Cruz Hewitt and Nikoloz Basilashvili will square off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on Court 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nikoloz Basilashvili who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nikoloz Basilashvili is the pick to win this match.
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 1.024
Cruz Hewitt -> 11.5

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Prediction and head to head Cruz Hewitt vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili

There is no head to head record between Cruz Hewitt and Nikoloz Basilashvili since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Cruz Hewitt

Cruz Hewitt

0 - 1win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
High
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 4-6 4-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 5-4 5-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Currently unranked, Hewitt will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in the Canberra Challenger where he lost 7-6(9) 6-1 to Holt in the qualifications on the 29th of December.

The Australian has a compiled 0-1 win-loss record in 2025, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Hewitt has an overall 9-11 record. He has a negative 9-11 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.

Australian Open
Hewitt's Record

Nikoloz Basilashvili

Nikoloz Basilashvili

51 - 32win/loss

Hard
11-8
I Hard
13-9
Clay
27-15
Rank
208
High
16
LWLWLWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 51-32 11-8 27-15 13-9 0-0 0-0
2023 4-19 1-8 0-5 3-6 0-0 0-0
2022 16-31 3-11 5-9 4-7 4-4 0-0
2021 35-27 18-11 8-8 3-5 6-3 0-0
2020 4-14 4-6 0-4 0-4 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 210, Nikoloz will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in the Yokohama Challenger where he lost 6-3 4-2 ret. to Lestienne in the 2nd round on the 21st of November.

This will be the first match of the season on hard.

In terms of his career, The Georgean has an overall 443-391 record. He has a positive 176-155 record on hard.

Australian Open
Basilashvili's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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