Jesper De Jong and Nikoloz Basilashvili will square off in the 1st round of the Murcia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on PISTA 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jesper De Jong who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jesper De Jong is the pick to win this match.
Jesper De Jong -> 1.52
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 2.42
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Prediction and head to head Jesper De Jong vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
There is no head to head record between Jesper De Jong and Nikoloz Basilashvili since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Jesper De Jong
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-22 | 12-5 | 29-14 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-23 | 19-4 | 30-14 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-28 | 12-7 | 10-13 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-29 | 2-6 | 27-18 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 31-12 | 7-3 | 14-5 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 151, De Jong will start his run in the Murcia Challenger after he played his last match in the Tenerife 2 Challenger where he lost 6-4 1-6 6-3 to Caruso in the 2nd round on the 21st of February.
Jesper has an aggregate 7-5 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
Talking about his overall career, Jesper has an overall 212-127 record. He has a positive 112-63 record on clay.
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
Nikoloz Basilashvili
14 - 9win/loss
328
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LLWWLLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-28 | 5-6 | 27-15 | 11-7 | 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 |
| 2020 | 4-14 | 4-6 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 869, Nikoloz reached the 1st round after beating Denis Yevseyev 6-2 2-0 ret. and Diego Barreto Sanchez 7-65 1-6 6-0.
In the qualifications, Basilashvili defeated Barreto Sanchez (7-65 1-6 6-0). During the match Basilashvili scored 92 points vs Barreto Sanchez’s 87. The Georgean was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Basilashvili struck 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 59% of his first serves in, winning 71% (40/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (17/39) on the 2nd serve. Nikoloz broke Barreto Sanchez 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
The Georgean’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Les Franqueses del Valles.
Basilashvili has an aggregate 13-9 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
The Georgean has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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