Marcos Giron and Nikoloz Basilashvili will face off in the 1st round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on STADIUM 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marcos Giron who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marcos Giron is the pick to win this match.
Marcos Giron -> 1.44
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 2.79
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Prediction and head to head Marcos Giron vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
There is no head to head record between Marcos Giron and Nikoloz Basilashvili since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Marcos Giron
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-10 | 9-6 | 4-4 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-27 | 6-11 | 3-8 | 11-4 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-30 | 17-15 | 7-6 | 5-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-31 | 11-13 | 3-9 | 6-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 12-10 | 5-5 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 48, Marcos will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Acapulco where he lost 4-6 6-3 6-2 to Shapovalov in the quarter on the 27th of February.
The American has an overall 7-4 win-loss record in 2025, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Giron has an overall 382-279 record. He has a positive 253-169 record on hard.
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See his history.
Nikoloz Basilashvili
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-13 | 7-6 | 1-5 | 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. 152, the Georgean got to the 1st round after beating Christopher Eubanks 6-2 6-4 and Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-4 3-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Georgean defeated Uchiyama (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match Basilashvili scored 92 points vs Uchiyama’s 82. Basilashvili was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Basilashvili made 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Nikoloz Basilashvili was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (34/47) of his 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Georgean broke Uchiyama 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Basilashvili started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Georgean has an aggregate 11-5 win-loss record in 2025, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2021. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Gabriel DialloDiallo (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Michael MmohMmoh (6-4 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Colton SmithSmith – Pavel KotovKotov (6-3 7-68) – See score progression
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Cristian GarinGarin (7-60 6-2) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Rudy QuanQuan (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Li TuTu – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Li TuTu – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Michael MmohMmoh (6-4 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (7-6(3) 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- David GoffinGoffin – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Li TuTu – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Quentin HalysHalys – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Kei NishikoriNishikori (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Adam WaltonWalton (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mariano NavoneNavone – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jacob FearnleyFearnley – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
