Nishesh Basavareddy and Bruno Kuzuhara will square off in the qualifications of the Granby Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 8. 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 2 sets.
Nishesh Basavareddy -> 1.2
Bruno Kuzuhara -> 4.2
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Prediction and head to head Nishesh Basavareddy vs. Bruno Kuzuhara
There is no head to head record between Nishesh Basavareddy and Bruno Kuzuhara since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Nishesh Basavareddy
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-5 | 13-5 | 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. 304 (career-high), Nishesh got to the qualifications after defeating Keegan Rice 6-1 6-1 and Bruno Kuzuhara .
In the qualifications, Basavareddy had a good straight sets win against Rice (6-1 6-1). During the match, Basavareddy scored 65 points vs Rice’s 35. Nishesh was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Basavareddy fired 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Nishesh Basavareddy was exceptionally effective on serve to win 88% (21/24) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nishesh broke Rice 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Basavareddy has a solid record in the last 3 years having won 63% of his matches (27-16). 13-5 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Basavareddy has an overall24-11 record in the last 3 years on hard.
Nishesh’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Calabasas and the Bloomfield Hills Challenger.
The American has a composed 13-5 win-loss record in 2024, 13-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Granby Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Bruno Kuzuhara
23 - 19win/loss
429
414
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-19 | 8-7 | 15-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-30 | 13-6 | 28-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-23 | 8-13 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-13 | 6-6 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 429, Kuzuhara reached the qualifications after defeating Joshua Lapadat 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Bruno had a good straight sets win against Lapadat (6-3 6-4). During the match Kuzuhara scored 66 points vs Lapadat’s 54. Kuzuhara was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Kuzuhara wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Bruno Kuzuhara lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kuzuhara put 82% of his first serves in, winning 70% (38/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (6/12) on the 2nd serve. Bruno broke Lapadat 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
The American’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Pensacola.
The American has a compiled 23-19 win-loss record in 2024, 8-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Basavareddy | Kuzuhara |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 19 |
| Pts | 65-35 | 66-54 |
| Total Points | 100 | 120 |
| Winners | 21 | 38 |
| %Winners | 32% | 58% |
Both Basavareddy and Kuzuhara played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Basavareddy and Kuzuhara have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Basavareddy played 5 games less than Kuzuhara. Basavareddy scored 21 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Bruno managed to score 38 winners (58%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Basavareddy | Kuzuhara |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 0 |
| 1st in | 24/42 | 54/66 |
| %1st in | 57% | 82% |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 38/54 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 6/12 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 50% |
Basavareddy recorded 7 aces . Kuzuhara didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Basavareddy won 88% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Kuzuhara won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Basavareddy | Kuzuhara |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Basavareddy broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Basavareddy pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Bruno broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kuzuhara conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Basavareddy | |||
| Q1 Rice | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 65-35 | 65-35 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 24/42 | 24/42 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 21/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 11/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kuzuhara | |||
| Q1 Lapadat | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 66-54 | 66-54 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 58% | 58% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 54/66 | 54/66 | |
| % 1st in | 82% | 82% | |
| 1st pts | 38/54 | 38/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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