Taylor Fritz and Nikoloz Basilashvili will face off in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on John Cain Arena. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taylor Fritz who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Taylor Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Fritz -> 1.058
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 9.3

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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili

This will be the 5th time that Taylor Fritz and Nikoloz Basilashvili fight against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Fritz and Basilashvili (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Basilashvili won 7-6(5) 6-3 in the semifinal in Indian wells back in 2021.

Highlights Nikoloz Basilashvili vs Taylor Fritz – Indian wells 16-October-2021

Taylor Fritz

Taylor Fritz

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Rank
6
High
4
LLWLWLWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 53-23 31-12 3-4 6-5 13-2 0-0
2024 54-23 23-10 15-7 6-4 10-2 0-0
2023 54-24 35-11 11-6 5-3 3-4 0-0
2022 46-21 24-8 5-3 9-7 8-3 0-0
2021 34-22 20-13 4-5 8-3 2-1 0-0

Ranked no. 9, the American will start his run at the Australian Open after he won the title in Australia after beating 7-6(4) 7-6(6) Berrettini in the final.

The American has a composed 4-1 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was winning the title in Australia where he overcame Matteo Berrettini in the final 7-6(4) 7-6(6).

Talking about his overall career, Fritz has an overall 302-194 record. He has a positive 182-101 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2022. See his history.

Australian Open
Fritz's Record

Nikoloz Basilashvili

Nikoloz Basilashvili

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
109
High
16
LWWWLWWLWL
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. 90, the Georgean will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in Adelaide where he lost 6-1 1-1 ret. to Ymer in the qualifications on the 8th of January.

Nikoloz has an overall 0-2 win-loss record in 2023, 0-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, Basilashvili has an overall 388-342 record. He has a positive 164-141 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2018 and 2019. See his history.

Australian Open
Basilashvili's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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