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.
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
7 - 6win/loss
248
134
| 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.
Marco Cecchinato
| 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.
Tennis Scores in Kigali 1 Challenger
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Andrea PicchionePicchione (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover – Corentin DenollyDenolly (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Max HoukesHoukes – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Maxime ChazalChazal (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Gabriele PennafortiPennaforti (4-6 6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Manuel GuinardGuinard – Neil OberleitnerOberleitner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zdenek KolarKolar – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Clement TaburTabur – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras – Dominik KellovskyKellovsky (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Andrej MartinMartin (1-1) – H2H and prediction