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.
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
37 - 35win/loss
166
102
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-35 | 27-21 | 2-4 | 2-5 | 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 |
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
Nishesh Basavareddy
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-16 | 34-11 | 0-0 | 14-5 | 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 |
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)
.Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
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
- Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Colton SmithSmith (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Micah BraswellBraswell – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Marcelo Demoliner/Christian HarrisonDemoliner/Christian Harrison – Juan Pablo Ficovich/Tennyson WhitingPablo Ficovich/Tennyson Whiting (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Learner TienTien – Max WiskandtWiskandt (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Murphy CassoneCassone – Stefan DostanicDostanic (6-3 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Karue SellSell – Shunsuke MitsuiMitsui (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Johannus MondayMonday – Nicolas MejiaMejia (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Kenta MiyoshiMiyoshi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Alexander KotzenKotzen (3-6 6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Bernard TomicTomic – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Adam WaltonWalton (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Denis KudlaKudla (6-4 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-3 2-6 7-60) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Ethan QuinnQuinn (3-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Paul JubbJubb (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Colton SmithSmith (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Learner TienTien – Max WiskandtWiskandt (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Micah BraswellBraswell – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Alexander KotzenKotzen (3-6 6-3 7-6(7)) – See score progression
- Johannus MondayMonday – Nicolas MejiaMejia (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Bernard TomicTomic – Jay ClarkeClarke (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick KypsonKypson – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon HoltHolt – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (1-0) – H2H and prediction