Luca Nardi and Geoffrey Blancaneaux will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Koblenz Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luca Nardi who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Luca Nardi is the pick to win this match.
Luca Nardi -> 1.24
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 3.72

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Prediction and head to head Luca Nardi vs. Geoffrey Blancaneaux

This will be the 3rd time that Luca Nardi and Geoffrey Blancaneaux play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Nardi (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Nardi won 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in the Matsuyama Challenger back in 2023.

Luca Nardi

Luca Nardi

6 - 2win/loss

Hard
3-2
I Hard
3-0
Rank
87
High
67
LWWLLLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 30-30 14-13 8-9 8-6 0-2 0-0
2024 32-27 14-14 8-5 9-4 1-4 0-0
2023 41-36 20-10 8-13 12-12 1-1 0-0
2022 33-20 5-2 11-10 17-8 0-0 0-0
2021 33-24 3-3 26-13 4-8 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 83, the Italian got to the 2nd round after beating Tom Gentzsch 6-3 4-6 7-5, Ryan Nijboer 6-4 6-4 and Jelle Sels 6-3 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Sels (6-3 6-4). During the match, Nardi scored 68 points vs Sels’s 52. Nardi was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Regarding the service games, Nardi scored 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Luca Nardi conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Nardi put 79% of his first serves in, winning 84% (38/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (5/12) on the 2nd serve. Nardi broke Sels twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Nardi has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (159-122). 3-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nardi has an overall46-37 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

Nardi has a composed 6-2 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Koblenz Challenger

Koblenz Challenger
Nardi's Record

Geoffrey Blancaneaux

Geoffrey Blancaneaux

1 - 4win/loss

Hard
0-3
I Hard
1-1
Rank
248
High
134
LLWWLWWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 30-35 0-5 23-22 7-7 0-1 0-0
2024 24-33 6-5 13-19 5-9 0-0 0-0
2023 29-37 7-10 14-18 8-8 0-1 0-0
2022 40-38 17-10 14-15 8-10 1-3 0-0
2021 26-31 8-6 17-19 0-3 0-1 1-2

Ranked no. 289, Geoffrey reached the 2nd round after defeating Antoine Escoffier 6-1 3-6 6-3.

In the 1st round, Geoffrey defeated Escoffier (6-1 3-6 6-3). During the match Blancaneaux scored 94 points vs Escoffier’s 78. Geoffrey was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Blancaneaux fired 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Geoffrey Blancaneaux was very efficient on serve to win 78% (31/40) of his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Blancaneaux broke Escoffier 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Geoffrey has a compiled 1-4 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Koblenz Challenger
Blancaneaux's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

L.Nardi
G.Blancaneaux
!
4h:58
4h:58
Time on court​
2h:27
2h:27
1h:22
1h:22
Last match​
!
2h:27
2h:27
!
3
3
Match played
1
1
70
70
Games Played​
25
25
7
7
Set played​​
3
3
239
239
Total points​
94
94
79.7
79.7
Avg point​
94
94
103
103
Winners
31
31
34.3
34.3
Avg Winners​
31
31
43%
43%
Ratio winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
13
13
Aces
5
5
4.3
4.3
Avg Aces
5
5
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
0.7
0.7
Avg Double Faults
1
1
103/127
103/127
1st won total​
31/40
31/40
!
81%
81%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
46/71
46/71
2nd won total​
20/39
20/39
!
65%
65%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
7/26
7/26
BP won
4/13
4/13
2.3/8.7
2.3/8.7
Avg BP won
4/13
4/13
!
27%
27%
Won
31%
31%
14
14
Conceded
4
4
4.7
4.7
Avg Conceded
4
4
1
1
Broken
2
2
!
0.3
0.3
Avg Broken
2
2
13
13
Saved
2
2

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Nardi Blancaneaux
Match played 3 1
Tot Set 7 3
Tot Games 70 25
Pts 239-193 94-78
Total Points 432 172
Winners 103 31
%Winners 43% 33%

Nardi played 3 matches while Blancaneaux competed in 1 match. Nardi started his run from the qualifications while Blancaneaux had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Luca Nardi dropped 1 set, while Geoffrey Blancaneaux surrendered 1 set. Nardi has played 4 sets more than Blancaneaux (7 vs 3). Therefore, Nardi played 45 games more than Blancaneaux. Nardi scored 103 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Blancaneaux scored 31 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve Nardi Blancaneaux
Aces 13 5
Avg per match 4.3 5
1st in 127/198 40/79
%1st in 64% 51%
1st pts 103/127 31/40
%1st pts 81% 78%
2nd pts 46/71 20/39
%2nd pts 65% 51%

Nardi managed to score 13 aces (4.3 per match). Blancaneaux blasted 5 aces . Nardi won 81% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Blancaneaux won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Nardi Blancaneaux
Won 7 4
Converted 7/26 4/13
% Converted 27% 31%
Conceded 14 4
Saved 13 2
% Saved 93% 50%
Times Broken 1 2

The Italian broke his opponents 7 times with a 27% conversion rate. Luca dropped his serve once and he saved 93% of the break points that he conceded. Blancaneaux broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Nardi
Q1
Gentzsch
Q3
Nijboer
R1
Sels
Total
Score 6-3 4-6 7-5 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 3 2 2 7
Tot Games 31 20 19 70
pts 100-83 71-58 68-52 239-193
Total points 183 129 120 432
Winners 41 24 38 103
%Winners 41% 34% 56% 43%
SERVE
Aces 2 2 9 13
Double Faults 1 0 1 2
1st in 53/84 29/57 45/57 127/198
% 1st in 63% 51% 79% 64%
1st pts 41/53 24/29 38/45 103/127
% 1st pts 77% 83% 84% 81%
2nd pts 22/31 19/28 5/12 46/71
% 2nd pts 71% 68% 42% 65%
Breaks
Won 3 2 2 7
Converted 3/10 2/10 2/6 7/26
Converted % 30% 20% 33% 27%
Conceded 7 2 5 14
Saved 6/7 2/2 5/5 13
Saved % 86% 100% 100% 95%
Times Broken 1 0 0 1
Blancaneaux
R1
Escoffier
Total
Score 6-1 3-6 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 25 25
pts 94-78 94-78
Total points 172 172
Winners 31 31
%Winners 33% 33%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 40/79 40/79
% 1st in 51% 51%
1st pts 31/40 31/40
% 1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 20/39 20/39
% 2nd pts 51% 51%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/13 4/13
Converted % 31% 31%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 2/4 2
Saved % 50% 17%
Times Broken 2 2

Tennis Scores in Koblenz Challenger

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