Nishesh Basavareddy and Eliot Spizzirri will play each other in the semifinal of the Champaign Challenger for the 3^rd 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 3^rd 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 1^st round in the Charlottesville Challenger back in October 2024.

Nishesh Basavareddy

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

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

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