 56/71 | 56/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/34 | 18/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 1/4 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Basilashvili | ||||
| R1 Millman |
R2 Jaziri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 16 | 42 | |
| pts | 78-70 | 65-42 | 143-112 | |
| Total points | 148 | 107 | 255 | |
| Winners | 30 | 23 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 35% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 42/69 | 28/51 | 70/120 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 55% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 30/42 | 23/28 | 53/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 82% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/27 | 9/23 | 20/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 39% | 40% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/15 | 12/24 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 40% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Saved | 2/7 | 2/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 29% | 50% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
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