Roberto Bautista Agut and Nikoloz Basilashvili will clash against each other in the final of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 6:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roberto Bautista Agut who should win in 2 sets.
Roberto Bautista Agut -> 1.363
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 3.36
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
This will be the 5th time that Roberto Bautista Agut and Nikoloz Basilashvili face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Bautista-Agut (see full H2H stats), but Basilashvili has a winning record of 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Bautista-Agut won 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in Hamburg back in 2020.
Highlights Roberto Bautista Agut vs Nikoloz Basilashvili – Hamburg 22-September-2020
Roberto Bautista Agut
Ranked no. 13, Bautista-Agut reached the final after defeating Reilly Opelka 4-6 6-3 6-4, Alexander Bublik 6-4 6-3, Dominic Thiem 7-63 2-6 6-4 and Andrey Rublev 6-3 6-3.
In the semifinal, Roberto had a good straight sets win against Rublev (6-3 6-3). During the match Bautista-Agut scored 62 points vs Rublev’s 46. Roberto was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bautista-Agut fired 2 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Roberto Bautista Agut lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Bautista-Agut put 78% of his first serves in, winning 64% (27/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 83% (10/12) on the 2nd serve. Roberto broke Rublev 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bautista-Agut started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 2 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Bautista-Agut has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (373-201). 5-3 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bautista-Agut has a 162-80 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Montpellier.
Bautista-Agut has a 8-5 win-loss record in 2021, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2019. See his history.
Nikoloz Basilashvili
Ranked no. 42, Nikoloz got to the final after defeating John Millman 2-6 6-4 6-2, Malek Jaziri 6-2 6-2, Roger Federer 3-6 6-1 7-5
and Taylor Harry Fritz 7-63 6-1.In the semifinal, Nikoloz had a good straight sets win against Fritz (7-63 6-1). During the match Basilashvili scored 68 points vs Fritz’s 54. Basilashvili was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Basilashvili made 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Nikoloz Basilashvili was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (19/24) of his 1st serve and 68% (23/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Georgean broke Fritz 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nikoloz started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Georgean’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Doha.
Nikoloz has a 6-5 win-loss record in 2021, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bautista-Agut | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 97 | 90 |
| Pts | 320-267 | 309-256 |
| Total Points | 587 | 565 |
| Winners | 143 | 115 |
| %Winners | 45% | 37% |
Both Bautista-Agut and Basilashvili played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Roberto Bautista Agut lost 2 sets, while Nikoloz Basilashvili surrendered 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Bautista-Agut and Basilashvili have played the same amount of sets 10. However, Bautista-Agut played 7 games more than Basilashvili. The Spaniard scored 143 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Basilashvili blasted 115 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bautista-Agut | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 29 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 7.3 |
| 1st in | 196/273 | 150/270 |
| %1st in | 72% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 143/196 | 115/150 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 51/77 | 61/120 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 51% |
Bautista-Agut bagged 14 aces (3.5 per match). Basilashvili bagged 29 aces (7.3 per match). Bautista-Agut won 73% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Basilashvili won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bautista-Agut | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 18 |
| Converted | 12/32 | 18/41 |
| % Converted | 38% | 44% |
| Conceded | 11 | 17 |
| Saved | 4 | 8 |
| % Saved | 36% | 47% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 9 |
Bautista-Agut broke his opponents 12 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Spaniard lost his serve 7 times and he saved 36% of the break points that he conceded. Basilashvili broke his opponents 18 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Georgean conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 47% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bautista-Agut | ||||||
| R1 Opelka | R2 Bublik | 1/4 Thiem | 1/2 Rublev | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | 7-63 2-6 6-4 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 19 | 31 | 18 | 97 | |
| pts | 97-81 | 66-46 | 95-94 | 62-46 | 320-267 | |
| Total points | 178 | 112 | 189 | 108 | 587 | |
| Winners | 46 | 32 | 38 | 27 | 143 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 48% | 40% | 44% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 57/82 | 37/49 | 60/88 | 42/54 | 196/273 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 76% | 68% | 78% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 46/57 | 32/37 | 38/60 | 27/42 | 143/196 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 86% | 63% | 64% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 9/12 | 16/28 | 10/12 | 51/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 75% | 57% | 83% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 2/11 | 2/5 | 4/11 | 4/5 | 12/32 | |
| Converted % | 18% | 40% | 36% | 80% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/6 | 2/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 17% | 67% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Basilashvili | ||||||
| R1 Millman | R2 Jaziri | 1/4 Federer | 1/2 Fritz | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | 3-6 6-1 7-5 | 7-63 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 16 | 28 | 20 | 90 | |
| pts | 78-70 | 65-42 | 98-90 | 68-54 | 309-256 | |
| Total points | 148 | 107 | 188 | 122 | 565 | |
| Winners | 30 | 23 | 43 | 19 | 115 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 35% | 44% | 28% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 42/69 | 28/51 | 56/92 | 24/58 | 150/270 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 55% | 61% | 41% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 30/42 | 23/28 | 43/56 | 19/24 | 115/150 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 82% | 77% | 79% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/27 | 9/23 | 18/36 | 23/34 | 61/120 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 39% | 50% | 68% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/15 | 3/10 | 3/7 | 18/41 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 40% | 30% | 43% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | |
| Saved | 2/7 | 2/4 | 4/5 | 0/1 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 29% | 50% | 80% | 0% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
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