Robin Bertrand and Aleksandre Bakshi will square off in the 2nd round of the Abidjan 2 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am 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 Robin Bertrand who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Robin Bertrand is the pick to win this match.
Robin Bertrand -> 1.25
Aleksandre Bakshi -> 3.64

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Prediction and head to head Robin Bertrand vs. Aleksandre Bakshi

This will be the 3rd time that Robin Bertrand and Aleksandre Bakshi square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Bertrand (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Bertrand won 6-1 3-6 7-5 in the final in the Kachreti Challenger back in 2024.

Robin Bertrand

Robin Bertrand

9 - 13win/loss

Hard
5-5
I Hard
3-6
Clay
1-2
Rank
278
High
260
WLWWLWLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 9-13 5-5 1-2 3-6 0-0 0-0
2024 60-33 50-22 0-0 10-11 0-0 0-0
2023 52-37 46-31 0-0 6-6 0-0 0-0
2022 65-38 46-24 17-10 2-4 0-0 0-0
2021 30-22 27-15 2-3 1-4 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 278, the French player got to the 2nd round after beating Vadym Ursu 6-3 6-0.

In the 1st round, Bertrand had a good straight sets win against Ursu (6-3 6-0). During the match, Bertrand scored 62 points vs Ursu’s 38. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Regarding the service games, Bertrand bagged 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Robin Bertrand lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Bertrand put 47% of his first serves in, winning 68% (19/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the 2nd serve. Robin broke Ursu 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Bertrand has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 60% of his matches (218-147). 5-5 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bertrand has an overall175-98 record in the last 6 years on hard.

Robin has a compiled 9-13 win-loss record in 2025, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Abidjan 2 Challenger

Abidjan 2 Challenger
Bertrand's Record

Aleksandre Bakshi

Aleksandre Bakshi
Aleksandre Bakshi

13 - 8win/loss

Hard
13-7
I Hard
0-1
Rank
476
High
469
WLWWWLLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 13-8 13-7 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. 476, the Georgean got to the 2nd round after beating Karan Singh 7-5 6-7(3) 6-4.

In the 1st round, Bakshi defeated Singh (7-5 6-73 6-4).During the match Bakshi scored less points (1) than Singh. In fact, the world no. 278 won 102 points vs Singh’s. That means that Bakshi was more focused during the important points. Aleksandre was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.

About the serving games, Bakshi bagged 17 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Aleksandre Bakshi was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (48/64) of his 1st serve and 56% (24/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Bakshi broke Singh 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Aleksandre’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.

Aleksandre has a compiled 13-8 win-loss record in 2025, 13-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Abidjan 2 Challenger
Bakshi's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

R.Bertrand
A.Bakshi
1h:15
1h:15
Time on court​
!
2h:21
2h:21
1h:15
1h:15
Last match​
!
2h:21
2h:21
1
1
Match played
1
1
15
15
Games Played​
35
35
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
62
62
Total points​
102
102
62
62
Avg point​
102
102
19
19
Winners
48
48
19
19
Avg Winners​
48
48
31%
31%
Ratio winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
17
17
3
3
Avg Aces
!
17
17
3
3
Double Faults
7
7
3
3
Avg Double Faults
!
7
7
19/28
19/28
1st won total​
48/64
48/64
68%
68%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
16/31
16/31
2nd won total​
24/43
24/43
52%
52%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
6/10
6/10
BP won
3/6
3/6
6/10
6/10
Avg BP won
3/6
3/6
!
60%
60%
Won
50%
50%
6
6
Conceded
7
7
6
6
Avg Conceded
7
7
2
2
Broken
1
1
2
2
Avg Broken
1
1
4
4
Saved
6
6

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Bertrand Bakshi
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 15 35
Pts 62-38 102-103
Total Points 100 205
Winners 19 48
%Winners 31% 47%

Both Bertrand and Bakshi played 1 match. At the moment, Aleksandre Bakshi lost 1 set while Robin Bertrand hasn’t dropped a set so far. Bertrand has played 1 set(s) less than Bakshi (2 vs 3). Therefore, Bertrand played 20 games less than Bakshi. Robin scored 19 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Aleksandre bagged 48 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve Bertrand Bakshi
Aces 3 17
Avg per match 3 17
1st in 28/59 64/107
%1st in 47% 60%
1st pts 19/28 48/64
%1st pts 68% 75%
2nd pts 16/31 24/43
%2nd pts 52% 56%

Bertrand scored 3 aces . Bakshi scored 17 aces . Bertrand won 68% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Bakshi won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Bertrand Bakshi
Won 6 3
Converted 6/10 3/6
% Converted 60% 50%
Conceded 6 7
Saved 4 6
% Saved 67% 86%
Times Broken 2 1

Bertrand broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Bertrand lost his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Georgean broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Bakshi conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.

Bertrand
R1
Ursu
Total
Score 6-3 6-0
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 15
pts 62-38 62-38
Total points 100 100
Winners 19 19
%Winners 31% 31%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 28/59 28/59
% 1st in 47% 47%
1st pts 19/28 19/28
% 1st pts 68% 68%
2nd pts 16/31 16/31
% 2nd pts 52% 52%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/10 6/10
Converted % 60% 60%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 4/6 4
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 2 2
Bakshi
R1
Singh
Total
Score 7-5 6-73 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 35 35
pts 102-103 102-103
Total points 205 205
Winners 48 48
%Winners 47% 47%
SERVE
Aces 17 17
Double Faults 7 7
1st in 64/107 64/107
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 48/64 48/64
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 24/43 24/43
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/6 3/6
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 6/7 6
Saved % 86% 86%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores in Abidjan 2 Challenger

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