Nishesh Basavareddy and Liam Draxl will square off in the final of the Puerto Vallarta Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 5:00 pm on PUERTO VALLARTA. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nishesh Basavareddy is the pick to win this match.
Nishesh Basavareddy -> 1.55
Liam Draxl -> 2.33

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Prediction and head to head Nishesh Basavareddy vs. Liam Draxl

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

Nishesh Basavareddy

Ranked no. 152 (career-high), the American reached the final after beating Goncalo Oliveira 6-1 6-4, Giles Hussey 7-5 0-6 6-1, Andre Ilagan 7-6(4) 6-0 and Luis Carlos Alvarez 6-3 6-2.

In the semifinal, Nishesh had a good straight sets win against Carlos Alvarez (6-3 6-2). During the match, Basavareddy scored 67 points vs Carlos Alvarez’s 51. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Regarding the service games, Basavareddy blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nishesh Basavareddy lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Basavareddy put 55% of his first serves in, winning 68% (21/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Carlos Alvarez 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Basavareddy has a solid win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 69% of his matches (61-27). 33-11 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Basavareddy has a composed44-17 match record in the last 3 years on hard.

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

Nishesh has an overall 47-16 win-loss record in 2024, 33-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Liam Draxl

Ranked no. 296, Liam reached the final after defeating Evgeny Karlovskiy 6-0 6-0, Juan Alejandro Hernandez 6-0 6-0, Aidan Mayo 6-2 6-4 and Dimitar Kuzmanov 6-4 6-4.

In the semifinal, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Kuzmanov (6-4 6-4). During the match Draxl scored 62 points vs Kuzmanov’s 57. Liam was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Draxl scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Liam Draxl lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Draxl put 80% of his first serves in, winning 66% (35/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Kuzmanov 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

Draxl’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Constanta,M25 Edmonton and Desmaures.

The Canadian has a composed 43-22 win-loss record in 2024, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Basavareddy	Draxl
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	9	8
Tot Games	78	62
Pts	288-227	232-145
Total Points	515	377
Winners	108	99
%Winners	38%	43%

Both Basavareddy and Draxl played 4 matches. At the moment, Nishesh Basavareddy conceded 1 set while Liam Draxl hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Basavareddy has played 1 set more than Draxl (9 vs 8). Therefore, Basavareddy played 16 games more than Draxl. The American scored 108 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Liam fired 99 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Basavareddy	Draxl
Aces	15	8
Avg per match	3.8	2
1st in	152/258	130/180
%1st in	59%	72%
1st pts	108/152	99/130
%1st pts	71%	76%
2nd pts	60/106	29/50
%2nd pts	57%	58%

Basavareddy managed to score 15 aces (3.8 per match). Draxl managed to score 8 aces (2 per match). Basavareddy won 71% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Draxl won 76% 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	Draxl
Won	17	19
Converted	17/36	19/34
% Converted	47%	56%
Conceded	18	7
Saved	11	5
% Saved	61%	71%
Times Broken	7	2

Basavareddy broke his opponents 17 times with a 47% conversion rate. The American surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded. Liam broke his opponents 19 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Canadian conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Basavareddy
	R1 Oliveira	R2 Hussey	1/4 Ilagan	1/2 Carlos	Total
Score	6-1 6-4	7-5 0-6 6-1	7-64 6-0	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	2	2	9
Tot Games	17	25	19	17	78
pts	58-37	88-83	75-56	67-51	288-227
Total points	95	171	131	118	515
Winners	27	32	28	21	108
%Winners	47%	36%	37%	31%	38%
SERVE
Aces	6	2	3	4	15
Double Faults	0	5	5	2	12
1st in	33/48	54/98	34/56	31/56	152/258
% 1st in	69%	55%	61%	55%	59%
1st pts	27/33	32/54	28/34	21/31	108/152
% 1st pts	82%	59%	82%	68%	71%
2nd pts	11/15	25/44	9/22	15/25	60/106
% 2nd pts	73%	57%	41%	60%	57%
Breaks
Won	3	4	5	5	17
Converted	3/6	4/8	5/13	5/9	17/36
Converted %	50%	50%	38%	56%	47%
Conceded	1	9	4	4	18
Saved	1/1	5/9	2/4	3/4	11
Saved %	100%	56%	50%	75%	70%
Times Broken	0	4	2	1	7

Draxl
	R1 Karlovskiy	R2 Alejandro	1/4 Mayo	1/2 Kuzmanov	Total
Score	6-0 6-0	6-0 6-0	6-2 6-4	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	12	12	18	20	62
pts	52-19	55-21	63-48	62-57	232-145
Total points	71	76	111	119	377
Winners	18	20	26	35	99
%Winners	35%	36%	41%	56%	43%
SERVE
Aces	2	5	0	1	8
Double Faults	0	0	1	1	2
1st in	23/32	21/29	33/53	53/66	130/180
% 1st in	72%	72%	62%	80%	72%
1st pts	18/23	20/21	26/33	35/53	99/130
% 1st pts	78%	95%	79%	66%	76%
2nd pts	7/9	4/8	12/20	6/13	29/50
% 2nd pts	78%	50%	60%	46%	58%
Breaks
Won	6	6	3	4	19
Converted	6/9	6/13	3/7	4/5	19/34
Converted %	67%	46%	43%	80%	56%
Conceded	1	0	1	5	7
Saved	1/1	0/0	1/1	3/5	5
Saved %	100%	–	100%	60%	65%
Times Broken	0	0	0	2	2

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