Ricardas Berankis and Tibo Colson will square off in the semifinal of the Abidjan 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:00 pm on CENTRAL KAYDAN. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ricardas Berankis who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ricardas Berankis is the pick to win this match.
Ricardas Berankis -> 1.833
Tibo Colson -> 1.89

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Prediction and head to head Ricardas Berankis vs. Tibo Colson

There is no head to head record between Ricardas Berankis and Tibo Colson since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Ricardas Berankis

Ranked no. 297, Richard reached the semifinal after defeating Aryan Shah 3-6 6-2 6-4, Aleksandre Bakshi 7-6(7) 6-2 and Michael Geerts 6-4 4-6 7-6(5).

In the quarter, Berankis defeated Geerts (6-4 4-6 7-6⁵). During the match, Berankis scored 107 points vs Geerts’s 100. Berankis was pretty aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Regarding the service games, Berankis made 12 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Ricardas Berankis lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Berankis put 62% of his first serves in, winning 75% (48/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (18/39) on the 2nd serve. Richard broke Geerts 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Lithuanian has dropped 2 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Berankis has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (263-194). 4-2 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Berankis has an overall 104-90 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Richard’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Quimper Challenger.

The Lithuanian has a composed 13-5 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Abidjan 1 Challenger

Richard has never competed in this tournament before.

Tibo Colson

Ranked no. 524, the Belgian got to the semifinal after defeating Abdoulaziz Bationo 6-3 6-4, Ergi Kirkin 6-3 7-6(4) and Robin Bertrand 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter, Tibo had a good straight sets win against Bertrand (6-3 6-4). During the match Colson scored 54 points vs Bertrand’s 44. Colson was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Colson blasted 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Tibo Colson was extremely efficient on serve to win 87% (26/30) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Belgian broke Bertrand 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Colson hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

The Belgian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Doha and M25 Doha.

Colson has a composed 18-5 win-loss record in 2025, 14-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Berankis	Colson
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	8	6
Tot Games	81	60
Pts	271-237	205-165
Total Points	508	370
Winners	119	92
%Winners	44%	45%

Both Berankis and Colson played 3 matches. At the moment, Ricardas Berankis conceded 2 sets while Tibo Colson hasn’t lost a set so far. Berankis has played 2 sets more than Colson (8 vs 6). Therefore, Berankis played 21 games more than Colson. Richard scored 119 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian managed to score 92 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Berankis	Colson
Aces	34	30
Avg per match	11.3	10
1st in	145/251	109/199
%1st in	58%	55%
1st pts	119/145	92/109
%1st pts	82%	84%
2nd pts	53/106	47/90
%2nd pts	50%	52%

Berankis fired 34 aces (11.3 per match). Colson struck 30 aces (10 per match). Berankis won 82% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Colson won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Berankis	Colson
Won	10	7
Converted	10/25	7/12
% Converted	40%	58%
Conceded	22	12
Saved	16	10
% Saved	73%	83%
Times Broken	6	2

The Lithuanian broke his opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. Berankis lost his serve 6 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. The Belgian broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Berankis
	R1 Shah	R2 Bakshi	1/4 Geerts	Total
Score	3-6 6-2 6-4	7-67 6-2	6-4 4-6 7-65
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	27	21	33	81
pts	91-81	73-56	107-100	271-237
Total points	172	129	207	508
Winners	35	36	48	119
%Winners	38%	49%	45%	44%
SERVE
Aces	11	11	12	34
Double Faults	6	4	5	15
1st in	43/86	38/62	64/103	145/251
% 1st in	50%	61%	62%	58%
1st pts	35/43	36/38	48/64	119/145
% 1st pts	81%	95%	75%	82%
2nd pts	22/43	13/24	18/39	53/106
% 2nd pts	51%	54%	46%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	2	4	10
Converted	4/9	2/6	4/10	10/25
Converted %	44%	33%	40%	40%
Conceded	11	2	9	22
Saved	9/11	2/2	5/9	16
Saved %	82%	100%	56%	79%
Times Broken	2	0	4	6

Colson
	R1 Bationo	R2 Kirkin	1/4 Bertrand	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	6-3 7-64	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	19	22	19	60
pts	73-58	78-63	54-44	205-165
Total points	131	141	98	370
Winners	32	34	26	92
%Winners	44%	44%	48%	45%
SERVE
Aces	11	6	13	30
Double Faults	4	3	3	10
1st in	37/72	42/76	30/51	109/199
% 1st in	51%	55%	59%	55%
1st pts	32/37	34/42	26/30	92/109
% 1st pts	86%	81%	87%	84%
2nd pts	16/35	20/34	11/21	47/90
% 2nd pts	46%	59%	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	2	2	3	7
Converted	2/3	2/3	3/6	7/12
Converted %	67%	67%	50%	58%
Conceded	4	7	1	12
Saved	4/4	6/7	0/1	10
Saved %	100%	86%	0%	62%
Times Broken	0	1	1	2

Tennis Scores in Abidjan 1 Challenger

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