Nikoloz Basilashvili and Marc-Andrea Huesler will face off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 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 Nikoloz Basilashvili who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nikoloz Basilashvili is the pick to win this match.
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 1.63
Marc-Andrea Huesler -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler

This will be the 3rd time that Nikoloz Basilashvili and Marc-Andrea Huesler square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Basilashvili and Huesler (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Basilashvili won 4-6 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Oeiras 3 Challenger back in January 2025.

Nikoloz Basilashvili

Nikoloz Basilashvili

31 - 24win/loss

Hard
11-9
I Hard
6-2
Clay
9-10
Grass
5-3
Rank
110
High
16
LWWWLWWLWL
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 41-29 18-13 9-10 9-3 5-3 0-0
2024 51-32 11-8 27-15 13-9 0-0 0-0
2023 4-19 1-8 0-5 3-6 0-0 0-0
2022 16-31 3-11 5-9 4-7 4-4 0-0
2021 35-27 18-11 8-8 3-5 6-3 0-0
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Ranked no. 109, Nikoloz reached the qualifications after defeating Gauthier Onclin 7-6(6) 5-7 6-1.

In the qualifications, The Georgean defeated Onclin (7-66 5-7 6-1). During the match, Basilashvili scored 125 points vs Onclin’s 112. The Georgean was exceptionally aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Regarding the service games, Basilashvili made 9 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 53% of his first serves in, winning 80% (51/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (21/56) on the 2nd serve. The Georgean broke Onclin 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Basilashvili has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (275-265). 11-8 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Basilashvili has a composed 101-97 match record in the last years on hard.

Basilashvili’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Bordeaux Challenger.

Basilashvili has an aggregate 31-23 win-loss record in 2025, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

U.S. Open
Basilashvili's Record

Marc-Andrea Huesler

Marc-Andrea Huesler

19 - 16win/loss

Hard
12-5
I Hard
1-1
Clay
5-6
Grass
1-4
Rank
244
High
47
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-27 14-11 5-6 5-6 1-4 0-0
2024 41-28 11-6 16-10 10-9 4-3 0-0
2023 20-31 7-9 2-10 5-8 4-3 2-1
2022 45-28 9-8 18-6 11-10 7-4 0-0
2021 30-33 3-6 14-15 9-7 1-3 3-2
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Ranked no. 228, Huesler got to the qualifications after defeating Stefano Napolitano 6-3 6-7(2) 6-4.

In the qualifications, Huesler defeated Napolitano (6-3 6-72 6-4). During the match Huesler scored 106 points vs Napolitano’s 86. Huesler was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.

About the serving games, Huesler managed to score 16 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Marc-Andrea Huesler was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (40/48) of his 1st serve and 76% (26/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Marc-Andrea broke Napolitano 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Cuernavaca Challenger where he overcame Dmitry Popko in the final 6-4 3-6 6-4.

The Swiss has a composed 18-16 win-loss record in 2025, 11-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022 and 2023. See his history.

U.S. Open
Huesler's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

N.Basilashvili
M.Huesler
2h:45
2h:45
Time on court​
2h:22
2h:22
!
2h:45
2h:45
Last match​
!
2h:22
2h:22
1
1
Match played
1
1
32
32
Games Played​
32
32
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
125
125
Total points​
106
106
125
125
Avg point​
106
106
51
51
Winners
40
40
51
51
Avg Winners​
40
40
41%
41%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
16
16
9
9
Avg Aces
!
16
16
11
11
Double Faults
0
0
!
11
11
Avg Double Faults
0
0
51/64
51/64
1st won total​
40/48
40/48
!
80%
80%
1st won %
!
83%
83%
21/56
21/56
2nd won total​
26/34
26/34
!
38%
38%
2nd won %
!
76%
76%
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
BP won
3/9
3/9
6/11
6/11
Avg BP won
3/9
3/9
!
55%
55%
Won
33%
33%
10
10
Conceded
3
3
10
10
Avg Conceded
3
3
5
5
Broken
1
1
!
5
5
Avg Broken
1
1
5
5
Saved
2
2
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Basilashvili Huesler
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 32
Pts 125-112 106-86
Total Points 237 192
Winners 51 40
%Winners 41% 38%

Both Basilashvili and Huesler played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Nikoloz Basilashvili dropped 1 set, while Marc-Andrea Huesler dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Basilashvili and Huesler have played the same amount of sets 3. They also played the same amount of games (32). The Georgean scored 51 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Huesler fired 40 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Basilashvili Huesler
Aces 9 16
Avg per match 9 16
1st in 64/120 48/82
%1st in 53% 59%
1st pts 51/64 40/48
%1st pts 80% 83%
2nd pts 21/56 26/34
%2nd pts 38% 76%

Basilashvili managed to score 9 aces . Huesler blasted 16 aces . Basilashvili won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Huesler won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 76% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Basilashvili Huesler
Won 6 3
Converted 6/11 3/9
% Converted 55% 33%
Conceded 10 3
Saved 5 2
% Saved 50% 67%
Times Broken 5 1

The Georgean broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Nikoloz dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Huesler broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Marc-Andrea conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Basilashvili
Q1
Onclin		 Total
Score 7-66 5-7 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 32
pts 125-112 125-112
Total points 237 237
Winners 51 51
%Winners 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 9 9
Double Faults 11 11
1st in 64/120 64/120
% 1st in 53% 53%
1st pts 51/64 51/64
% 1st pts 80% 80%
2nd pts 21/56 21/56
% 2nd pts 38% 38%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/11 6/11
Converted % 55% 55%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 5/10 5
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 5 5
Huesler
Q1
Napolitano		 Total
Score 6-3 6-72 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 32
pts 106-86 106-86
Total points 192 192
Winners 40 40
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 16 16
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 48/82 48/82
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 40/48 40/48
% 1st pts 83% 83%
2nd pts 26/34 26/34
% 2nd pts 76% 76%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/9 3/9
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 2/3 2
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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