Sumit Nagal and Geoffrey Blancaneaux will face off in the 1^st round of the Lyon Challenger for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT RÉGION AUVERGNE RHÔNE-ALPES. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sumit Nagal who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sumit Nagal is the pick to win this match.
Sumit Nagal -> 1.69
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 2.07

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Prediction and head to head Sumit Nagal vs. Geoffrey Blancaneaux

This will be the 5^th time that Sumit Nagal and Geoffrey Blancaneaux square off. The head to head is 4-0 for Nagal (see full H2H stats

), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they played, Nagal won 6-2 6-2 in the 1^st round in the Bengaluru Challenger back in 2024.

Sumit Nagal

Ranked no. 170, the Indian will start his run in the Lyon Challenger after he played his last match in the Heilbronn Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-7(2) 6-0 to Pacheco in the 2^nd round on the 5^th of June.

The Indian has an aggregate 10-14 win-loss record in 2025, 8-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Nagal has an overall 340-236 record. He has a positive 233-143 record on clay.

Previously in the Lyon Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.

Geoffrey Blancaneaux

Ranked no. 273, the French player will start his run in the Lyon Challenger after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 6-2 6-4 to Basilashvili in the qualifications on the 23^rd of May.

Geoffrey has an overall 17-17 win-loss record in 2025, 15-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

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

In terms of his career, Blancaneaux has an overall 320-270 record. He has a positive 164-135 record on clay.

Previously in the Lyon Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2018. See his history.

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