Alexander Shevchenko and Nikoloz Basilashvili will fight against each other in the quarter of the Sumter Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:30 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Shevchenko who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Shevchenko is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Shevchenko -> 1.86
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Shevchenko vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili

There is no head to head record between Alexander Shevchenko and Nikoloz Basilashvili since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Alexander Shevchenko

Ranked no. 102, Alexander reached the quarter after defeating Sho Shimabukuro 6-3 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Shimabukuro (6-3 6-3). During the match, Shevchenko scored 65 points vs Shimabukuro’s 45. Shevchenko was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shevchenko scored 2 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Alexander Shevchenko was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (25/35) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Shevchenko broke Shimabukuro 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Shevchenko has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (277-198). 5-8 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shevchenko has a compiled53-49 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

Alexander’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Australia and the Bratislava 1 Challenger.

The Kazakhstani has an aggregate 25-27 win-loss record in 2025, 5-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sumter Challenger

Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.

Nikoloz Basilashvili

Ranked no. 112, the Georgean got to the quarter after defeating Christopher Eubanks 6-3 3-6 7-5 and Murphy Cassone 2-6 6-3 6-1.

In the 2^nd round against Cassone, Basilashvili recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-1). During the match Basilashvili scored 84 points vs Cassone’s 73. Basilashvili was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Basilashvili fired 9 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 53% of his first serves in, winning 66% (29/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (22/39) on the 2nd serve. Basilashvili broke Cassone 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Georgean has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Nikoloz’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Bordeaux Challenger.

Nikoloz has a composed 30-22 win-loss record in 2025, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shevchenko	Basilashvili
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	6
Tot Games	18	54
Pts	65-45	178-163
Total Points	110	341
Winners	25	59
%Winners	38%	33%

Shevchenko played 1 match while Basilashvili competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Nikoloz Basilashvili lost 2 sets while Alexander Shevchenko hasn’t lost a set so far. Shevchenko has played 4 set(s) less than Basilashvili (2 vs 6). Therefore, Shevchenko played 36 games less than Basilashvili. Shevchenko scored 25 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Nikoloz recorded 59 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shevchenko	Basilashvili
Aces	2	28
Avg per match	2	14
1st in	35/54	85/178
%1st in	65%	48%
1st pts	25/35	59/85
%1st pts	71%	69%
2nd pts	12/19	47/93
%2nd pts	63%	51%

Shevchenko recorded 2 aces . Basilashvili recorded 28 aces (14 per match). Shevchenko won 71% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Basilashvili won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shevchenko	Basilashvili
Won	4	11
Converted	4/12	11/21
% Converted	33%	52%
Conceded	2	25
Saved	1	17
% Saved	50%	68%
Times Broken	1	8

The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Shevchenko conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Nikoloz broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Georgean conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.

Shevchenko
	R2 Shimabukuro	Total
Score	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	65-45	65-45
Total points	110	110
Winners	25	25
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	35/54	35/54
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	25/35	25/35
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	12/19	12/19
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/12	4/12
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Basilashvili
	R1 Eubanks	R2 Cassone	Total
Score	6-3 3-6 7-5	2-6 6-3 6-1
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	30	24	54
pts	94-90	84-73	178-163
Total points	184	157	341
Winners	30	29	59
%Winners	32%	35%	33%
SERVE
Aces	19	9	28
Double Faults	10	8	18
1st in	41/95	44/83	85/178
% 1st in	43%	53%	48%
1st pts	30/41	29/44	59/85
% 1st pts	73%	66%	69%
2nd pts	25/54	22/39	47/93
% 2nd pts	46%	56%	51%
Breaks
Won	6	5	11
Converted	6/10	5/11	11/21
Converted %	60%	45%	52%
Conceded	13	12	25
Saved	8/13	9/12	17
Saved %	62%	75%	137%
Times Broken	5	3	8

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