Philip Henning and Giles Hussey will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Abidjan 2 Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT CNPS. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.615
Philip Henning -> 2.19

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Prediction and head to head Philip Henning vs. Giles Hussey

This will be the 2^nd time that Philip Henning and Giles Hussey fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hussey (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Hussey won 6-4 6-3 in the 2^nd round in the Abidjan 1 Challenger back in April 2025.

Philip Henning

Ranked no. 360, Henning got to the 2^nd round after defeating Guillaume Dalmasso 6-7(4) 7-6(6) 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Dalmasso, Philip recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁴ 7-6⁶ 6-2). During the match, Henning scored 108 points vs Dalmasso’s 91. The South African was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Talking about the service games, Henning scored 14 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Philip Henning was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (49/62) of his 1st serve and 84% (26/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Philip broke Dalmasso twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Henning has a fantastic record in the last 8 years having won 74% of his matches (95-34). 2-1 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Henning has a composed74-19 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

The South African has an overall 6-6 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Abidjan 2 Challenger

Giles Hussey

Ranked no. 445, Hussey reached the 2^nd round after beating Toby Samuel 6-4 1-6 4-1 ret..

In the 1^st round against Samuel, the Brit had a free pass after Samuel retired on a 6-4 1-6 4-1 . scoreline.

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

Giles has an overall 12-4 win-loss record in 2025, 8-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Henning	Hussey
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	4
Tot Games	34	22
Pts	108-91	80-77
Total Points	199	157
Winners	49	27
%Winners	45%	34%

Both Henning and Hussey played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Philip Henning conceded 1 set, while Giles Hussey lost 1 set. Henning has played 1 set(s) less than Hussey (3 vs 4). However, it’s interesting to notice that Henning played 12 games more than Hussey. Philip scored 49 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Giles made 27 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Henning	Hussey
Aces	14	9
Avg per match	14	9
1st in	62/93	50/73
%1st in	67%	68%
1st pts	49/62	27/50
%1st pts	79%	54%
2nd pts	26/31	13/23
%2nd pts	84%	57%

Henning fired 14 aces . Hussey scored 9 aces . Henning won 79% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 84% of the points. On the other side, Hussey won 54% of the points on 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	2	5
Converted	2/5	5/11
% Converted	40%	45%
Conceded	0	8
Saved	0	3
% Saved	0%	38%
Times Broken	0	5

Philip broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Henning had a solid display on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Brit broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Hussey conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded.

Henning
	R1 Dalmasso	Total
Score	6-74 7-66 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	34	34
pts	108-91	108-91
Total points	199	199
Winners	49	49
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	14	14
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	62/93	62/93
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	49/62	49/62
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	26/31	26/31
% 2nd pts	84%	84%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/5	2/5
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Hussey
	R1 Samuel	Total
Score	6-4 1-6 4-1 ret.
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	22	22
pts	80-77	80-77
Total points	157	157
Winners	27	27
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	50/73	50/73
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	27/50	27/50
% 1st pts	54%	54%
2nd pts	13/23	13/23
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/11	5/11
Converted %	45%	45%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	3/8	3
Saved %	38%	38%
Times Broken	5	5

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