Stefanos Tsitsipas and Nikoloz Basilashvili will fight against each other in the quarter of the BNP Paribas Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on STADIUM 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.21
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 4.9
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
This will be the 3rd time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Nikoloz Basilashvili fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Tsitsipas won 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Beijing back in 2019.
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Ranked no. 3 (career-high), Tsitsipas reached the quarter after beating Pedro Martinez Portero 6-2 6-4, Fabio Fognini 2-6 6-3 6-4 and Alex De Minaur 6-73 7-63 6-2.
In the 4th round against De Minaur, Stefanos recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 7-63 6-2). During the match, Tsitsipas scored 114 points vs De Minaur’s 100. Stefanos was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tsitsipas recorded 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Stefanos Tsitsipas lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Tsitsipas put 52% of his first serves in, winning 65% (36/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (33/51) on the 2nd serve. Stefanos broke De Minaur 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tsitsipas started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Tsitsipas has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 69% of his matches (331-151). 26-7 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tsitsipas has a composed131-67 record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Carlo where he beat Andrey Rublev in the final 6-3 6-3 and in in Lyon where he defeated Cameron Norrie in the final 6-3 6-3.
Tsitsipas has an overall 54-15 win-loss record in 2021, 26-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018 and 2019. See his history.
Nikoloz Basilashvili
Ranked no. 36, Nikoloz reached the quarter after beating Christopher Eubanks 6-4 6-3, Albert Ramos-Vinolas 4-6 7-62 6-2 and Karen Khachanov 6-4 7-66.
In the 4th round, The Georgean had a good straight sets win against Khachanov (6-4 7-66). During the match Basilashvili scored 82 points vs Khachanov’s 71. Nikoloz was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Basilashvili fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Nikoloz Basilashvili was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (29/41) of his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Georgean broke Khachanov 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Basilashvili started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title in in Doha where he beat Roberto Bautista Agut in the final 7-6(5) 6-2 and in in Munich where he beat Jan-Lennard Struff in the final 6-4 7-6(5).
Basilashvili has a composed 32-24 win-loss record in 2021, 16-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tsitsipas | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 79 | 73 |
| Pts | 271-236 | 259-224 |
| Total Points | 507 | 483 |
| Winners | 103 | 91 |
| %Winners | 38% | 35% |
Both Tsitsipas and Basilashvili played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Stefanos Tsitsipas lost 2 sets, while Nikoloz Basilashvili conceded 1 set. Tsitsipas has played 1 set more than Basilashvili (8 vs 7). Therefore, Tsitsipas played 6 games more than Basilashvili. Tsitsipas scored 103 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Nikoloz recorded 91 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tsitsipas | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 158/260 | 125/227 |
| %1st in | 61% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 103/158 | 91/125 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 63/102 | 51/102 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 50% |
Tsitsipas fired 24 aces (8 per match). Basilashvili made 13 aces (4.3 per match). Tsitsipas won 65% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Basilashvili won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tsitsipas | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 12 |
| Converted | 12/25 | 12/25 |
| % Converted | 48% | 48% |
| Conceded | 18 | 18 |
| Saved | 11 | 11 |
| % Saved | 61% | 61% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 |
The Greek broke his opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. Tsitsipas lost his serve 7 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded. Nikoloz broke his opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. Nikoloz conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tsitsipas | |||||
| R2 Martinez Portero |
R3 Fognini |
R4 De Minaur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 2-6 6-3 6-4 | 6-73 7-63 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 27 | 34 | 79 | |
| pts | 70-50 | 87-86 | 114-100 | 271-236 | |
| Total points | 120 | 173 | 214 | 507 | |
| Winners | 26 | 41 | 36 | 103 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 47% | 32% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 41/56 | 62/98 | 55/106 | 158/260 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 63% | 52% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 26/41 | 41/62 | 36/55 | 103/158 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 66% | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/15 | 18/36 | 33/51 | 63/102 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 50% | 65% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/6 | 5/10 | 12/25 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 50% | 50% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 11 | 5 | 18 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 8/11 | 2/5 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 73% | 40% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
| Basilashvili | |||||
| R2 Eubanks |
R3 Ramos-Vinolas |
R4 Khachanov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 4-6 7-62 6-2 | 6-4 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 31 | 23 | 73 | |
| pts | 71-57 | 106-96 | 82-71 | 259-224 | |
| Total points | 128 | 202 | 153 | 483 | |
| Winners | 23 | 39 | 29 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 37% | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 8 | 2 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 31/55 | 53/98 | 41/74 | 125/227 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 54% | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 39/53 | 29/41 | 91/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | 71% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 19/45 | 19/33 | 51/102 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 42% | 58% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 5/6 | 3/6 | 12/25 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 83% | 50% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 | 6 | 18 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 6/10 | 4/6 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 60% | 67% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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