Albert Ramos-Vinolas and Nikoloz Basilashvili will play each other in the semifinal of the Murcia Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on PISTA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Albert Ramos-Vinolas who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Albert Ramos-Vinolas is the pick to win this match.
Albert Ramos-Vinolas -> 1.55
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 2.31

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Prediction and head to head Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili

This will be the 3^rd time that Albert Ramos-Vinolas and Nikoloz Basilashvili square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Basilashvili (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Basilashvili won 4-6 7-6(2) 6-2 in the 3^rd round in Indian wells back in 2021.

Albert Ramos-Vinolas

Ranked no. 105, the Spaniard reached the semifinal after defeating Carlos Taberner 6-3 7-6⁵, David Jorda Sanchis 6-2 3-6 7-6⁶ and Bu Yunchaokete 7-5 3-6 6-1.

In the quarter, Ramos-Vinolas defeated Yunchaokete (7-5 3-6 6-1). During the match, Ramos-Vinolas scored 91 points vs Yunchaokete’s 83. Albert was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ramos-Vinolas scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Albert Ramos-Vinolas lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Ramos-Vinolas put 68% of his first serves in, winning 71% (42/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. Ramos-Vinolas broke Yunchaokete 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Spaniard has dropped 2 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Ramos-Vinolas has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (276-264). 6-4 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ramos-Vinolas has an overall 208-142 record in the last years on clay.

The Spaniard has a composed 6-5 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Murcia Challenger

The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.

Nikoloz Basilashvili

Ranked no. 869, Nikoloz got to the semifinal after defeating Denis Yevseyev 6-2 2-0 ret., Diego Barreto Sanchez 7-6⁵ 1-6 6-0, Jesper De Jong 6-3 6-2, Ugo Blanchet 6-2 7-5 and Marco Trungelliti 4-6 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter against Trungelliti, Nikoloz recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Basilashvili scored 104 points vs Trungelliti’s 98. The Georgean was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about serving, Basilashvili fired 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 55% of his first serves in, winning 71% (40/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (22/46) on the 2nd serve. Nikoloz broke Trungelliti 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nikoloz started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

The Georgean’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Les Franqueses del Valles.

Basilashvili has an overall 16-9 win-loss record in 2024, 5-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ramos-Vinolas	Basilashvili
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	8	13
Tot Games	80	102
Pts	261-236	376-311
Total Points	497	687
Winners	120	145
%Winners	46%	39%

Ramos-Vinolas played 3 matches while Basilashvili competed in 5 matches. Basilashvili started his run from the qualifications while Ramos-Vinolas had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Albert Ramos-Vinolas surrendered 2 sets, while Nikoloz Basilashvili conceded 2 sets. Ramos-Vinolas has played 5 set(s) less than Basilashvili (8 vs 13). Therefore, Ramos-Vinolas played 22 games less than Basilashvili. The Spaniard scored 120 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Basilashvili blasted 145 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ramos-Vinolas	Basilashvili
Aces	5	17
Avg per match	1.7	3.4
1st in	169/244	196/335
%1st in	69%	59%
1st pts	120/169	145/196
%1st pts	71%	74%
2nd pts	40/75	66/139
%2nd pts	53%	47%

Ramos-Vinolas fired 5 aces (1.7 per match). Basilashvili managed to score 17 aces (3.4 per match). Ramos-Vinolas won 71% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Basilashvili won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Ramos-Vinolas	Basilashvili
Won	10	21
Converted	10/19	21/48
% Converted	53%	44%
Conceded	16	23
Saved	10	13
% Saved	63%	57%
Times Broken	6	10

Ramos-Vinolas broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Ramos-Vinolas conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The Georgean broke his opponents 21 times with a 44% conversion rate. Nikoloz conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Ramos-Vinolas
	R1 Taberner	R2 Jorda Sanchis	1/4 Yunchaokete	Total
Score	6-3 7-65	6-2 3-6 7-66	7-5 3-6 6-1
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	22	30	28	80
pts	73-66	97-87	91-83	261-236
Total points	139	184	174	497
Winners	32	46	42	120
%Winners	44%	47%	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	2	1	2	5
Double Faults	1	2	1	4
1st in	51/74	59/83	59/87	169/244
% 1st in	69%	71%	68%	69%
1st pts	32/51	46/59	42/59	120/169
% 1st pts	63%	78%	71%	71%
2nd pts	13/23	15/24	12/28	40/75
% 2nd pts	57%	63%	43%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	2	5	10
Converted	3/6	2/6	5/7	10/19
Converted %	50%	33%	71%	53%
Conceded	4	4	8	16
Saved	2/4	3/4	5/8	10
Saved %	50%	75%	63%	63%
Times Broken	2	1	3	6

Basilashvili
	Q1 Yevseyev	Q3 Barreto	R1 De	R2 Blanchet	1/4 Trungelliti	Total
Score	6-2 2-0 ret.	7-65 1-6 6-0	6-3 6-2	6-2 7-5	4-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	2	3	12
Tot Games	10	26	17	20	29	102
pts	37-18	92-87	61-38	82-70	104-98	376-311
Total points	55	179	99	152	202	687
Winners	16	40	18	31	40	145
%Winners	43%	43%	30%	38%	38%	39%
SERVE
Aces	2	6	2	3	4	17
Double Faults	1	5	1	5	5	17
1st in	19/26	56/95	24/42	41/70	56/102	196/335
% 1st in	73%	59%	57%	59%	55%	59%
1st pts	16/19	40/56	18/24	31/41	40/56	145/196
% 1st pts	84%	71%	75%	76%	71%	74%
2nd pts	3/7	17/39	12/18	12/29	22/46	66/139
% 2nd pts	43%	44%	67%	41%	48%	47%
Breaks
Won	4	3	5	5	4	21
Converted	4/6	3/8	5/12	5/10	4/12	21/48
Converted %	67%	38%	42%	50%	33%	44%
Conceded	1	5	1	8	8	23
Saved	0/1	2/5	0/1	6/8	5/8	13
Saved %	0%	40%	0%	75%	63%	59%
Times Broken	1	3	1	2	3	10

Tennis Scores in Murcia Challenger

• Arjun Kadhe/Jeevan NedunchezhiyanKadhe/Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan – Francisco Cabral/Henrique RochaCabral/Henrique Rocha (6-4 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Theo Arribage/Vlad Victor CorneaArribage/Vlad Victor Cornea – Luca Margaroli/Santiago Rodriguez TavernaMargaroli/Santiago Rodriguez Taverna (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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