Nikoloz Basilashvili and Max Wiskandt will square off in the 1^st round of the Rennes Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on COURT SAINT GREGOIRE 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nikoloz Basilashvili who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nikoloz Basilashvili is the pick to win this match.
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 1.26
Max Wiskandt -> 3.6

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Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Max Wiskandt

There is no head to head record between Nikoloz Basilashvili and Max Wiskandt since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Nikoloz Basilashvili

Ranked no. 347, the Georgean got to the 1^st

round after beating Maxence Beauge 7-6(4) 6-1 and Alexandre Reco 6-1 4-6 6-2.

In the qualifications, Basilashvili defeated Reco (6-1 4-6 6-2). During the match, Basilashvili scored 89 points vs Reco’s 72. Nikoloz was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Regarding the service games, Basilashvili recorded 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 65% of his first serves in, winning 72% (44/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (15/33) on the 2nd serve. Nikoloz broke Reco 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Basilashvili started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Basilashvili has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (268-258). 8-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Basilashvili has an overall 44-55 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

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

The Georgean has a composed 40-24 win-loss record in 2024, 8-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Rennes Challenger

Max Wiskandt

Ranked no. 528 (career-high), Wiskandt got to the 1^st round after beating Patrick Brady 7-6(7) 7-6(4) and David Pichler 7-6(4) 7-5.

In the qualifications, Wiskandt had a good straight sets win against Pichler (7-6⁴ 7-5). During the match Wiskandt scored 79 points vs Pichler’s 65. The German was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.

About the serving games, Wiskandt fired 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Max Wiskandt was very efficient on serve to win 89% (39/44) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The German broke Pichler twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Max started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.

The German’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.

The German has an aggregate 36-22 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Basilashvili	Wiskandt
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	45	51
Pts	155-121	168-149
Total Points	276	317
Winners	78	73
%Winners	50%	43%

Both Basilashvili and Wiskandt played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Nikoloz Basilashvili lost 1 set while Max Wiskandt hasn’t dropped a set so far. Basilashvili has played 1 set more than Wiskandt (5 vs 4). However, it’s interesting to notice that Basilashvili played 6 games less than Wiskandt. Basilashvili scored 78 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, The German fired 73 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Basilashvili	Wiskandt
Aces	5	12
Avg per match	2.5	6
1st in	106/154	101/162
%1st in	69%	62%
1st pts	78/106	73/101
%1st pts	74%	72%
2nd pts	26/48	32/61
%2nd pts	54%	52%

Basilashvili bagged 5 aces (2.5 per match). Wiskandt bagged 12 aces (6 per match). Basilashvili won 74% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Wiskandt won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Basilashvili	Wiskandt
Won	7	7
Converted	7/10	7/10
% Converted	70%	70%
Conceded	9	8
Saved	7	2
% Saved	78%	25%
Times Broken	2	6

Nikoloz broke his opponents 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. The Georgean lost his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Max broke his opponents 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Wiskandt conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.

Basilashvili
	Q1 Beauge	Q3 Reco	Total
Score	7-64 6-1	6-1 4-6 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	20	25	45
pts	66-49	89-72	155-121
Total points	115	161	276
Winners	34	44	78
%Winners	52%	49%	50%
SERVE
Aces	1	4	5
Double Faults	1	2	3
1st in	45/60	61/94	106/154
% 1st in	75%	65%	69%
1st pts	34/45	44/61	78/106
% 1st pts	76%	72%	74%
2nd pts	11/15	15/33	26/48
% 2nd pts	73%	45%	54%
Breaks
Won	2	5	7
Converted	2/4	5/6	7/10
Converted %	50%	83%	70%
Conceded	0	9	9
Saved	0/0	7/9	7
Saved %	–	78%	39%
Times Broken	0	2	2

Wiskandt
	Q1 Brady	Q3 Pichler	Total
Score	7-67 7-64	7-64 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	26	25	51
pts	89-84	79-65	168-149
Total points	173	144	317
Winners	34	39	73
%Winners	38%	49%	43%
SERVE
Aces	2	10	12
Double Faults	6	2	8
1st in	57/91	44/71	101/162
% 1st in	63%	62%	62%
1st pts	34/57	39/44	73/101
% 1st pts	60%	89%	72%
2nd pts	18/34	14/27	32/61
% 2nd pts	53%	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	5	2	7
Converted	5/7	2/3	7/10
Converted %	71%	67%	70%
Conceded	7	1	8
Saved	2/7	0/1	2
Saved %	29%	0%	15%
Times Broken	5	1	6

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