Patrick Zahraj and Nikolay Vylegzhanin will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the Rennes Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on COLETTE BESSON. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Patrick Zahraj who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Patrick Zahraj is the pick to win this match.
Patrick Zahraj -> 1.53
Nikolay Vylegzhanin -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Patrick Zahraj vs. Nikolay Vylegzhanin

There is no head to head record between Patrick Zahraj and Nikolay Vylegzhanin since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Patrick Zahraj

Ranked no. 259 (career-high), Patrick will start his run in the Rennes Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Sion where he lost 7-6(3) 6-2 to Bertola in the final on the 31^st of August.

The German has a compiled 31-28 win-loss record in 2025, 17-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

The German’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Pau Challenger and M25 Sion.

Talking about his overall career, Patrick has an overall 139-107 record. He has a positive 41-22 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Rennes Challenger

Patrick has never competed in this tournament before.

Nikolay Vylegzhanin

Ranked no. 488, Vylegzhanin reached the 1^st round after beating Maxence Bertimon 6-4 3-6 6-3.

In the qualifications, The Russian defeated Bertimon (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match Vylegzhanin scored 92 points vs Bertimon’s 90. Vylegzhanin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about serving, Vylegzhanin fired 2 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Nikolay Vylegzhanin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Vylegzhanin put 64% of his first serves in, winning 68% (43/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. Nikolay broke Bertimon 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Nikolay’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M25 Creteil.

The Russian has a compiled 27-21 win-loss record in 2025, 8-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Tennis Scores in Rennes Challenger

• Clement ChidekhChidekh – Vadym UrsuUrsu (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Arthur BouquierBouquier – Marek GengelGengel (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hugo GastonGaston – Christoph NegrituNegritu (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg – Tom ParisParis (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Kenny de Schepperde Schepper – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Gregoire BarrereBarrere – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maxime JanvierJanvier – Calvin HemeryHemery (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Michael GeertsGeerts – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Matteo MartineauMartineau – Titouan DroguetDroguet (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Nikolay VylegzhaninVylegzhanin – Patrick ZahrajZahraj (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Harold MayotMayot – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Cannon KingsleyKingsley – (0-0) – H2H and prediction