Nikoloz Basilashvili and Liam Broady will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 3:30 pm on GRANDSTAND 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Liam Broady who should win in 3 sets.
Liam Broady -> 1.76
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Liam Broady
This will be the 2nd time that Nikoloz Basilashvili and Liam Broady face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Broady (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Broady won 6-2 7-5 in the 1st round in Spain F35.
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. 84, Basilashvili got to the qualifications after defeating Cem Ilkel 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Georgean had a good straight sets win against Ilkel (6-3 7-5). During the match, Basilashvili scored 73 points vs Ilkel’s 67. The Georgean was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Basilashvili recorded 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 79% of his first serves in, winning 65% (36/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the 2nd serve. Nikoloz broke Ilkel 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Basilashvili has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (270-249). 1-3 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Basilashvili has an aggregate 112-90 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Basilashvili has an overall 3-5 win-loss record in 2023, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Liam Broady
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64-22 | 30-10 | 10-4 | 23-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 10-18 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-28 | 23-9 | 2-4 | 15-9 | 5-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-25 | 16-9 | 2-5 | 10-5 | 8-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-26 | 19-10 | 7-5 | 16-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 140, Broady got to the qualifications after beating Mubarak Shannan Zayid 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Al Harrasi (6-1 6-1). During the match Broady scored 55 points vs Al Harrasi’s 21. Broady was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Broady scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Liam Broady was very effective on serve to win 91% (20/22) of his 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Liam broke Al Harrasi 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Vilnius Challenger where he beat Zdenek Kolar in the final 6-4 6-4.
Liam has an overall 11-3 win-loss record in 2023, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Basilashvili | Broady |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 14 |
| Pts | 73-67 | 55-21 |
| Total Points | 140 | 76 |
| Winners | 36 | 20 |
| %Winners | 49% | 36% |
Both Basilashvili and Broady played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Basilashvili and Broady have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Basilashvili played 7 games more than Broady. Basilashvili scored 36 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Broady managed to score 20 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Basilashvili | Broady |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 55/70 | 22/33 |
| %1st in | 79% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 36/55 | 20/22 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 91% |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/11 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 73% |
Basilashvili managed to score 2 aces . Broady fired 1 ace . Basilashvili won 65% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Broady won 91% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 73% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Basilashvili | Broady |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 83% |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 |
| Saved | 6 | 0 |
| % Saved | 86% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Georgean broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Nikoloz conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. The Brit broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Liam was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Basilashvili | |||
| Q1 Ilkel | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 73-67 | 73-67 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 55/70 | 55/70 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 36/55 | 36/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Broady | |||
| Q1 Al Harrasi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 55-21 | 55-21 | |
| Total points | 76 | 76 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 22/33 | 22/33 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 20/22 | 20/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/11 | 8/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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