Saba Purtseladze and Giles Hussey will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Tbilisi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Giles Hussey who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Giles Hussey is the pick to win this match.
Giles Hussey -> 1.83
Saba Purtseladze -> 1.89

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Prediction and head to head Saba Purtseladze vs. Giles Hussey

There is no head to head record between Saba Purtseladze and Giles Hussey since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Saba Purtseladze

Saba Purtseladze

41 - 10win/loss

Hard
41-9
I Hard
0-1
Rank
249
High
237
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 46-14 46-10 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-0
2024 35-34 25-20 9-11 1-3 0-0 0-0
2023 47-37 44-27 1-7 2-3 0-0 0-0
2022 37-35 34-26 3-9 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 28-23 20-16 8-7 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 286 (career-high), Saba will start his run in the Tbilisi Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Tbilisi where he lost 6-4 7-5 to Damm in the quarter on the 16th of May.

The Georgean has an overall 41-10 win-loss record in 2025, 41-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Purtseladze’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M25 Sharm ElSheikh.

Talking about his overall career, The Georgean has an overall 196-158 record. He has a positive 167-101 record on hard.

Previously in the Tbilisi Challenger

The Georgean has never competed in this tournament before.

Tbilisi Challenger
Purtseladze's Record

Giles Hussey

Giles Hussey
Giles Hussey

18 - 7win/loss

Hard
14-4
I Hard
4-3
Rank
448
High
304
LWWLLWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 27-13 21-7 0-0 4-3 2-3 0-0
2024 37-22 35-15 0-0 0-3 2-4 0-0
2023 40-23 19-11 0-0 18-7 0-3 3-2
2022 30-25 16-11 0-1 12-8 2-5 0-0
2021 30-15 23-10 7-5 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 433, Hussey reached the 1st round after defeating Cem Ilkel 7-6(4) 6-3 and Erik Arutiunian 6-3 3-0 ret..

In the qualifications against Arutiunian, the Brit had a free pass after Arutiunian retired on a 6-3 3-0 . scoreline.

The Brit’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.

The Brit has an overall 18-7 win-loss record in 2025, 14-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Tbilisi Challenger
Hussey's Record

Tennis Scores in Tbilisi Challenger

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