Gael Monfils and Nishesh Basavareddy will square off in the 1^st round of the Cincinnati Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 9:30 pm on P&G CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gael Monfils who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Gael Monfils is the pick to win this match.
Gael Monfils -> 1.55
Nishesh Basavareddy -> 2.45

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Prediction and head to head Gael Monfils vs. Nishesh Basavareddy

This will be the 3^rd time that Gael Monfils and Nishesh Basavareddy fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Monfils (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Monfils won 7-6(5) 6-4 in the semifinal in Auckland back in January 2025.

Highlights Gael Monfils vs Nishesh Basavareddy – Auckland 10-January-2025

Gael Monfils

Ranked no. 48, Monfils will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Toronto where he lost 6-4 4-6 7-6(3) to Tomas Barrios Vera in the 1^st round on the 27^th of July.

The French player has an aggregate 18-13 win-loss record in 2025, 14-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Auckland where he overcame Zizou Bergs in the final 6-3 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, Gael has an overall 679-378 record. He has a positive 264-147 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2011. See his history.

Nishesh Basavareddy

Ranked no. 110, Basavareddy will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in the Lexington Challenger where he lost 1-6 7-5 6-4 to Svajda in the quarter on the 1^st of August.

Nishesh has an overall 17-18 win-loss record in 2025, 12-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Basavareddy’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Auckland.

In terms of his career, The American has an overall 80-47 record. He has a positive 57-25 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Nishesh has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pedro Martinez Portero
  Martinez Portero – Nicolas JarryJarry (1-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-7¹ 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Joao FonsecaFonseca – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (4-6 6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Hugo GastonGaston (6-4 5-7 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Zizou BergsBergs – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Gael MonfilsMonfils – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hugo DellienDellien – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marcos GironGiron – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (4-5) – H2H and prediction
• Borna CoricCoric – Emilio NavaNava (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Vit KoprivaKopriva (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Tommy PaulPaul (1-4) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Valentin RoyerRoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (4-0) – H2H and prediction
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Kei NishikoriNishikori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adam WaltonWalton – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian BaezBaez – David GoffinGoffin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tristan BoyerBoyer – Brandon HoltHolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-2) – H2H and prediction