Nikoloz Basilashvili and Hiroki Moriya will face off in the qualifications of the Kobe Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.285
Hiroki Moriya -> 3.36
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Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Hiroki Moriya
This will be the 2nd time that Nikoloz Basilashvili and Hiroki Moriya square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Basilashvili (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Basilashvili won 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in the Seoul Challenger back in November 2024.
Nikoloz Basilashvili
50 - 30win/loss
215
16
WLWLWWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-31 | 11-7 | 27-15 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-19 | 1-8 | 0-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 3-11 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-27 | 18-11 | 8-8 | 3-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-14 | 4-6 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 215, Nikoloz got to the qualifications after beating Philip Henning 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Basilashvili had a good straight sets win against Henning (6-3 6-4). During the match, Basilashvili scored 67 points vs Henning’s 55. Nikoloz was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Basilashvili made 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 53% of his first serves in, winning 73% (24/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Nikoloz broke Henning 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Basilashvili has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (278-264). 13-8 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Basilashvili has a composed 49-59 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Seoul Challenger where he overcame Taro Daniel in the final 7-5 6-4.
Nikoloz has a compiled 50-30 win-loss record in 2024, 13-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Nikoloz has never competed in this tournament before.
Hiroki Moriya
35 - 30win/loss
379
143
LWWLWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-31 | 34-27 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-28 | 31-27 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-30 | 18-19 | 0-0 | 7-9 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 22-28 | 13-17 | 0-0 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 7-15 | 5-5 | 1-2 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 391, the Japanese got to the qualifications after beating Andrea Picchione 7-5 3-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Hiroki defeated Picchione (7-5 3-6 6-3). During the match Moriya scored 103 points vs Picchione’s 96. Moriya was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Moriya fired 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Hiroki Moriya lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Moriya put 59% of his first serves in, winning 71% (42/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (17/41) on the 2nd serve. Hiroki broke Picchione 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Moriya’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Traralgon,M25 Takasaki and M25 Cairns.
Hiroki has a composed 35-30 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2018 and 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Basilashvili | Moriya |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 30 |
| Pts | 67-55 | 103-96 |
| Total Points | 122 | 199 |
| Winners | 24 | 42 |
| %Winners | 36% | 41% |
Both Basilashvili and Moriya played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Hiroki Moriya conceded 1 set while Nikoloz Basilashvili hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Basilashvili has played 1 set(s) less than Moriya (2 vs 3). Therefore, Basilashvili played 11 games less than Moriya. Nikoloz scored 24 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Hiroki managed to score 42 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Basilashvili | Moriya |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 6 |
| 1st in | 33/62 | 59/100 |
| %1st in | 53% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 42/59 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 17/41 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 41% |
Basilashvili struck 8 aces . Moriya blasted 6 aces . Basilashvili won 73% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Moriya won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Basilashvili | Moriya |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 50% | 56% |
| Conceded | 6 | 12 |
| Saved | 4 | 8 |
| % Saved | 67% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
The Georgean broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Basilashvili lost his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Moriya broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Basilashvili | |||
| Q1 Henning |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 67-55 | 67-55 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 33/62 | 33/62 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 24/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 13/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Moriya | |||
| Q1 Picchione |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 103-96 | 103-96 | |
| Total points | 199 | 199 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 59/100 | 59/100 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 42/59 | 42/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/41 | 17/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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