Roberto Bautista Agut and Nikoloz Basilashvili will face off in the final of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 6:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roberto Bautista Agut who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roberto Bautista Agut is the pick to win this match.
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 6th time that Roberto Bautista Agut and Nikoloz Basilashvili fight against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Bautista-Agut (see full H2H stats), but Basilashvili has a winning record of 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Basilashvili won 7-6(5) 6-2 in the final in Doha back in 2021.
Highlights Nikoloz Basilashvili vs Roberto Bautista Agut – Doha 13-March-2021
Roberto Bautista Agut
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-28 | 11-13 | 10-7 | 9-4 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-23 | 9-7 | 8-8 | 2-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-20 | 17-9 | 7-3 | 9-6 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 14-10 | 7-7 | 4-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-8 | 13-4 | 4-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 16, the Spaniard reached the final after beating Andy Murray 6-0 6-1, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-1 6-1 and Karen Khachanov 2-6 6-3 7-5.
In the semifinal against Khachanov, The Spaniard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 7-5). During the match, Bautista-Agut scored 96 points vs Khachanov’s 94. Bautista-Agut was exceptionally aggressive to blast 56 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bautista-Agut scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Roberto Bautista Agut lost the serve twice and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Bautista-Agut put 76% of his first serves in, winning 69% (56/81) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Khachanov twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bautista-Agut has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Bautista-Agut has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (348-199). 9-2 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bautista-Agut has a compiled 164-84 record in the last years on hard.
Roberto’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Doha.
The Spaniard has an overall 10-3 win-loss record in 2022, 9-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Nikoloz Basilashvili
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 50-31 | 10-7 | 27-15 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-19 | 1-8 | 0-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 3-11 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-27 | 18-11 | 8-8 | 3-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-14 | 4-6 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 22, the Georgean got to the final after beating Elias Ymer 6-4 7-5, Marton Fucsovics 1-6 6-3 7-5 and Arthur Rinderknech 6-4 6-2.
In the semifinal, Nikoloz had a good straight sets win against Rinderknech (6-4 6-2). During the match Basilashvili scored 62 points vs Rinderknech’s 41. Basilashvili was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Basilashvili struck 4 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nikoloz Basilashvili was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 84% (27/32) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Basilashvili broke Rinderknech 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nikoloz has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Basilashvili’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Doha.
Nikoloz has a compiled 3-6 win-loss record in 2022, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bautista-Agut | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 68 |
| Pts | 215-162 | 236-210 |
| Total Points | 377 | 446 |
| Winners | 100 | 87 |
| %Winners | 47% | 37% |
Both Bautista-Agut and Basilashvili played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Roberto Bautista Agut dropped 1 set, while Nikoloz Basilashvili dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Bautista-Agut and Basilashvili have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Bautista-Agut played 12 games less than Basilashvili. Bautista-Agut scored 100 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Basilashvili made 87 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bautista-Agut | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 2.7 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 139/190 | 122/217 |
| %1st in | 73% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 100/139 | 87/122 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 27/51 | 50/95 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 53% |
Bautista-Agut struck 8 aces (2.7 per match). Basilashvili fired 10 aces (3.3 per match). Bautista-Agut won 72% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Basilashvili won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bautista-Agut | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 10 |
| Converted | 12/16 | 10/26 |
| % Converted | 75% | 38% |
| Conceded | 13 | 15 |
| Saved | 11 | 10 |
| % Saved | 85% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Roberto broke his opponents 12 times with a 75% conversion rate. Bautista-Agut surrendered his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded. Basilashvili broke his opponents 10 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Georgean conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bautista-Agut | |||||
| R2 Murray |
1/4 Davidovich Fokina |
1/2 Khachanov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | 6-1 6-1 | 2-6 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 14 | 29 | 56 | |
| pts | 56-28 | 63-40 | 96-94 | 215-162 | |
| Total points | 84 | 103 | 190 | 377 | |
| Winners | 24 | 20 | 56 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 32% | 58% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 31/43 | 27/40 | 81/107 | 139/190 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 68% | 76% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 20/27 | 56/81 | 100/139 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 74% | 69% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 9/13 | 12/26 | 27/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 69% | 46% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/7 | 2/3 | 12/16 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 71% | 67% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 12 | 13 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/0 | 10/12 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 83% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Basilashvili | |||||
| R2 Ymer |
1/4 Fucsovics |
1/2 Rinderknech |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 1-6 6-3 7-5 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 28 | 18 | 68 | |
| pts | 86-79 | 88-90 | 62-41 | 236-210 | |
| Total points | 165 | 178 | 103 | 446 | |
| Winners | 25 | 35 | 27 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 40% | 44% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 39/78 | 51/86 | 32/53 | 122/217 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 59% | 60% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 25/39 | 35/51 | 27/32 | 87/122 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 69% | 84% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/39 | 17/35 | 11/21 | 50/95 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 49% | 52% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 3/8 | 3/4 | 10/26 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 38% | 75% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4/7 | 2/2 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 57% | 100% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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