Zachary Svajda and Nishesh Basavareddy will face off in the 2nd round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 8:00 pm on COURT 2. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nishesh Basavareddy is the pick to win this match.
Nishesh Basavareddy -> 1.54
Zachary Svajda -> 2.35

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Prediction and head to head Zachary Svajda vs. Nishesh Basavareddy

This will be the 3rd time that Zachary Svajda and Nishesh Basavareddy clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Svajda (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Svajda won 6-4 6-1 in the final in the Fairfield Challenger back in 2023.

Zachary Svajda

Zachary Svajda

37 - 34win/loss

Hard
27-21
I Hard
2-4
Clay
2-4
Grass
6-5
Rank
167
High
102
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-34 27-21 2-4 2-4 6-5 0-0
2023 46-24 28-8 2-6 10-6 6-4 0-0
2022 26-23 25-14 0-3 1-6 0-0 0-0
2021 24-13 24-12 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2020 6-6 5-3 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 167, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Ethan Quinn 3-6 6-3 7-5.

In the 1st round against Quinn, Svajda recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-5).During the match, Svajda scored less points (1) than Quinn. In fact, the world no. 167 won 94 points vs Quinn’s. That means that Svajda was more focused during the important points. Zachary was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Talking about the service games, Svajda scored 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Zachary Svajda was pretty efficient on serve to win 72% (48/67) of his 1st serve and 53% (20/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Svajda broke Quinn twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Svajda has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (160-121). 2-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Svajda has a compiled14-20 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

Zachary’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Indian Wells 2 Challenger.

Svajda has a composed 37-34 win-loss record in 2024, 2-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Knoxville Challenger
Svajda's Record

Nishesh Basavareddy

Nishesh Basavareddy

37 - 14win/loss

Hard
29-11
I Hard
8-3
Rank
170
High
170
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-14 29-11 0-0 8-3 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
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Ranked no. 170 (career-high), the American reached the 2nd round after beating Colton Smith 6-2 6-4.

In the 1st round, Nishesh had a good straight sets win against Smith (6-2 6-4). During the match Basavareddy scored 65 points vs Smith’s 49. Nishesh was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Basavareddy bagged 2 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nishesh Basavareddy was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 81% (13/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nishesh broke Smith 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Tiburon Challenger where he overcame Eliot Spizzirri in the final 6-1 6-1.

Nishesh has an overall 37-14 win-loss record in 2024, 8-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.

Knoxville Challenger
Basavareddy's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Z.Svajda
N.Basavareddy
!
2h:04
2h:04
Time on court​
1h:17
1h:17
!
2h:04
2h:04
Last match​
1h:17
1h:17
1
1
Match played
1
1
30
30
Games Played​
18
18
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
94
94
Total points​
65
65
94
94
Avg point​
65
65
48
48
Winners
24
24
48
48
Avg Winners​
24
24
51%
51%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
2
2
9
9
Avg Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
0
0
2
2
Avg Double Faults
0
0
48/67
48/67
1st won total​
24/31
24/31
!
72%
72%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
20/38
20/38
2nd won total​
13/16
13/16
53%
53%
2nd won %
!
81%
81%
-- Break Points --
2/3
2/3
BP won
3/10
3/10
2/3
2/3
Avg BP won
3/10
3/10
!
67%
67%
Won
30%
30%
6
6
Conceded
1
1
6
6
Avg Conceded
1
1
1
1
Broken
0
0
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0
0
5
5
Saved
1
1
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Svajda Basavareddy
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 30 18
Pts 94-95 65-49
Total Points 189 114
Winners 48 24
%Winners 51% 37%

Both Svajda and Basavareddy played 1 match. At the moment, Zachary Svajda surrendered 1 set while Nishesh Basavareddy hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Svajda has played 1 set more than Basavareddy (3 vs 2). Therefore, Svajda played 12 games more than Basavareddy. Svajda scored 48 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Nishesh struck 24 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Svajda Basavareddy
Aces 9 2
Avg per match 9 2
1st in 67/105 31/47
%1st in 64% 66%
1st pts 48/67 24/31
%1st pts 72% 77%
2nd pts 20/38 13/16
%2nd pts 53% 81%

Svajda recorded 9 aces . Basavareddy bagged 2 aces . Svajda won 72% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Basavareddy won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 81% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Svajda Basavareddy
Won 2 3
Converted 2/3 3/10
% Converted 67% 30%
Conceded 6 1
Saved 5 1
% Saved 83% 100%
Times Broken 1 0

The American broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Zachary conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Nishesh broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Svajda
R1
Quinn		 Total
Score 3-6 6-3 7-5
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 30 30
pts 94-95 94-95
Total points 189 189
Winners 48 48
%Winners 51% 51%
SERVE
Aces 9 9
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 67/105 67/105
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 48/67 48/67
% 1st pts 72% 72%
2nd pts 20/38 20/38
% 2nd pts 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/3 2/3
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 5/6 5
Saved % 83% 83%
Times Broken 1 1
Basavareddy
R1
Smith		 Total
Score 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 65-49 65-49
Total points 114 114
Winners 24 24
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 31/47 31/47
% 1st in 66% 66%
1st pts 24/31 24/31
% 1st pts 77% 77%
2nd pts 13/16 13/16
% 2nd pts 81% 81%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/10 3/10
Converted % 30% 30%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Tennis Scores in Knoxville Challenger

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