Florent Bax and Giles Hussey will play each other in the quarter of the Abidjan 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:00 pm on CENTRAL KAYDAN. 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 Giles Hussey who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Giles Hussey is the pick to win this match.
Giles Hussey -> 1.74
Florent Bax -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Florent Bax vs. Giles Hussey

There is no head to head record between Florent Bax and Giles Hussey since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Florent Bax

Ranked no. 460, Florent got to the quarter after defeating Tanguy Genier 7-6(6) 6-3, Nicolas Jadoun 6-3 6-2, Karan Singh 6-4 6-4 and Aziz Dougaz 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Dougaz (6-4 6-4). During the match, Bax scored 60 points vs Dougaz’s 51. Bax was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Bax blasted 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Florent Bax was pretty efficient on serve to win 87% (26/30) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Bax broke Dougaz twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The French player started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Bax has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (205-132). 12-2 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bax has an overall68-39 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Florent’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.

Florent has an overall 13-8 win-loss record in 2025, 12-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Abidjan 1 Challenger

The French player has never competed in this tournament before.

Giles Hussey

Ranked no. 493, Giles got to the quarter after defeating Dominik Kellovsky 7-6(5) 4-6 6-1 and Philip Henning 6-4 6-3.

In the 2^nd

round, Hussey had a good straight sets win against Henning (6-4 6-3). During the match Hussey scored 66 points vs Henning’s 55. Hussey was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.

About the serving games, Hussey struck 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Giles Hussey was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 65% (20/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Hussey broke Henning twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Giles has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

The Brit’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.

The Brit has a composed 11-3 win-loss record in 2025, 7-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Bax	Hussey
Match played	4	2
Tot Set	8	5
Tot Games	79	49
Pts	282-232	165-152
Total Points	514	317
Winners	119	63
%Winners	42%	38%

Bax played 4 matches while Hussey competed in 2 matches. Bax started his run from the qualifications while Hussey had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Giles Hussey conceded 1 set while Florent Bax hasn’t dropped a set so far. Bax has played 3 sets more than Hussey (8 vs 5). Therefore, Bax played 30 games more than Hussey. Florent scored 119 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit scored 63 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Bax	Hussey
Aces	22	11
Avg per match	5.5	5.5
1st in	145/265	89/164
%1st in	55%	54%
1st pts	119/145	63/89
%1st pts	82%	71%
2nd pts	66/120	45/75
%2nd pts	55%	60%

Bax made 22 aces (5.5 per match). Hussey scored 11 aces (5.5 per match). Bax won 82% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Hussey won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Bax	Hussey
Won	9	6
Converted	9/22	6/15
% Converted	41%	40%
Conceded	15	8
Saved	14	5
% Saved	93%	63%
Times Broken	1	3

The French player broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Bax conceded his serve once and he saved 93% of the break points that he conceded. The Brit broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Bax
	Q1 Genier	Q3 Jadoun	R1 Singh	R2 Dougaz	Total
Score	7-66 6-3	6-3 6-2	6-4 6-4	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	22	17	20	20	79
pts	86-73	60-42	76-66	60-51	282-232
Total points	159	102	142	111	514
Winners	41	25	27	26	119
%Winners	48%	42%	36%	43%	42%
SERVE
Aces	5	6	4	7	22
Double Faults	2	3	4	1	10
1st in	49/81	30/58	36/69	30/57	145/265
% 1st in	60%	52%	52%	53%	55%
1st pts	41/49	25/30	27/36	26/30	119/145
% 1st pts	84%	83%	75%	87%	82%
2nd pts	14/32	16/28	21/33	15/27	66/120
% 2nd pts	44%	57%	64%	56%	55%
Breaks
Won	2	3	2	2	9
Converted	2/4	3/4	2/9	2/5	9/22
Converted %	50%	75%	22%	40%	41%
Conceded	8	3	4	0	15
Saved	7/8	3/3	4/4	0/0	14
Saved %	88%	100%	100%	–	72%
Times Broken	1	0	0	0	1

Hussey
	R1 Kellovsky	R2 Henning	Total
Score	7-65 4-6 6-1	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	30	19	49
pts	99-97	66-55	165-152
Total points	196	121	317
Winners	40	23	63
%Winners	40%	35%	38%
SERVE
Aces	3	8	11
Double Faults	6	1	7
1st in	60/104	29/60	89/164
% 1st in	58%	48%	54%
1st pts	40/60	23/29	63/89
% 1st pts	67%	79%	71%
2nd pts	25/44	20/31	45/75
% 2nd pts	57%	65%	60%
Breaks
Won	4	2	6
Converted	4/7	2/8	6/15
Converted %	57%	25%	40%
Conceded	8	0	8
Saved	5/8	0/0	5
Saved %	63%	–	16%
Times Broken	3	0	3

Tennis Scores in Abidjan 1 Challenger

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Upcoming matches in the draw

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