Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Marco Cecchinato will square off in the 1st round of the Kigali 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:00 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 Marco Cecchinato who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marco Cecchinato is the pick to win this match.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.86
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Geoffrey Blancaneaux vs. Marco Cecchinato

There is no head to head record between Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Marco Cecchinato since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Geoffrey Blancaneaux

Geoffrey Blancaneaux

7 - 6win/loss

Hard
0-3
I Hard
2-3
Clay
5-0
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. 222, Geoffrey will start his run in the Kigali 1 Challenger after he won the title in the Brazzaville Challenger after beating 6-3 6-4 Hemery in the final.

Blancaneaux has an aggregate 7-6 win-loss record in 2025, 5-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the year was winning the title the Brazzaville Challenger where he overcame Calvin Hemery in the final 6-3 6-4.

Geoffrey won his last 5 matches.

Talking about his overall career, Geoffrey has an overall 310-259 record. He has a positive 154-124 record on clay.

Previously in the Kigali 1 Challenger

Blancaneaux has never competed in this tournament before.

Kigali 1 Challenger
Blancaneaux's Record

Marco Cecchinato

Marco Cecchinato

5 - 5win/loss

Clay
5-5
Rank
231
High
16
LWLLWWWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 39-34 0-0 39-34 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 26-25 0-2 26-23 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 13-23 1-4 12-17 0-0 0-2 0-0
2022 43-33 0-3 43-30 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 32-27 1-5 31-19 0-2 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 426, the Italian will start his run in the Kigali 1 Challenger after he played his last match in the Rosario Challenger where he lost 7-6(3) 7-5 to Bautista in the qualifications on the 3rd of February.

The Italian has an aggregate 5-5 win-loss record in 2025, 5-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, The Italian has an overall 470-348 record. He has a positive 429-257 record on clay.

Kigali 1 Challenger
Cecchinato's Record

Tennis Scores in Kigali 1 Challenger

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