Nikoloz Basilashvili and Jacopo Berrettini will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Verona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 9:00 pm on VOLVO ARENA . In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nikoloz Basilashvili who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nikoloz Basilashvili is the pick to win this match.
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 1.54
Jacopo Berrettini -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Jacopo Berrettini

There is no head to head record between Nikoloz Basilashvili and Jacopo Berrettini since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Nikoloz Basilashvili

Nikoloz Basilashvili

33 - 21win/loss

Hard
5-5
I Hard
6-4
Clay
22-12
Rank
443
High
16
WWWLLWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 33-21 5-5 22-12 6-4 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. 443, the Georgean got to the 2nd round after beating Matteo Sciahbasi 6-2 6-0, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 6-4 7-6(3) and Adrian Andreev 6-1 ret..

In the 1st round against Andreev, the Georgean had a free pass after Andreev retired on a 6-1 . scoreline.

Basilashvili has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (261-255). 22-12 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Basilashvili has a composed 96-81 record in the last years on clay.

The Georgean’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Murcia Challenger.

The Georgean has an aggregate 33-21 win-loss record in 2024, 22-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Verona Challenger

Basilashvili has never competed in this tournament before.

Verona Challenger
Basilashvili's Record

Jacopo Berrettini

Jacopo Berrettini

21 - 16win/loss

Hard
1-4
I Hard
0-1
Clay
20-11
Rank
449
High
389
WLWWWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 21-16 1-4 20-11 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 13-14 8-8 5-6 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 9-12 5-4 4-3 0-5 0-0 0-0
2021 23-27 6-5 17-22 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 15-13 11-9 4-4 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 449, the Italian got to the 2nd round after beating Alejandro Moro Canas 3-6 6-2 6-3.

In the 1st round against Moro Canas, Berrettini recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-3). During the match Berrettini scored 93 points vs Moro Canas’s 74. Berrettini was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.

About the serving games, Berrettini struck 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Jacopo Berrettini was pretty efficient on serve to win 78% (38/49) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Jacopo broke Moro Canas 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Berrettini’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Francavilla Challenger.

Jacopo has a compiled 21-16 win-loss record in 2024, 20-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Verona Challenger
Berrettini's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

N.Basilashvili
J.Berrettini
!
3h:31
3h:31
Time on court​
2h:09
2h:09
!
0h:39
0h:39
Last match​
!
2h:09
2h:09
!
3
3
Match played
1
1
44
44
Games Played​
26
26
6
6
Set played​​
3
3
170
170
Total points​
93
93
56.7
56.7
Avg point​
93
93
65
65
Winners
38
38
21.7
21.7
Avg Winners​
38
38
38%
38%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
7
7
3.3
3.3
Avg Aces
7
7
3
3
Double Faults
3
3
1
1
Avg Double Faults
3
3
65/91
65/91
1st won total​
38/49
38/49
!
71%
71%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
30/53
30/53
2nd won total​
14/25
14/25
57%
57%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
11/22
11/22
BP won
4/11
4/11
3.7/7.3
3.7/7.3
Avg BP won
4/11
4/11
50%
50%
Won
36%
36%
9
9
Conceded
4
4
3
3
Avg Conceded
4
4
3
3
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
6
6
Saved
2
2

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Basilashvili Berrettini
Match played 3 1
Tot Set 6 3
Tot Games 44 26
Pts 170-121 93-74
Total Points 291 167
Winners 65 38
%Winners 38% 41%

Basilashvili played 3 matches while Berrettini competed in 1 match. Basilashvili started his run from the qualifications while Berrettini had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Jacopo Berrettini dropped 1 set while Nikoloz Basilashvili hasn’t dropped a set so far. Basilashvili has played 3 sets more than Berrettini (6 vs 3). Therefore, Basilashvili played 18 games more than Berrettini. Nikoloz scored 65 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian scored 38 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Basilashvili Berrettini
Aces 10 7
Avg per match 3.3 7
1st in 91/144 49/74
%1st in 63% 66%
1st pts 65/91 38/49
%1st pts 71% 78%
2nd pts 30/53 14/25
%2nd pts 57% 56%

Basilashvili fired 10 aces (3.3 per match). Berrettini bagged 7 aces . Basilashvili won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Berrettini won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Basilashvili Berrettini
Won 11 4
Converted 11/22 4/11
% Converted 50% 36%
Conceded 9 4
Saved 6 2
% Saved 67% 50%
Times Broken 3 2

Basilashvili broke his opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Georgean dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Jacopo broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Jacopo conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Basilashvili
Q1
Sciahbasi
Q3
Pucinelli De Almeida
R1
Andreev
Total
Score 6-2 6-0 6-4 7-63 6-1 ret.
Tot Set 2 2 1 5
Tot Games 14 23 7 44
pts 63-38 76-67 31-16 170-121
Total points 101 143 47 291
Winners 18 35 12 65
%Winners 29% 46% 39% 38%
SERVE
Aces 4 3 3 10
Double Faults 2 0 1 3
1st in 27/46 49/72 15/26 91/144
% 1st in 59% 68% 58% 63%
1st pts 18/27 35/49 12/15 65/91
% 1st pts 67% 71% 80% 71%
2nd pts 12/19 12/23 6/11 30/53
% 2nd pts 63% 52% 55% 57%
Breaks
Won 6 3 2 11
Converted 6/13 3/6 2/3 11/22
Converted % 46% 50% 67% 50%
Conceded 4 2 3 9
Saved 3/4 0/2 3/3 6
Saved % 75% 0% 100% 58%
Times Broken 1 2 0 3
Berrettini
R1
Moro
Total
Score 3-6 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 26 26
pts 93-74 93-74
Total points 167 167
Winners 38 38
%Winners 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 49/74 49/74
% 1st in 66% 66%
1st pts 38/49 38/49
% 1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 14/25 14/25
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/11 4/11
Converted % 36% 36%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 2/4 2
Saved % 50% 17%
Times Broken 2 2

Tennis Scores in Verona Challenger

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