
Arthur Rinderknech and Nikoloz Basilashvili will play each other in the 2nd round of the Open Occitanie for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 9:00 pm on COURT PATRICE DOMINGUEZ. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Rinderknech who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Arthur Rinderknech is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Rinderknech -> 1.43
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 2.83
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Prediction and head to head Arthur Rinderknech vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
This will be the 4th time that Arthur Rinderknech and Nikoloz Basilashvili face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Basilashvili (see full H2H stats), but Rinderknech has a winning record of 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Rinderknech won 7-6(11) 6-3 in the 2nd round in Metz back in 2022.
Arthur Rinderknech
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 2-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2024 | 38-33 | 16-13 | 6-7 | 12-8 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
2023 | 27-30 | 5-9 | 10-6 | 8-9 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
2022 | 37-23 | 18-11 | 6-4 | 12-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
2021 | 53-30 | 3-3 | 18-10 | 26-15 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 61, Rinderknech reached the 2nd round after defeating Harold Mayot 7-6(2) 2-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, Rinderknech defeated Mayot (7-62 2-6 6-1). During the match, Rinderknech scored 92 points vs Mayot’s 89. The French player was very aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rinderknech managed to score 16 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Arthur Rinderknech lost the serve twice and he saved 14 break points. Furthermore, Rinderknech put 58% of his first serves in, winning 79% (48/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (21/45) on the 2nd serve. Rinderknech broke Mayot twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Rinderknech has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (292-187). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rinderknech has a composed 92-55 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Rinderknech has a compiled 1-3 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Montpellier
Nikoloz Basilashvili
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 9-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
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 |
Ranked no. 178, the Georgean got to the 2nd round after beating Matteo Gigante 6-3 7-5, Titouan Droguet 3-6 6-3 5-4 ret. and Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3 3-6 5-0 ret..
In the 1st round against Kukushkin, Nikoloz had a free pass after Kukushkin retired on a 6-3 3-6 5-0 . scoreline.
Basilashvili has an overall 8-2 win-loss record in 2025, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Rinderknech | Basilashvili |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 3 |
Tot Set | 3 | 10 |
Tot Games | 28 | 71 |
Pts | 92-89 | 245-211 |
Total Points | 181 | 456 |
Winners | 48 | 84 |
%Winners | 52% | 34% |
Rinderknech played 1 match while Basilashvili competed in 3 matches. Basilashvili started his run from the qualifications while Rinderknech had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Arthur Rinderknech surrendered 1 set, while Nikoloz Basilashvili dropped 2 sets. Rinderknech has played 7 set(s) less than Basilashvili (3 vs 10). Therefore, Rinderknech played 43 games less than Basilashvili. Arthur scored 48 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Basilashvili fired 84 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Rinderknech | Basilashvili |
---|---|---|
Aces | 16 | 21 |
Avg per match | 16 | 7 |
1st in | 61/106 | 108/213 |
%1st in | 58% | 51% |
1st pts | 48/61 | 84/108 |
%1st pts | 79% | 78% |
2nd pts | 21/45 | 62/105 |
%2nd pts | 47% | 59% |
Rinderknech struck 16 aces . Basilashvili recorded 21 aces (7 per match). Rinderknech won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Basilashvili won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Rinderknech | Basilashvili |
---|---|---|
Won | 2 | 9 |
Converted | 2/3 | 9/22 |
% Converted | 67% | 41% |
Conceded | 16 | 8 |
Saved | 14 | 4 |
% Saved | 88% | 50% |
Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Rinderknech broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. The French player surrendered his serve twice and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Basilashvili broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Nikoloz conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
Rinderknech | |||
R1 Mayot |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-62 2-6 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
pts | 92-89 | 92-89 | |
Total points | 181 | 181 | |
Winners | 48 | 48 | |
%Winners | 52% | 52% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 16 | 16 | |
Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
1st in | 61/106 | 61/106 | |
% 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
1st pts | 48/61 | 48/61 | |
% 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
2nd pts | 21/45 | 21/45 | |
% 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 2 | 2 | |
Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
Conceded | 16 | 16 | |
Saved | 14/16 | 14 | |
Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Basilashvili | |||||
Q1 Gigante |
Q3 Droguet |
R1 Kukushkin |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 7-5 | 3-6 6-3 5-4 ret. | 6-3 3-6 5-0 ret. | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
Tot Games | 21 | 27 | 23 | 71 | |
pts | 81-68 | 86-81 | 78-62 | 245-211 | |
Total points | 149 | 167 | 140 | 456 | |
Winners | 25 | 29 | 30 | 84 | |
%Winners | 31% | 34% | 38% | 34% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
1st in | 35/69 | 35/73 | 38/71 | 108/213 | |
% 1st in | 51% | 48% | 54% | 51% | |
1st pts | 25/35 | 29/35 | 30/38 | 84/108 | |
% 1st pts | 71% | 83% | 79% | 78% | |
2nd pts | 21/34 | 24/38 | 17/33 | 62/105 | |
% 2nd pts | 62% | 63% | 52% | 59% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
Converted | 3/9 | 2/5 | 4/8 | 9/22 | |
Converted % | 33% | 40% | 50% | 41% | |
Conceded | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
Saved | 2/3 | 0/1 | 2/4 | 4 | |
Saved % | 67% | 0% | 50% | 117% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Head 2 Head



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