Constant Lestienne and Nikoloz Basilashvili will square off in the 2^nd round of the Yokohama Challenger for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Constant Lestienne who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Constant Lestienne is the pick to win this match.
Constant Lestienne -> 1.58
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Constant Lestienne vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili

This will be the 4^th time that Constant Lestienne and Nikoloz Basilashvili square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Lestienne (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Lestienne won 7-5 6-4 in the qualifications in Rotterdam back in 2023.

Constant Lestienne

Ranked no. 196, Lestienne got to the 2^nd round after beating Christoph Negritu 3-6 7-5 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Negritu, Lestienne recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 6-4). During the match, Lestienne scored 116 points vs Negritu’s 109. Constant was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Regarding the service games, Lestienne struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Constant Lestienne lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Lestienne put 66% of his first serves in, winning 64% (46/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (20/37) on the 2nd serve. Lestienne broke Negritu 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Lestienne has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (351-255). 15-14 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lestienne has an aggregate 96-50 match record in the last years on hard.

The French player best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Rennes Challenger.

The French player has a compiled 26-30 win-loss record in 2024, 15-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Yokohama Challenger

Constant has never competed in this tournament before.

Nikoloz Basilashvili

Ranked no. 215, Nikoloz got to the 2^nd round after beating Matej Dodig 6-4 2-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Georgean defeated Dodig (6-4 2-6 6-4). During the match Basilashvili and Dodig scored the same amount of points (92). However, the world no. 196 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Nikoloz was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Basilashvili blasted 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 54% of his first serves in, winning 71% (32/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (15/39) on the 2nd serve. Basilashvili broke Dodig 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Seoul Challenger where he beat Taro Daniel in the final 7-5 6-4.

Basilashvili has a compiled 51-31 win-loss record in 2024, 11-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Lestienne	Basilashvili
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	28
Pts	116-109	92-92
Total Points	225	184
Winners	46	32
%Winners	40%	35%

Both Lestienne and Basilashvili played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Constant Lestienne lost 1 set, while Nikoloz Basilashvili lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Lestienne and Basilashvili have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Lestienne played 3 games more than Basilashvili. Constant scored 46 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Georgean recorded 32 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Lestienne	Basilashvili
Aces	2	4
Avg per match	2	4
1st in	72/109	45/84
%1st in	66%	54%
1st pts	46/72	32/45
%1st pts	64%	71%
2nd pts	20/37	15/39
%2nd pts	54%	38%

Lestienne made 2 aces . Basilashvili blasted 4 aces . Lestienne won 64% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Basilashvili won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Lestienne	Basilashvili
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/13
% Converted	56%	38%
Conceded	12	9
Saved	8	4
% Saved	67%	44%
Times Broken	4	5

Constant broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Nikoloz broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Nikoloz conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.

Lestienne
	R1 Negritu	Total
Score	3-6 7-5 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	116-109	116-109
Total points	225	225
Winners	46	46
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	72/109	72/109
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	46/72	46/72
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	20/37	20/37
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
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

Basilashvili
	R1 Dodig	Total
Score	6-4 2-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	92-92	92-92
Total points	184	184
Winners	32	32
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	45/84	45/84
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	32/45	32/45
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	15/39	15/39
% 2nd pts	38%	38%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/13	5/13
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	4/9	4
Saved %	44%	44%
Times Broken	5	5

Tennis Scores in Yokohama Challenger

• James McCabeMcCabe – Omar JasikaJasika (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Mattia BellucciBellucci (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Elias YmerYmer – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-6¹ 2-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Jakub PaulPaul (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Philip SekulicSekulic – Alexander BlockxBlockx (5-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Constant LestienneLestienne – Christoph NegrituNegritu (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Federico CinaCina – Guy Den OudenDen Ouden (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexey ZakharovZakharov – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Matej DodigDodig (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Li TuTu – Yaroslav DeminDemin (6-1 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Alex BoltBolt (7-6⁶ 6-1) – See score progression
• Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Dane SweenySweeny (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Lennon Roark JonesRoark Jones (6-2 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Constant LestienneLestienne (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-1) – H2H and prediction