Luca Nardi and Alexander Blockx will square off in the qualifications of the Cincinnati Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on COURT 8. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luca Nardi who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Luca Nardi is the pick to win this match.
Luca Nardi -> 1.69
Alexander Blockx -> 2.07

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Prediction and head to head Luca Nardi vs. Alexander Blockx

There is no head to head record between Luca Nardi and Alexander Blockx since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Luca Nardi

Ranked no. 97, Luca got to the qualifications after beating Aidan Mayo 6-3 6-2.

In the qualifications, Nardi had a good straight sets win against Mayo (6-3 6-2). During the match, Nardi scored 71 points vs Mayo’s 54. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Nardi recorded 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Luca Nardi lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Nardi put 69% of his first serves in, winning 75% (33/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. Luca broke Mayo 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Nardi has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 55% of his matches (177-142). 10-8 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nardi has an overall59-39 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

The Italian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Koblenz Challenger.

Nardi has a compiled 24-22 win-loss record in 2025, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Nardi has never competed in this tournament before.

Alexander Blockx

Ranked no. 121 (career-high), Alexander reached the qualifications after defeating Alibek Kachmazov 4-2 ret..

In the qualifications against Kachmazov, Alexander had a free pass after Kachmazov retired on a 4-2 . scoreline.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Oeiras 3 Challenger where he overcame Liam Draxl in the final 7-5 6-1.

Blockx has an aggregate 29-20 win-loss record in 2025, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nardi	Blockx
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	6
Pts	71-54	26-21
Total Points	125	47
Winners	33	8
%Winners	46%	31%

Both Nardi and Blockx played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nardi and Blockx have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Nardi played 11 games more than Blockx. Luca scored 33 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Blockx managed to score 8 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nardi	Blockx
Aces	5	2
Avg per match	5	2
1st in	44/64	9/18
%1st in	69%	50%
1st pts	33/44	8/9
%1st pts	75%	89%
2nd pts	8/20	5/9
%2nd pts	40%	56%

Nardi blasted 5 aces . Blockx blasted 2 aces . Nardi won 75% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Blockx won 89% of the points on 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	Nardi	Blockx
Won	4	1
Converted	4/12	1/7
% Converted	33%	14%
Conceded	4	1
Saved	3	1
% Saved	75%	100%
Times Broken	1	0

Luca broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Nardi lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Belgian broke his opponent once with a 14% conversion rate. Blockx was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Nardi
	Q1 Mayo	Total
Score	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	71-54	71-54
Total points	125	125
Winners	33	33
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	44/64	44/64
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	33/44	33/44
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	8/20	8/20
% 2nd pts	40%	40%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/12	4/12
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Blockx
	Q1 Kachmazov	Total
Score	4-2 ret.
Tot Set	1	1
Tot Games	6	6
pts	26-21	26-21
Total points	47	47
Winners	8	8
%Winners	31%	31%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	9/18	9/18
% 1st in	50%	50%
1st pts	8/9	8/9
% 1st pts	89%	89%
2nd pts	5/9	5/9
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	1	1
Converted	1/7	1/7
Converted %	14%	14%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

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