Nikoloz Basilashvili and Geoffrey Blancaneaux will clash against each other in the qualifications of the French Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on Court SUZANNE-LENGLEN. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nikoloz Basilashvili who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nikoloz Basilashvili is the pick to win this match.
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 1.38
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 2.95

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Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Geoffrey Blancaneaux

This will be the 2nd time that Nikoloz Basilashvili and Geoffrey Blancaneaux fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Basilashvili (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Basilashvili won 6-4 6-0 in the qualifications in Montpellier back in 2015.

Nikoloz Basilashvili

Nikoloz Basilashvili

20 - 14win/loss

Hard
7-6
I Hard
6-2
Clay
7-6
Rank
110
High
16
LWWWLWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 41-29 18-13 9-10 9-3 5-3 0-0
2024 51-32 11-8 27-15 13-9 0-0 0-0
2023 4-19 1-8 0-5 3-6 0-0 0-0
2022 16-31 3-11 5-9 4-7 4-4 0-0
2021 35-27 18-11 8-8 3-5 6-3 0-0

Ranked no. 132, Nikoloz got to the qualifications after defeating Gijs Brouwer 6-3 6-2 and Valentin Vacherot 7-6(3) 6-3.

In the qualifications, Nikoloz had a good straight sets win against Vacherot (7-63 6-3). During the match, Basilashvili scored 72 points vs Vacherot’s 63. The Georgean was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Regarding the service games, Basilashvili recorded 4 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 57% of his first serves in, winning 71% (30/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (14/32) on the 2nd serve. The Georgean broke Vacherot 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Georgean started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.

Basilashvili has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (264-256). 7-6 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Basilashvili has a composed 98-83 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Basilashvili’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Bordeaux Challenger.

Nikoloz has a composed 20-14 win-loss record in 2025, 7-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

French Open
Basilashvili's Record

Geoffrey Blancaneaux

Geoffrey Blancaneaux

17 - 16win/loss

Hard
0-3
I Hard
2-3
Clay
15-10
Rank
248
High
134
LLWWLWWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 30-35 0-5 23-22 7-7 0-1 0-0
2024 24-33 6-5 13-19 5-9 0-0 0-0
2023 29-37 7-10 14-18 8-8 0-1 0-0
2022 40-38 17-10 14-15 8-10 1-3 0-0
2021 26-31 8-6 17-19 0-3 0-1 1-2

Ranked no. 270, the French player reached the qualifications after beating Mikhail Kukushkin 6-1 6-1 and Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-3 6-3.

In the qualifications, Geoffrey had a good straight sets win against Seyboth Wild (6-3 6-3). During the match Blancaneaux scored 62 points vs Seyboth Wild’s 47. Geoffrey was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

About the serving games, Blancaneaux bagged 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Geoffrey Blancaneaux was very effective on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Geoffrey broke Seyboth Wild 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Geoffrey started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 62% of the points he played.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Brazzaville Challenger where he defeated Calvin Hemery in the final 6-3 6-4.

The French player has a composed 17-16 win-loss record in 2025, 15-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.

French Open
Blancaneaux's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

N.Basilashvili
G.Blancaneaux
2h:28
2h:28
Time on court​
2h:33
2h:33
1h:30
1h:30
Last match​
1h:28
1h:28
2
2
Match played
2
2
39
39
Games Played​
32
32
4
4
Set played​​
4
4
135
135
Total points​
120
120
67.5
67.5
Avg point​
60
60
58
58
Winners
46
46
29
29
Avg Winners​
23
23
43%
43%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
8
8
6
6
Avg Aces
4
4
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
0.5
0.5
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
58/75
58/75
1st won total​
46/58
46/58
!
77%
77%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
24/55
24/55
2nd won total​
27/48
27/48
44%
44%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
9/18
9/18
BP won
9/16
9/16
4.5/9
4.5/9
Avg BP won
4.5/8
4.5/8
50%
50%
Won
!
56%
56%
11
11
Conceded
6
6
5.5
5.5
Avg Conceded
3
3
5
5
Broken
1
1
2.5
2.5
Avg Broken
!
0.5
0.5
6
6
Saved
5
5

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Basilashvili Blancaneaux
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 39 32
Pts 135-103 120-75
Total Points 238 195
Winners 58 46
%Winners 43% 38%

Both Basilashvili and Blancaneaux played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Basilashvili and Blancaneaux have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Basilashvili played 7 games more than Blancaneaux. The Georgean scored 58 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Geoffrey managed to score 46 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Basilashvili Blancaneaux
Aces 12 8
Avg per match 6 4
1st in 75/130 58/106
%1st in 58% 55%
1st pts 58/75 46/58
%1st pts 77% 79%
2nd pts 24/55 27/48
%2nd pts 44% 56%

Basilashvili fired 12 aces (6 per match). Blancaneaux scored 8 aces (4 per match). Basilashvili won 77% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Blancaneaux won 79% 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 Basilashvili Blancaneaux
Won 9 9
Converted 9/18 9/16
% Converted 50% 56%
Conceded 11 6
Saved 6 5
% Saved 55% 83%
Times Broken 5 1

Nikoloz broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Georgean conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. Geoffrey broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Geoffrey conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Basilashvili
Q1
Brouwer
Q2
Vacherot
Total
Score 6-3 6-2 7-63 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 17 22 39
pts 63-40 72-63 135-103
Total points 103 135 238
Winners 28 30 58
%Winners 44% 42% 43%
SERVE
Aces 8 4 12
Double Faults 1 0 1
1st in 33/56 42/74 75/130
% 1st in 59% 57% 58%
1st pts 28/33 30/42 58/75
% 1st pts 85% 71% 77%
2nd pts 10/23 14/32 24/55
% 2nd pts 43% 44% 44%
Breaks
Won 4 5 9
Converted 4/11 5/7 9/18
Converted % 36% 71% 50%
Conceded 6 5 11
Saved 5/6 1/5 6
Saved % 83% 20% 52%
Times Broken 1 4 5
Blancaneaux
Q1
Kukushkin
Q2
Seyboth
Total
Score 6-1 6-1 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 14 18 32
pts 58-28 62-47 120-75
Total points 86 109 195
Winners 21 25 46
%Winners 36% 40% 38%
SERVE
Aces 1 7 8
Double Faults 2 1 3
1st in 28/48 30/58 58/106
% 1st in 58% 52% 55%
1st pts 21/28 25/30 46/58
% 1st pts 75% 83% 79%
2nd pts 11/20 16/28 27/48
% 2nd pts 55% 57% 56%
Breaks
Won 6 3 9
Converted 6/11 3/5 9/16
Converted % 55% 60% 56%
Conceded 3 3 6
Saved 2/3 3/3 5
Saved % 67% 100% 84%
Times Broken 1 0 1

Tennis Scores – French Open

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