Philip Henning and Giles Hussey will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Abidjan 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday 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 Philip Henning who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Philip Henning is the pick to win this match.
Philip Henning -> 1.61
Giles Hussey -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Philip Henning vs. Giles Hussey
There is no head to head record between Philip Henning and Giles Hussey since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Philip Henning
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 55-15 | 43-9 | 12-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-4 | 23-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 368, Henning got to the 2nd round after beating Lucas Poullain 7-6(5) 6-3.
In the 1st round, Philip had a good straight sets win against Poullain (7-65 6-3). During the match, Henning scored 79 points vs Poullain’s 67. Henning was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Henning scored 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Philip Henning was quite effective on serve to win 71% (27/38) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Henning broke Poullain 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Henning has a fantastic match record in the last 8 years having won 74% of his matches (94-33). 1-0 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Henning has an aggregate73-18 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Philip has an overall 5-5 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Abidjan 1 Challenger
The South African has never competed in this tournament before.
Giles Hussey
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-4 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-22 | 35-15 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-23 | 19-11 | 0-0 | 18-7 | 0-3 | 3-2 |
| 2022 | 30-25 | 16-11 | 0-1 | 12-8 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-15 | 23-10 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 493, Hussey got to the 2nd round after beating Dominik Kellovsky 7-6(5) 4-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Brit defeated Kellovsky (7-65 4-6 6-1). During the match Hussey scored 99 points vs Kellovsky’s 97. Giles was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Hussey struck 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Giles Hussey lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Hussey put 58% of his first serves in, winning 67% (40/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (25/44) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Kellovsky 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Hussey’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.
The Brit has a composed 10-3 win-loss record in 2025, 6-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Henning | Hussey |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 30 |
| Pts | 79-67 | 99-97 |
| Total Points | 146 | 196 |
| Winners | 27 | 40 |
| %Winners | 34% | 40% |
Both Henning and Hussey played 1 match. At the moment, Giles Hussey surrendered 1 set while Philip Henning hasn’t lost a set so far. Henning has played 1 set(s) less than Hussey (2 vs 3). Therefore, Henning played 8 games less than Hussey. Philip scored 27 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Giles struck 40 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Henning | Hussey |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 38/70 | 60/104 |
| %1st in | 54% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 40/60 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 25/44 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 57% |
Henning recorded 3 aces . Hussey blasted 3 aces . Henning won 71% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Hussey won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Henning | Hussey |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 31% | 57% |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The South African broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. The South African surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Giles broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Hussey conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Henning | |||
| R1 Poullain |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 79-67 | 79-67 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/70 | 38/70 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 27/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 17/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Hussey | |||
| R1 Kellovsky |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 4-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 99-97 | 99-97 | |
| Total points | 196 | 196 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 60/104 | 60/104 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 40/60 | 40/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/44 | 25/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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