Ricardas Berankis and Aleksandre Bakshi will face off in the 2nd round of the Abidjan 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:30 am on COURT COFINA NEEMBA. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ricardas Berankis who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ricardas Berankis is the pick to win this match.
Ricardas Berankis -> 1.3
Aleksandre Bakshi -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Ricardas Berankis vs. Aleksandre Bakshi
This will be the 2nd time that Ricardas Berankis and Aleksandre Bakshi play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bakshi (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Bakshi won 7-5 3-6 7-6(5) in the 1st round in the Astana Challenger back in 2024.
Ricardas Berankis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-9 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-27 | 18-14 | 5-1 | 11-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-22 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 16-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 12-9 | 1-4 | 7-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 9-8 | 5-7 | 6-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 297, Berankis reached the 2nd round after defeating Aryan Shah 3-6 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round against Shah, The Lithuanian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-4). During the match, Berankis scored 91 points vs Shah’s 81. The Lithuanian was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Berankis recorded 11 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Ricardas Berankis was very efficient on serve to win 81% (35/43) of his 1st serve and 51% (22/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Lithuanian broke Shah 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Berankis has positive record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (261-194). 2-2 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Berankis has a composed 102-90 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Richard’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Quimper Challenger.
The Lithuanian has an aggregate 11-5 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Abidjan 1 Challenger
Richard has never competed in this tournament before.
Aleksandre Bakshi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-11 | 15-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-26 | 34-22 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-18 | 19-15 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-17 | 22-13 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-17 | 8-7 | 10-8 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 484, Aleksandre reached the 2nd round after defeating Kirill Kivattsev 1-6 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round against Kivattsev, Aleksandre recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 7-5).During the match Bakshi scored less points (3) than Kivattsev. In fact, the world no. 297 won 78 points vs Kivattsev’s. That means that Bakshi was more focused during the important points. Bakshi was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Bakshi blasted 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Aleksandre Bakshi lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Bakshi put 65% of his first serves in, winning 69% (41/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. The Georgean broke Kivattsev 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Aleksandre’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
Bakshi has a compiled 12-7 win-loss record in 2025, 12-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Berankis | Bakshi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 28 |
| Pts | 91-81 | 78-81 |
| Total Points | 172 | 159 |
| Winners | 35 | 41 |
| %Winners | 38% | 53% |
Both Berankis and Bakshi played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Ricardas Berankis dropped 1 set, while Aleksandre Bakshi lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Berankis and Bakshi have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Berankis played 1 game less than Bakshi. Richard scored 35 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Georgean made 41 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Berankis | Bakshi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 6 |
| 1st in | 43/86 | 59/91 |
| %1st in | 50% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 35/43 | 41/59 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 22/43 | 15/32 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 47% |
Berankis managed to score 11 aces . Bakshi fired 6 aces . Berankis won 81% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Bakshi won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Berankis | Bakshi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 44% | 75% |
| Conceded | 11 | 9 |
| Saved | 9 | 6 |
| % Saved | 82% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Lithuanian broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Lithuanian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Aleksandre broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Georgean conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Berankis | |||
| R1 Shah |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 91-81 | 91-81 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 43/86 | 43/86 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 35/43 | 35/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/43 | 22/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 9/11 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 82% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Bakshi | |||
| R1 Kivattsev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 78-81 | 78-81 | |
| Total points | 159 | 159 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 59/91 | 59/91 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 41/59 | 41/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/32 | 15/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWWLWWW Tennis Scores in Abidjan 1 Challenger
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Adil KalyanpurKalyanpur (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Philip HenningHenning – Lucas PoullainPoullain (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Robin BertrandBertrand – Tommaso CompagnucciCompagnucci (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Luca PotenzaPotenza – Yanki ErelErel (6-73 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Vadym UrsuUrsu – Moez EcharguiEchargui (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Toby SamuelSamuel (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Aziz OuakaaOuakaa (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Aryan ShahShah (3-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Tibo ColsonColson – Abdoulaziz BationoBationo (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Aleksandre BakshiBakshi – Kirill KivattsevKivattsev (1-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Toby SamuelSamuel (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Philip HenningHenning – Lucas PoullainPoullain (7-6(5) 6-3) – See score progression
- Luca PotenzaPotenza – Yanki ErelErel (6-7(3) 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Adil KalyanpurKalyanpur (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Aziz OuakaaOuakaa (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Vadym UrsuUrsu – Moez EcharguiEchargui (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Robin BertrandBertrand – Tommaso CompagnucciCompagnucci (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Aleksandre BakshiBakshi (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Benoit PairePaire – Daniil GlinkaGlinka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vadym UrsuUrsu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Tibo ColsonColson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taha BaadiBaadi – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Florent BaxBax – (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Luca PotenzaPotenza – Michael GeertsGeerts (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Clement ChidekhChidekh – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
