Nishesh Basavareddy and Edas Butvilas will face off in the final of the Charleston Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nishesh Basavareddy who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nishesh Basavareddy is the pick to win this match.
Nishesh Basavareddy -> 1.32
Edas Butvilas -> 3.14

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Prediction and head to head Nishesh Basavareddy vs. Edas Butvilas

There is no head to head record between Nishesh Basavareddy and Edas Butvilas since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Nishesh Basavareddy

Ranked no. 227 (career-high), Nishesh reached the final after beating Alex Rybakov 4-6 6-4 6-4, Ethan Quinn 6-2 7-5, Jeff Wolf 7-5 6-2 and Christopher Eubanks 6-4 7-6(5).

In the semifinal, Basavareddy had a good straight sets win against Eubanks (6-4 7-6⁵). During the match, Basavareddy scored 76 points vs Eubanks’s 67. Basavareddy was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Basavareddy recorded 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Nishesh Basavareddy lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Basavareddy put 68% of his first serves in, winning 81% (38/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Nishesh broke Eubanks twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Basavareddy has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Basavareddy has a solid win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 65% of his matches (41-22). 24-10 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Basavareddy has an overall35-16 win-loss record in the last 3 years on hard.

The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Calabasas and the Bloomfield Hills Challenger.

Nishesh has a compiled 27-11 win-loss record in 2024, 24-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Charleston Challenger

Basavareddy has never competed in this tournament before.

Edas Butvilas

Ranked no. 365 (career-high), the Lithuanian reached the final after defeating Sawyer Severance 6-1 6-0, James Kent Trotter 6-2 2-6 7-5, Tristan Schoolkate 7-6(7) 6-4, Bernard Tomic 3-6 6-3 6-2 and Tristan Boyer 6-4 6-3.

In the semifinal, Butvilas had a good straight sets win against Boyer (6-4 6-3). During the match Butvilas scored 76 points vs Boyer’s 60. Butvilas was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Butvilas recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Edas Butvilas was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (26/34) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Edas broke Boyer 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Edas started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Edas’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Heraklion,M15 Kursumlijska Banja,M25 La Nucia and Nova.

Edas has an aggregate 51-20 win-loss record in 2024, 26-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Basavareddy	Butvilas
Match played	4	5
Tot Set	9	12
Tot Games	93	109
Pts	324-272	377-309
Total Points	596	686
Winners	129	148
%Winners	40%	39%

Basavareddy played 4 matches while Butvilas competed in 5 matches. Butvilas started his run from the qualifications while Basavareddy had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Nishesh Basavareddy surrendered 1 set, while Edas Butvilas dropped 2 sets. Basavareddy has played 3 set(s) less than Butvilas (9 vs 12). Therefore, Basavareddy played 16 games less than Butvilas. The American scored 129 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Lithuanian recorded 148 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Basavareddy	Butvilas
Aces	10	32
Avg per match	2.5	6.4
1st in	169/278	197/332
%1st in	61%	59%
1st pts	129/169	148/197
%1st pts	76%	75%
2nd pts	55/109	71/135
%2nd pts	50%	53%

Basavareddy managed to score 10 aces (2.5 per match). Butvilas recorded 32 aces (6.4 per match). Basavareddy won 76% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Butvilas won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Basavareddy	Butvilas
Won	15	21
Converted	15/37	21/41
% Converted	41%	51%
Conceded	13	26
Saved	6	17
% Saved	46%	65%
Times Broken	7	9

Nishesh broke his opponents 15 times with a 41% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve 7 times and he saved 46% of the break points that he conceded. The Lithuanian broke his opponents 21 times with a 51% conversion rate. Butvilas conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.

Basavareddy
	R1 Rybakov	R2 Quinn	1/4 Wolf	1/2 Eubanks	Total
Score	4-6 6-4 6-4	6-2 7-5	7-5 6-2	6-4 7-65
Tot Set	3	2	2	2	9
Tot Games	30	20	20	23	93
pts	105-95	76-62	67-48	76-67	324-272
Total points	200	138	115	143	596
Winners	39	24	28	38	129
%Winners	37%	32%	42%	50%	40%
SERVE
Aces	2	1	5	2	10
Double Faults	8	2	3	6	19
1st in	53/98	32/58	37/53	47/69	169/278
% 1st in	54%	55%	70%	68%	61%
1st pts	39/53	24/32	28/37	38/47	129/169
% 1st pts	74%	75%	76%	81%	76%
2nd pts	21/45	13/26	10/16	11/22	55/109
% 2nd pts	47%	50%	63%	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	5	4	2	15
Converted	4/10	5/10	4/9	2/8	15/37
Converted %	40%	50%	44%	25%	41%
Conceded	5	4	2	2	13
Saved	2/5	2/4	1/2	1/2	6
Saved %	40%	50%	50%	50%	48%
Times Broken	3	2	1	1	7

Butvilas
	Q1 Severance	Q3 Rybakov	R1 Kent	R2 Schoolkate	1/4 Tomic	1/2 Boyer	Total
Score	6-1 6-0	6-72 7-5 7-5	6-2 2-6 7-5	7-67 6-4	3-6 6-3 6-2	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	3	2	3	2	15
Tot Games	13	37	28	23	26	19	146
pts	53-20	–	86-83	84-79	78-67	76-60	377-309
Total points	73	0	169	163	145	136	686
Winners	18		31	38	35	26	148
%Winners	34%	0%	36%	45%	45%	34%	39%
SERVE
Aces	4	0	6	7	12	3	32
Double Faults	2		5	0	3	1	11
1st in	19/38	/	48/86	51/79	45/70	34/59	197/332
% 1st in	50%	0%	56%	65%	64%	58%	59%
1st pts	18/19	/	31/48	38/51	35/45	26/34	148/197
% 1st pts	95%	0%	65%	75%	78%	76%	75%
2nd pts	9/19	/	20/38	15/28	14/25	13/25	71/135
% 2nd pts	47%	0%	53%	54%	56%	52%	53%
Breaks
Won	6		5	2	4	4	21
Converted	6/9	/	5/9	2/6	4/6	4/11	21/41
Converted %	67%	0%	56%	33%	67%	36%	51%
Conceded	2		6	5	6	7	26
Saved	1/2	0/	2/6	4/5	4/6	6/7	17
Saved %	50%	–	33%	80%	67%	86%	79%
Times Broken	1		4	1	2	1	9

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