Michael Geerts and Aryan Shah will square off in the quarter of the Abidjan 2 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:00 am on COURT COFINA NEEMBA. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Michael Geerts who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Michael Geerts is the pick to win this match.
Michael Geerts -> 1.43
Aryan Shah -> 2.66

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Prediction and head to head Michael Geerts vs. Aryan Shah

There is no head to head record between Michael Geerts and Aryan Shah since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Michael Geerts

Ranked no. 288, the Belgian got to the quarter after defeating Tibo Colson 6-4 3-6 6-4 and Dominik Kellovsky 7-6(3) 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Geerts had a good straight sets win against Kellovsky (7-6³ 6-2). During the match, Geerts scored 64 points vs Kellovsky’s 51. The Belgian was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Geerts struck 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Michael Geerts was pretty effective on serve to win 89% (33/37) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Michael broke Kellovsky 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belgian has lost 1 set in this competition to win 52% of the points he played.

Geerts has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (301-232). 13-7 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Geerts has a composed 120-77 match record in the last years on hard.

Michael’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Loule.

The Belgian has an aggregate 18-13 win-loss record in 2025, 13-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Abidjan 2 Challenger

Aryan Shah

Ranked no. 471, Shah got to the quarter after defeating Taha Baadi 7-6(5) 6-2 and Ergi Kirkin 6-1 4-6 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Shah defeated Kirkin (6-1 4-6 6-4). During the match Shah scored 91 points vs Kirkin’s 76. Aryan was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Shah struck 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Aryan Shah was very efficient on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 62% (23/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Shah broke Kirkin 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Shah has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Shah’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Ahmedabad.

Aryan has an overall 15-8 win-loss record in 2025, 15-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Geerts	Shah
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	50	48
Pts	149-137	167-141
Total Points	286	308
Winners	71	55
%Winners	48%	33%

Both Geerts and Shah played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Michael Geerts conceded 1 set, while Aryan Shah dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Geerts and Shah have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Geerts played 2 games more than Shah. Geerts scored 71 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Shah made 55 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Geerts	Shah
Aces	10	15
Avg per match	5	7.5
1st in	91/144	71/142
%1st in	63%	50%
1st pts	71/91	55/71
%1st pts	78%	77%
2nd pts	29/53	40/71
%2nd pts	55%	56%

Geerts scored 10 aces (5 per match). Shah recorded 15 aces (7.5 per match). Geerts won 78% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Shah won 77% of the points on 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	Geerts	Shah
Won	6	8
Converted	6/13	8/18
% Converted	46%	44%
Conceded	10	13
Saved	7	10
% Saved	70%	77%
Times Broken	3	3

The Belgian broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Belgian surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Aryan broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. Shah conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.

Geerts
	R1 Colson	R2 Kellovsky	Total
Score	6-4 3-6 6-4	7-63 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	29	21	50
pts	85-86	64-51	149-137
Total points	171	115	286
Winners	38	33	71
%Winners	45%	52%	48%
SERVE
Aces	2	8	10
Double Faults	4	2	6
1st in	54/84	37/60	91/144
% 1st in	64%	62%	63%
1st pts	38/54	33/37	71/91
% 1st pts	70%	89%	78%
2nd pts	17/30	12/23	29/53
% 2nd pts	57%	52%	55%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6
Converted	3/9	3/4	6/13
Converted %	33%	75%	46%
Conceded	7	3	10
Saved	5/7	2/3	7
Saved %	71%	67%	69%
Times Broken	2	1	3

Shah
	R1 Baadi	R2 Kirkin	Total
Score	7-65 6-2	6-1 4-6 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	21	27	48
pts	76-65	91-76	167-141
Total points	141	167	308
Winners	28	27	55
%Winners	37%	30%	33%
SERVE
Aces	12	3	15
Double Faults	5	5	10
1st in	36/70	35/72	71/142
% 1st in	51%	49%	50%
1st pts	28/36	27/35	55/71
% 1st pts	78%	77%	77%
2nd pts	17/34	23/37	40/71
% 2nd pts	50%	62%	56%
Breaks
Won	3	5	8
Converted	3/10	5/8	8/18
Converted %	30%	63%	44%
Conceded	4	9	13
Saved	3/4	7/9	10
Saved %	75%	78%	77%
Times Broken	1	2	3

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