Nishesh Basavareddy and Andre Ilagan will face off in the quarter of the Puerto Vallarta Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:00 pm on PUERTO VALLARTA. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nishesh Basavareddy is the pick to win this match.
Nishesh Basavareddy -> 1.24
Andre Ilagan -> 3.72

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Prediction and head to head Nishesh Basavareddy vs. Andre Ilagan

There is no head to head record between Nishesh Basavareddy and Andre Ilagan since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Nishesh Basavareddy

Ranked no. 152 (career-high), Basavareddy got to the quarter after defeating Goncalo Oliveira 6-1 6-4 and Giles Hussey 7-5 0-6 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Nishesh defeated Hussey (7-5 0-6 6-1). During the match, Basavareddy scored 88 points vs Hussey’s 83. Nishesh was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Basavareddy fired 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Nishesh Basavareddy lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Basavareddy put 55% of his first serves in, winning 59% (32/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (25/44) on the 2nd serve. Nishesh broke Hussey 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Basavareddy has conceded 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.

Basavareddy has a solid match record in the last 3 years having won 69% of his matches (59-27). 31-11 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Basavareddy has an aggregate42-17 match record in the last 3 years on hard.

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

Nishesh has an overall 45-16 win-loss record in 2024, 31-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Andre Ilagan

Ranked no. 395, Ilagan reached the quarter after beating Ryan Seggerman 6-1 6-2 and Alan Magadan 6-0 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Andre had a good straight sets win against Magadan (6-0 6-4). During the match Ilagan scored 62 points vs Magadan’s 37. Ilagan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Ilagan bagged 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Andre Ilagan was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (28/38) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ilagan was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Magadan 4 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 62% of the points he played.

Ilagan’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Champaign and M15 Bali.

The American has an overall 50-27 win-loss record in 2024, 41-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Basavareddy	Ilagan
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	42	31
Pts	146-120	118-73
Total Points	266	191
Winners	59	48
%Winners	40%	41%

Both Basavareddy and Ilagan played 2 matches. At the moment, Nishesh Basavareddy lost 1 set while Andre Ilagan hasn’t dropped a set so far. Basavareddy has played 1 set more than Ilagan (5 vs 4). Therefore, Basavareddy played 11 games more than Ilagan. Basavareddy scored 59 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Andre made 48 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Basavareddy	Ilagan
Aces	8	10
Avg per match	4	5
1st in	87/146	63/95
%1st in	60%	66%
1st pts	59/87	48/63
%1st pts	68%	76%
2nd pts	36/59	20/32
%2nd pts	61%	63%

Basavareddy bagged 8 aces (4 per match). Ilagan managed to score 10 aces (5 per match). Basavareddy won 68% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Ilagan won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Basavareddy	Ilagan
Won	7	9
Converted	7/14	9/18
% Converted	50%	50%
Conceded	10	5
Saved	6	4
% Saved	60%	80%
Times Broken	4	1

Nishesh broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Basavareddy
	R1 Oliveira	R2 Hussey	Total
Score	6-1 6-4	7-5 0-6 6-1
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	17	25	42
pts	58-37	88-83	146-120
Total points	95	171	266
Winners	27	32	59
%Winners	47%	36%	40%
SERVE
Aces	6	2	8
Double Faults	0	5	5
1st in	33/48	54/98	87/146
% 1st in	69%	55%	60%
1st pts	27/33	32/54	59/87
% 1st pts	82%	59%	68%
2nd pts	11/15	25/44	36/59
% 2nd pts	73%	57%	61%
Breaks
Won	3	4	7
Converted	3/6	4/8	7/14
Converted %	50%	50%	50%
Conceded	1	9	10
Saved	1/1	5/9	6
Saved %	100%	56%	78%
Times Broken	0	4	4

Ilagan
	R1 Seggerman	R2 Magadan	Total
Score	6-1 6-2	6-0 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	15	16	31
pts	56-36	62-37	118-73
Total points	92	99	191
Winners	20	28	48
%Winners	36%	45%	41%
SERVE
Aces	2	8	10
Double Faults	1	1	2
1st in	25/39	38/56	63/95
% 1st in	64%	68%	66%
1st pts	20/25	28/38	48/63
% 1st pts	80%	74%	76%
2nd pts	8/14	12/18	20/32
% 2nd pts	57%	67%	63%
Breaks
Won	5	4	9
Converted	5/14	4/4	9/18
Converted %	36%	100%	50%
Conceded	1	4	5
Saved	0/1	4/4	4
Saved %	0%	100%	50%
Times Broken	1	0	1

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