Antoine Ghibaudo and Erik Arutiunian will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Columbus Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Antoine Ghibaudo who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Antoine Ghibaudo is the pick to win this match.
Antoine Ghibaudo -> 1.55
Erik Arutiunian -> 2.33

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Prediction and head to head Antoine Ghibaudo vs. Erik Arutiunian

There is no head to head record between Antoine Ghibaudo and Erik Arutiunian since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Antoine Ghibaudo

Ranked no. 454, Antoine reached the qualifications after beating Ilija Palavestra 6-1 4-6 6-2.

In the qualifications, Antoine defeated Palavestra (6-1 4-6 6-2). During the match, Ghibaudo scored 81 points vs Palavestra’s 62. Antoine was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ghibaudo managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Antoine Ghibaudo lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Ghibaudo put 58% of his first serves in, winning 85% (40/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Palavestra 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Ghibaudo has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 55% of his matches (88-72). 2-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ghibaudo has a composed38-33 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.

The French player best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Heraklion.

Antoine has an aggregate 22-13 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Erik Arutiunian

Ranked no. 560, Arutiunian got to the qualifications after beating Joshua Sheehy 7-6(6) 4-6 6-1.

In the qualifications, Erik defeated Sheehy (7-6⁶ 4-6 6-1). During the match Arutiunian scored 115 points vs Sheehy’s 112. Arutiunian was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.

About the serving games, Arutiunian managed to score 6 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Erik Arutiunian lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Arutiunian put 43% of his first serves in, winning 78% (39/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (29/66) on the 2nd serve. Erik broke Sheehy 4 times after converting 24% of his break points (4/17).

The Belarussian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M25 Sharm ElSheikh.

Erik has an aggregate 34-14 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

The Belarussian has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ghibaudo	Arutiunian
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	25	30
Pts	81-62	115-112
Total Points	143	227
Winners	40	39
%Winners	49%	34%

Both Ghibaudo and Arutiunian played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Antoine Ghibaudo dropped 1 set, while Erik Arutiunian conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Ghibaudo and Arutiunian have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Ghibaudo played 5 games less than Arutiunian. The French player scored 40 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Arutiunian scored 39 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ghibaudo	Arutiunian
Aces	4	6
Avg per match	4	6
1st in	47/81	50/116
%1st in	58%	43%
1st pts	40/47	39/50
%1st pts	85%	78%
2nd pts	16/34	29/66
%2nd pts	47%	44%

Ghibaudo managed to score 4 aces . Arutiunian made 6 aces . Ghibaudo won 85% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Arutiunian won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Ghibaudo	Arutiunian
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/17
% Converted	67%	24%
Conceded	7	10
Saved	6	7
% Saved	86%	70%
Times Broken	1	3

Antoine broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Ghibaudo dropped his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. The Belarussian broke his opponent 4 times with a 24% conversion rate. Arutiunian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Ghibaudo
	Q1 Palavestra	Total
Score	6-1 4-6 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	25	25
pts	81-62	81-62
Total points	143	143
Winners	40	40
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	47/81	47/81
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	40/47	40/47
% 1st pts	85%	85%
2nd pts	16/34	16/34
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	6/7	6
Saved %	86%	86%
Times Broken	1	1

Arutiunian
	Q1 Sheehy	Total
Score	7-66 4-6 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	115-112	115-112
Total points	227	227
Winners	39	39
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	10	10
1st in	50/116	50/116
% 1st in	43%	43%
1st pts	39/50	39/50
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	29/66	29/66
% 2nd pts	44%	44%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/17	4/17
Converted %	24%	24%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	7/10	7
Saved %	70%	70%
Times Broken	3	3

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