Alex Bolt and Giles Hussey will face off in the qualifications of the Birmingham Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Bolt who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Bolt is the pick to win this match.
Alex Bolt -> 1.38
Giles Hussey -> 2.85
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Prediction and head to head Alex Bolt vs. Giles Hussey
There is no head to head record between Alex Bolt and Giles Hussey since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Alex Bolt
11 - 10win/loss
228
125
LWLLLLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19-18 | 10-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 48-78 | 26-21 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 21-56 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-22 | 22-17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-10 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-18 | 7-6 | 0-7 | 2-2 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 197, Bolt reached the qualifications after defeating Charles Broom 6-3 7-6(4).
In the qualifications, Bolt had a good straight sets win against Broom (6-3 7-64). During the match, Bolt scored 76 points vs Broom’s 66. Alex was very aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bolt scored 14 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alex Bolt was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (46/62) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Broom twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Bolt has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (244-232). 1-0 on grass in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bolt has an overall 64-77 record in the last years on grass.
Alex’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Wuxi Challenger.
Alex has a composed 10-10 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Birmingham Challenger
Bolt has never competed in this tournament before.
Giles Hussey
24 - 10win/loss
409
304
LWWLWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-18 | 28-12 | 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. 434, Giles reached the qualifications after defeating Terence Atmane 3-6 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications against Atmane, Giles recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-3).During the match Hussey scored less points (4) than Atmane. In fact, the world no. 197 won 79 points vs Atmane’s. That means that Hussey was more focused during the important points. Giles was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Hussey scored 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Giles Hussey lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Hussey put 64% of his first serves in, winning 67% (35/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Atmane 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The Brit’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.
The Brit has an overall 24-9 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bolt | Hussey |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 28 |
| Pts | 76-66 | 79-83 |
| Total Points | 142 | 162 |
| Winners | 46 | 35 |
| %Winners | 61% | 44% |
Both Bolt and Hussey played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Giles Hussey conceded 1 set while Alex Bolt hasn’t conceded a set so far. Bolt has played 1 set(s) less than Hussey (2 vs 3). Therefore, Bolt played 6 games less than Hussey. The Australian scored 46 winners (61% of the total points). On the other side, Hussey made 35 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bolt | Hussey |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 3 |
| 1st in | 62/85 | 52/81 |
| %1st in | 73% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 46/62 | 35/52 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 15/29 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 52% |
Bolt managed to score 14 aces . Hussey fired 3 aces . Bolt won 74% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Hussey won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bolt | Hussey |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/3 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 67% | 67% |
| Conceded | 11 | 5 |
| Saved | 10 | 2 |
| % Saved | 91% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Alex broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Bolt conceded his serve once and he saved 91% of the break points that he conceded. Hussey broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Hussey conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bolt | |||
| Q1 Broom |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 76-66 | 76-66 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 61% | 61% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 62/85 | 62/85 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 46/62 | 46/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 10/11 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 91% | 91% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Hussey | |||
| Q1 Atmane |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 79-83 | 79-83 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 52/81 | 52/81 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 35/52 | 35/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 15/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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