Nikoloz Basilashvili and Nick Kyrgios will play each other in the 2nd round of the Mercedes Cup for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 9:00 pm on CENTER 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 Nick Kyrgios who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nick Kyrgios is the pick to win this match.
Nick Kyrgios -> 1.32
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 3.52
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Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Nick Kyrgios
This will be the 2nd time that Nikoloz Basilashvili and Nick Kyrgios clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kyrgios (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they played each other, Kyrgios won 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in Beijing back in 2017.
Nikoloz Basilashvili
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-29 | 18-13 | 9-10 | 9-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-32 | 11-8 | 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 |
Ranked no. 26, the Georgean reached the 2nd round after defeating Lorenzo Musetti 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Georgean had a good straight sets win against Musetti (7-5 6-3). During the match, Basilashvili scored 72 points vs Musetti’s 53. Basilashvili was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Basilashvili scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (29/35) of his 1st serve and 68% (19/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Georgean broke Musetti twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Basilashvili has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (290-256). 1-0 on grass in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Basilashvili has a composed 19-21 match record in the last years on grass.
Basilashvili’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Doha.
The Georgean has a composed 9-17 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Stuttgart
Nick Kyrgios
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-10 | 23-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 12-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-8 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 78, the Australian reached the 2nd round after defeating Jiri Lehecka 7-63 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Lehecka (7-63 6-3). During the match Kyrgios scored 76 points vs Lehecka’s 61. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Kyrgios blasted 18 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Nick Kyrgios was pretty effective on serve to win 85% (40/47) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nick broke Lehecka once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
The Australian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Houston.
The Australian has an overall 10-4 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Stuttgart
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Basilashvili | Kyrgios |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 22 |
| Pts | 72-53 | 76-61 |
| Total Points | 125 | 137 |
| Winners | 29 | 40 |
| %Winners | 40% | 53% |
Both Basilashvili and Kyrgios played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Basilashvili and Kyrgios have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Basilashvili played 1 game less than Kyrgios. Nikoloz scored 29 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Nick recorded 40 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Basilashvili | Kyrgios |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 18 |
| 1st in | 35/63 | 47/70 |
| %1st in | 56% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 40/47 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 14/23 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 61% |
Basilashvili managed to score 1 ace . Kyrgios also managed to score 18 aces . Basilashvili won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Kyrgios won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Basilashvili | Kyrgios |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 1 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 1/3 |
| % Converted | 50% | 33% |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Nikoloz broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Nikoloz was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. Nick broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. Nick was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Basilashvili | |||
| R1 Musetti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 72-53 | 72-53 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/63 | 35/63 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 29/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 19/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kyrgios | |||
| R1 Lehecka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 76-61 | 76-61 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 18 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 47/70 | 47/70 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 40/47 | 40/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 14/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 1/3 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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