Nikoloz Basilashvili and Fernando Verdasco will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Sofia Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on CENTRE 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 Nikoloz Basilashvili who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nikoloz Basilashvili is the pick to win this match.
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 1.67
Fernando Verdasco -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Fernando Verdasco
This will be the 4th time that Nikoloz Basilashvili and Fernando Verdasco fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Verdasco (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Verdasco won 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in at the Australian Open back in 2020.
Nikoloz Basilashvili
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13-8 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 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. 37, Basilashvili will start his run in Sofia after he played his last match in Metz where he lost 7-6(11) 6-3 to Rinderknech in the 2nd round on the 22nd of September.
Nikoloz has an overall 13-27 win-loss record in 2022, 1-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Nikoloz’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Doha.
Talking about his overall career, Basilashvili has an overall 385-336 record. He has a negative 50-57 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Sofia
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2017. See his history.
Fernando Verdasco
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6-16 | 3-6 | 1-8 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-32 | 17-12 | 12-13 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-20 | 7-6 | 3-7 | 0-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-8 | 4-2 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 26-27 | 6-8 | 8-9 | 7-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 116, Fernando will start his run in Sofia after he played his last match in San Diego where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Kudla in the 1st round on the 20th of September.
The Spaniard has a compiled 30-27 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
Verdasco’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Monterrey Challenger.
In terms of his career, Fernando has an overall 656-491 record. He has a negative 75-76 record on indoor hard courts.
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Sofia
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (7-62 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Oscar OtteOtte – Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Mirza BasicBasic (3-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexandar LazarovLazarov – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Fabian Fallert/Oscar OtteFallert/Oscar Otte – Francisco Cabral/Jamie MurrayCabral/Jamie Murray (6-4 6-75 10-6) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Mikael YmerYmer (7-68 4-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Simone Bolelli/Fabio FogniniBolelli/Fabio Fognini – Marc-Andrea Huesler/Bernabe Zapata MirallesHuesler/Bernabe Zapata Miralles (6-3 5-7 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Dusan LajovicLajovic (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oscar OtteOtte – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Fabio FogniniFognini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandar LazarovLazarov – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
