Nishesh Basavareddy and Eliot Spizzirri will play each other in the semifinal of the Champaign Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:30 pm on THE SCHWARTZ COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nishesh Basavareddy is the pick to win this match.
Nishesh Basavareddy -> 1.3
Eliot Spizzirri -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Nishesh Basavareddy vs. Eliot Spizzirri
This will be the 3rd time that Nishesh Basavareddy and Eliot Spizzirri play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Basavareddy (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Basavareddy won 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in the Charlottesville Challenger back in October 2024.
Nishesh Basavareddy
42 - 15win/loss
172
170
WWWLWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-15 | 29-11 | 0-0 | 13-4 | 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. 172, Basavareddy reached the semifinal after defeating Martin Borisiouk 6-3 6-1, Alex Rybakov 7-5 6-4 and Govind Nanda 6-2 6-4.
In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Nanda (6-2 6-4). During the match, Basavareddy scored 65 points vs Nanda’s 47. Basavareddy was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Basavareddy fired 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nishesh Basavareddy lost the serve once. Furthermore, Basavareddy put 57% of his first serves in, winning 86% (24/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Nishesh broke Nanda 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Basavareddy hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Basavareddy has a solid record in the last 3 years having won 68% of his matches (56-26). 13-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Basavareddy has an overall15-7 match record in the last 3 years on indoor hard courts.
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 a compiled 42-15 win-loss record in 2024, 13-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Nishesh has never competed in this tournament before.
Eliot Spizzirri
35 - 16win/loss
231
231
WWWLWWLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-16 | 28-11 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-10 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-4 | 15-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 231 (career-high), Spizzirri got to the semifinal after beating Mitchell Krueger 6-1 6-4, Jay Clarke 4-6 7-5 6-2 and Patrick Kypson 6-4 6-3.
In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Kypson (6-4 6-3). During the match Spizzirri scored 61 points vs Kypson’s 46. Spizzirri was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Spizzirri scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Eliot Spizzirri lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Spizzirri put 52% of his first serves in, winning 69% (18/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Kypson 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Wichita,M25 Tulsa,M25 Laval and the Tiburon Challenger.
The American has an overall 35-16 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Basavareddy | Spizzirri |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 66 |
| Pts | 200-152 | 217-169 |
| Total Points | 352 | 386 |
| Winners | 80 | 85 |
| %Winners | 40% | 39% |
Both Basavareddy and Spizzirri played 3 matches. At the moment, Eliot Spizzirri conceded 1 set while Nishesh Basavareddy hasn’t dropped a set so far. Basavareddy has played 1 set(s) less than Spizzirri (6 vs 7). Therefore, Basavareddy played 10 games less than Spizzirri. The American scored 80 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Spizzirri blasted 85 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Basavareddy | Spizzirri |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 3.3 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 102/172 | 120/187 |
| %1st in | 59% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 80/102 | 85/120 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 37/70 | 39/67 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 58% |
Basavareddy scored 10 aces (3.3 per match). Spizzirri fired 16 aces (5.3 per match). Basavareddy won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Spizzirri won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Basavareddy | Spizzirri |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 14 |
| Converted | 12/23 | 14/27 |
| % Converted | 52% | 52% |
| Conceded | 8 | 12 |
| Saved | 5 | 6 |
| % Saved | 63% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 |
Basavareddy broke his opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. The American lost his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Spizzirri broke his opponents 14 times with a 52% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Basavareddy | |||||
| R1 Borisiouk |
R2 Rybakov |
1/4 Nanda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 7-5 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 22 | 18 | 56 | |
| pts | 69-47 | 66-58 | 65-47 | 200-152 | |
| Total points | 116 | 124 | 112 | 352 | |
| Winners | 25 | 31 | 24 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 47% | 37% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 30/54 | 44/69 | 28/49 | 102/172 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 64% | 57% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 31/44 | 24/28 | 80/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 70% | 86% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 14/25 | 10/21 | 37/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 56% | 48% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/7 | 4/7 | 12/23 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 57% | 57% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 3/5 | 0/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 60% | 0% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Spizzirri | |||||
| R1 Krueger |
R2 Clarke |
1/4 Kypson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 4-6 7-5 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 30 | 19 | 66 | |
| pts | 51-36 | 105-87 | 61-46 | 217-169 | |
| Total points | 87 | 192 | 107 | 386 | |
| Winners | 26 | 41 | 18 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 39% | 30% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 33/50 | 61/87 | 26/50 | 120/187 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 70% | 52% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 41/61 | 18/26 | 85/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 67% | 69% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 13/26 | 15/24 | 39/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 50% | 63% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 6/15 | 5/9 | 14/27 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 40% | 56% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 | 3 | 12 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/9 | 1/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 56% | 33% | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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