Nikoloz Basilashvili and Hiroki Moriya will fight against each other in the quarter of the Seoul Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 -> 1.38
Hiroki Moriya -> 2.85

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Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Hiroki Moriya

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

Nikoloz Basilashvili

Ranked no. 311, Basilashvili got to the quarter after defeating Terence Atmane 6-3 3-6 6-4 and Tung-Lin Wu 6-2 6-7(3) 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Nikoloz defeated Wu (6-2 6-7³ 6-4). During the match, Basilashvili scored 107 points vs Wu’s 104. Nikoloz was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Regarding the service games, Basilashvili scored 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve 3 times and he saved 15 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 52% of his first serves in, winning 67% (41/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (29/57) on the 2nd serve. Nikoloz broke Wu 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Georgean has surrendered 2 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.

Basilashvili has winning record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (274-263). 7-6 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Basilashvili has a composed 101-95 match record in the last years on hard.

Nikoloz’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Murcia Challenger.

The Georgean has a composed 46-29 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seoul Challenger

Nikoloz has never competed in this tournament before.

Hiroki Moriya

Ranked no. 407, Hiroki got to the quarter after beating Seon Yong Han 3-6 6-3 6-1, Duckhee Lee 6-3 6-3, Guy Den Ouden 5-7 6-4 6-4 and Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-3 0-6 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Moriya defeated Mcdonald (6-3 0-6 6-4).During the match Moriya scored less points (1) than Mcdonald. In fact, the world no. 311 won 76 points vs Mcdonald’s. That means that Moriya was more focused during the important points. Moriya was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Moriya bagged 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Hiroki Moriya lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Moriya put 68% of his first serves in, winning 63% (32/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Hiroki broke Mcdonald 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Japanese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Moriya’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Traralgon,M25 Takasaki and M25 Cairns.

Hiroki has an overall 32-27 win-loss record in 2024, 32-24 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seoul Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2013 and 2017. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Basilashvili	Moriya
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	6	11
Tot Games	59	100
Pts	191-178	339-307
Total Points	369	646
Winners	69	126
%Winners	36%	37%

Basilashvili played 2 matches while Moriya competed in 4 matches. Moriya started his run from the qualifications while Basilashvili had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Nikoloz Basilashvili dropped 2 sets, while Hiroki Moriya conceded 3 sets. Basilashvili has played 5 set(s) less than Moriya (6 vs 11). Therefore, Basilashvili played 41 games less than Moriya. The Georgean scored 69 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Hiroki made 126 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Basilashvili	Moriya
Aces	11	8
Avg per match	5.5	2
1st in	96/191	196/335
%1st in	50%	59%
1st pts	69/96	126/196
%1st pts	72%	64%
2nd pts	50/95	67/139
%2nd pts	53%	48%

Basilashvili fired 11 aces (5.5 per match). Moriya recorded 8 aces (2 per match). Basilashvili won 72% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Moriya won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Basilashvili	Moriya
Won	10	21
Converted	10/19	21/44
% Converted	53%	48%
Conceded	23	40
Saved	17	24
% Saved	74%	60%
Times Broken	6	16

Basilashvili broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Nikoloz surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded. Hiroki broke his opponents 21 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 16 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Basilashvili
	R1 Atmane	R2 Wu	Total
Score	6-3 3-6 6-4	6-2 6-73 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	28	31	59
pts	84-74	107-104	191-178
Total points	158	211	369
Winners	28	41	69
%Winners	33%	38%	36%
SERVE
Aces	4	7	11
Double Faults	5	5	10
1st in	35/73	61/118	96/191
% 1st in	48%	52%	50%
1st pts	28/35	41/61	69/96
% 1st pts	80%	67%	72%
2nd pts	21/38	29/57	50/95
% 2nd pts	55%	51%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	6	10
Converted	4/8	6/11	10/19
Converted %	50%	55%	53%
Conceded	5	18	23
Saved	2/5	15/18	17
Saved %	40%	83%	62%
Times Broken	3	3	6

Moriya
	Q1 Yong	Q3 Hee Lee	R1 Den	R2 Mcdonald	Total
Score	3-6 6-3 6-1	6-3 6-3	5-7 6-4 6-4	6-3 0-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	3	3	11
Tot Games	25	18	32	25	100
pts	84-76	70-54	109-100	76-77	339-307
Total points	160	124	209	153	646
Winners	31	23	40	32	126
%Winners	37%	33%	37%	42%	37%
SERVE
Aces	3	0	1	4	8
Double Faults	5	4	2	1	12
1st in	49/80	33/75	63/105	51/75	196/335
% 1st in	61%	44%	60%	68%	59%
1st pts	31/49	23/33	40/63	32/51	126/196
% 1st pts	63%	70%	63%	63%	64%
2nd pts	16/31	20/42	19/42	12/24	67/139
% 2nd pts	52%	48%	45%	50%	48%
Breaks
Won	6	5	7	3	21
Converted	6/12	5/9	7/14	3/9	21/44
Converted %	50%	56%	50%	33%	48%
Conceded	13	8	13	6	40
Saved	9/13	6/8	7/13	2/6	24
Saved %	69%	75%	54%	33%	116%
Times Broken	4	2	6	4	16

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