H2H, prediction of Learner Tien vs Nishesh Basavareddy in Knoxville Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 9th November 2024

PREVIEW. Knoxville Challenger. Tien and Basavareddy will square off in the semifinal of the Knoxville Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Saturday the 9th of November

Prediction and head to head Learner Tien vs. Nishesh Basavareddy

Learner Tien and Nishesh Basavareddy will play each other in the semifinal of the Knoxville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Nishesh Basavareddy is the pick to win this match.
Nishesh Basavareddy -> 1.86
Learner Tien -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Learner Tien vs. Nishesh Basavareddy

This will be the 2nd time that Learner Tien and Nishesh Basavareddy clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tien (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played, Tien won 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the final in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger back in July 2024.

Learner Tien

Learner Tien
Learner Tien

60 - 10win/loss

Hard
53-8
I Hard
7-1
Clay
0-1
Rank
114
High
114
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 60-12 53-8 0-1 7-3 0-0 0-0
2023 30-10 20-10 0-0 10-0 0-0 0-0
2022 12-11 8-5 3-3 1-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 121 (career-high), Tien reached the semifinal after beating Max Wiskandt 6-4 6-2, Micah Braswell 4-6 6-2 7-6(1) and Jay Clarke 6-7(8) 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter against Clarke, Tien recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-78 6-3 6-2). During the match, Tien scored 115 points vs Clarke’s 100. Learner was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tien recorded 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Learner Tien was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (44/59) of his 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Learner broke Clarke 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has surrendered 2 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Tien has a fantastic record in the last 3 years having won 77% of his matches (101-31). 6-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tien has an overall17-4 win-loss record in the last 3 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he beat Nishesh Basavareddy in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4 and the Las Vegas Challenger where he beat Tristan Boyer in the final 7-5 1-6 6-3 and the Fairfield Challenger where he defeated Bernard Tomic in the final 6-0 6-1.

The American has a compiled 59-10 win-loss record in 2024, 6-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Tien has never competed in this tournament before.

Tien
Knoxville Challenger
Tien's Record

Nishesh Basavareddy

Nishesh Basavareddy
Nishesh Basavareddy

39 - 15win/loss

Hard
29-11
I Hard
10-4
Rank
172
High
170
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 40-15 29-11 0-0 11-4 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 semifinal after defeating Colton Smith 6-2 6-4, Zachary Svajda 6-4 6-0 and Mark Lajal 6-3 7-6(3).

In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Lajal (6-3 7-63). During the match Basavareddy scored 77 points vs Lajal’s 63. Nishesh was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Basavareddy made 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Nishesh Basavareddy lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Basavareddy put 61% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the 2nd serve. Nishesh broke Lajal 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Basavareddy hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

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

Nishesh has an aggregate 39-14 win-loss record in 2024, 10-3 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.

Basavareddy
Knoxville Challenger
Basavareddy's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

L.Tien
N.Basavareddy
!
6h:14
6h:14
Time on court​
3h:53
3h:53
!
2h:25
2h:25
Last match​
1h:40
1h:40
3
3
Match played
3
3
79
79
Games Played​
56
56
8
8
Set played​​
6
6
308
308
Total points​
200
200
102.7
102.7
Avg point​
66.7
66.7
123
123
Winners
78
78
41
41
Avg Winners​
26
26
40%
40%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
21
21
Aces
14
14
7
7
Avg Aces
4.7
4.7
15
15
Double Faults
3
3
5
5
Avg Double Faults
1
1
123/166
123/166
1st won total​
78/102
78/102
!
74%
74%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
48/99
48/99
2nd won total​
41/60
41/60
48%
48%
2nd won %
!
68%
68%
-- Break Points --
12/34
12/34
BP won
10/25
10/25
4/11.3
4/11.3
Avg BP won
3.3/8.3
3.3/8.3
35%
35%
Won
40%
40%
15
15
Conceded
7
7
5
5
Avg Conceded
2.3
2.3
5
5
Broken
2
2
1.7
1.7
Avg Broken
!
0.7
0.7
10
10
Saved
5
5

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Tien Basavareddy
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 8 6
Tot Games 79 56
Pts 308-267 200-146
Total Points 575 346
Winners 123 78
%Winners 40% 39%

Both Tien and Basavareddy played 3 matches. At the moment, Learner Tien surrendered 2 sets while Nishesh Basavareddy hasn’t dropped a set so far. Tien has played 2 sets more than Basavareddy (8 vs 6). Therefore, Tien played 23 games more than Basavareddy. Tien scored 123 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The American bagged 78 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Tien Basavareddy
Aces 21 14
Avg per match 7 4.7
1st in 166/265 102/162
%1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 123/166 78/102
%1st pts 74% 76%
2nd pts 48/99 41/60
%2nd pts 48% 68%

Tien bagged 21 aces (7 per match). Basavareddy scored 14 aces (4.7 per match). Tien won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Basavareddy won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Tien Basavareddy
Won 12 10
Converted 12/34 10/25
% Converted 35% 40%
Conceded 15 7
Saved 10 5
% Saved 67% 71%
Times Broken 5 2

The American broke his opponents 12 times with a 35% conversion rate. The American lost his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Tien
R1
Wiskandt
R2
Braswell
1/4
Clarke
Total
Score 6-4 6-2 4-6 6-2 7-61 6-78 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 18 31 30 79
pts 74-57 119-110 115-100 308-267
Total points 131 229 215 575
Winners 31 48 44 123
%Winners 42% 40% 38% 40%
SERVE
Aces 5 11 5 21
Double Faults 4 6 5 15
1st in 41/56 66/113 59/96 166/265
% 1st in 73% 58% 61% 63%
1st pts 31/41 48/66 44/59 123/166
% 1st pts 76% 73% 75% 74%
2nd pts 6/15 23/47 19/37 48/99
% 2nd pts 40% 49% 51% 48%
Breaks
Won 4 3 5 12
Converted 4/12 3/11 5/11 12/34
Converted % 33% 27% 45% 35%
Conceded 1 9 5 15
Saved 0/1 7/9 3/5 10
Saved % 0% 78% 60% 46%
Times Broken 1 2 2 5
Basavareddy
R1
Smith
R2
Svajda
1/4
Lajal
Total
Score 6-2 6-4 6-4 6-0 6-3 7-63
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 18 16 22 56
pts 65-49 58-34 77-63 200-146
Total points 114 92 140 346
Winners 24 23 31 78
%Winners 37% 40% 40% 39%
SERVE
Aces 2 6 6 14
Double Faults 0 0 3 3
1st in 31/47 27/43 44/72 102/162
% 1st in 66% 63% 61% 63%
1st pts 24/31 23/27 31/44 78/102
% 1st pts 77% 85% 70% 76%
2nd pts 13/16 11/16 17/28 41/60
% 2nd pts 81% 69% 61% 68%
Breaks
Won 3 4 3 10
Converted 3/10 4/6 3/9 10/25
Converted % 30% 67% 33% 40%
Conceded 1 1 5 7
Saved 1/1 1/1 3/5 5
Saved % 100% 100% 60% 87%
Times Broken 0 0 2 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Tien
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Basavareddy
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2024 2023 2022
60 - 12
40 - 15
53-8
Hard
29-11
7-3
I Hard
11-4

Tennis Scores in Knoxville Challenger

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  • Patrick Harper/Johannus MondayHarper/Johannus MondayHans Hach Verdugo/Szymon WalkowHach Verdugo/Szymon Walkow (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
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