Nikoloz Basilashvili and Joao Sousa will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Gonet Geneva Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and 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
Joao Sousa -> 2.875
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Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Joao Sousa
This will be the 2nd time that Nikoloz Basilashvili and Joao Sousa play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sousa (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Sousa won 6-2 4-6 6-1 in the quarter in Marrakech back in 2018.
Nikoloz Basilashvili
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-30 | 10-7 | 27-15 | 12-8 | 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. 25, Basilashvili reached the 2nd round after beating Facundo Bagnis 6-4 0-0 ret..
In the 1st round, Nikoloz defeated Bagnis (6-4 0-0 ret.). During the match, Basilashvili scored 39 points vs Bagnis’s 31. Basilashvili was exceptionally aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Regarding the service games, Basilashvili couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 60% of his first serves in, winning 83% (15/18) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (5/12) on the 2nd serve. The Georgean broke Bagnis twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Basilashvili has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (288-254). 4-5 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Basilashvili has an overall 92-81 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Basilashvili’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Doha.
The Georgean has an aggregate 7-15 win-loss record in 2022, 4-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Geneva
The Georgean has never competed in this tournament before.
Joao Sousa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-33 | 6-8 | 10-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 25-34 | 10-12 | 10-11 | 5-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-31 | 11-9 | 4-11 | 11-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-13 | 0-5 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 79, the Portuguese got to the 2nd round after defeating Pablo Andujar 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Andujar (6-1 6-4). During the match Sousa scored 63 points vs Andujar’s 40. Joao was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Sousa struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Joao Sousa was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (26/34) of his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Sousa broke Andujar 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Pune where he beat Emil Ruusuvuori in the final 7-6(9) 4-6 6-1.
Joao has an aggregate 16-16 win-loss record in 2022, 5-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Basilashvili | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 10 | 17 |
| Pts | 39-31 | 63-40 |
| Total Points | 70 | 103 |
| Winners | 15 | 26 |
| %Winners | 38% | 41% |
Both Basilashvili and Sousa played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Basilashvili has played 1 set more than Sousa (3 vs 2). However, it’s interesting to notice that Basilashvili played 7 games less than Sousa. The Georgean scored 15 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Sousa scored 26 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Basilashvili | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 5 |
| 1st in | 18/30 | 34/49 |
| %1st in | 60% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 15/18 | 26/34 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 5/12 | 10/15 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 67% |
Basilashvili didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sousa managed to score 5 aces . Basilashvili won 83% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Sousa won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Basilashvili | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 40% | 44% |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Basilashvili broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Basilashvili dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Sousa broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Joao conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Basilashvili | |||
| R1 Bagnis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 0-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 10 | 10 | |
| pts | 39-31 | 39-31 | |
| Total points | 70 | 70 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 18/30 | 18/30 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 15/18 | 15/18 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Sousa | |||
| R1 Andujar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 63-40 | 63-40 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/49 | 34/49 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 26/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 10/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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