Omni Kumar and Nishesh Basavareddy will square off in the 2nd round of the Indian Wells 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on PC3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nishesh Basavareddy who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nishesh Basavareddy is the pick to win this match.
Nishesh Basavareddy -> 1.615
Omni Kumar -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Omni Kumar vs. Nishesh Basavareddy
There is no head to head record between Omni Kumar and Nishesh Basavareddy since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Omni Kumar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-9 | 8-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-32 | 54-31 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-36 | 47-29 | 1-1 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 75-29 | 73-27 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-10 | 16-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 368, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Federico Gaio 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Omni had a good straight sets win against Gaio (6-3 6-2). During the match, Kumar scored 61 points vs Gaio’s 43. The American was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kumar scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Omni Kumar was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (23/28) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Omni broke Gaio 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Kumar has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (230-131). 1-0 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kumar has a compiled226-121 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
Kumar has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Indian Wells 1 Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Nishesh Basavareddy
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 12-6 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 451, Basavareddy reached the 2nd round after defeating Murphy Cassone 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Cassone (6-2 6-2). During the match Basavareddy scored 62 points vs Cassone’s 37. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Basavareddy made 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nishesh Basavareddy lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Basavareddy put 55% of his first serves in, winning 67% (20/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the 2nd serve. Basavareddy broke Cassone 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Nishesh has a composed 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kumar | Basavareddy |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 16 |
| Pts | 61-43 | 62-37 |
| Total Points | 104 | 99 |
| Winners | 23 | 20 |
| %Winners | 38% | 32% |
Both Kumar and Basavareddy played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kumar and Basavareddy have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kumar played 1 game more than Basavareddy. Kumar scored 23 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Basavareddy managed to score 20 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kumar | Basavareddy |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5 |
| 1st in | 28/50 | 30/55 |
| %1st in | 56% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 20/30 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 16/25 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 64% |
Kumar fired 4 aces . Basavareddy made 5 aces . Kumar won 82% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Basavareddy won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kumar | Basavareddy |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/10 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 30% | 83% |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Omni broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Kumar very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. The American broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Basavareddy conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kumar | |||
| R1 Gaio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-43 | 61-43 | |
| Total points | 104 | 104 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/50 | 28/50 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 23/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 14/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Basavareddy | |||
| R1 Cassone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 62-37 | 62-37 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/55 | 30/55 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 20/30 | 20/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 16/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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