Florent Bax and Sebastian Gima will square off in the qualifications of the Iasi Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Gima who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Gima is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Gima -> 1.86
Florent Bax -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Florent Bax vs. Sebastian Gima
This will be the 4th time that Florent Bax and Sebastian Gima fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Bax (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Gima won 2-6 7-6(2) 7-5 in the 2nd round in M15 Bucharest back in 2024.
Florent Bax
28 - 17win/loss
312
310
WWWWWWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-18 | 16-5 | 22-7 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-27 | 13-8 | 33-16 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-21 | 25-9 | 12-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-28 | 10-10 | 29-17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-14 | 2-4 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 385, the French player reached the qualifications after beating Matei Cristian Onofrei 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, The French player had a good straight sets win against Cristian Onofrei (6-3 6-1). During the match, Bax scored 63 points vs Cristian Onofrei’s 41. Florent was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bax made 5 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Florent Bax conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Bax put 56% of his first serves in, winning 68% (21/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Cristian Onofrei 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Bax has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (220-141). 11-6 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bax has a composed144-85 record in the last 9 years on clay.
The French player best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M25 Santa margherita di Pula.
The French player has a compiled 28-17 win-loss record in 2025, 11-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Iasi Challenger
Bax has never competed in this tournament before.
Sebastian Gima
23 - 18win/loss
575
436
LWLWWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33-25 | 6-4 | 27-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-33 | 3-5 | 31-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 57-35 | 15-8 | 41-25 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-30 | 25-11 | 23-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-24 | 1-3 | 28-20 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 658, Gima reached the qualifications after beating Denis Yevseyev 7-6(4) 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Yevseyev (7-64 6-4). During the match Gima scored 68 points vs Yevseyev’s 63. Sebastian was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Gima recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Sebastian Gima was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 63% (22/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gima broke Yevseyev twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Gima’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Palm Coast and M15 Ljubljana.
The Romanian has a compiled 23-18 win-loss record in 2025, 17-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Iasi Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023 and 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bax | Gima |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 23 |
| Pts | 63-41 | 68-63 |
| Total Points | 104 | 131 |
| Winners | 21 | 23 |
| %Winners | 33% | 34% |
Both Bax and Gima played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bax and Gima have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bax played 7 games less than Gima. Bax scored 21 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Sebastian made 23 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bax | Gima |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 31/55 | 31/66 |
| %1st in | 56% | 47% |
| 1st pts | 21/31 | 23/31 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 17/24 | 22/35 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 63% |
Bax scored 5 aces . Gima blasted 2 aces . Bax won 68% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Gima won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bax | Gima |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 57% | 67% |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Bax broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The French player pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points. Sebastian broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Sebastian conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bax | |||
| Q1 Cristian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 63-41 | 63-41 | |
| Total points | 104 | 104 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 31/55 | 31/55 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 21/31 | 21/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/24 | 17/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Gima | |||
| Q1 Yevseyev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 68-63 | 68-63 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 31/66 | 31/66 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 23/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/35 | 22/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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