Sebastian Baez and Nikoloz Basilashvili will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Chengdu Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 pm on COURT 2. 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 Nikoloz Basilashvili who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nikoloz Basilashvili is the pick to win this match.
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 1.75
Sebastian Baez -> 2.08

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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Baez vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili

There is no head to head record between Sebastian Baez and Nikoloz Basilashvili since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Sebastian Baez

Ranked no. 41, the Argentine will start his run in Chengdu after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-3 7-5 6-4 to Lloyd in the 1^st round on the 25^th of August.

The Argentine has a composed 19-21 win-loss record in 2025, 2-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the year was conquering the title in Rio de Janeiro where he beat Alexandre Muller in the final 6-2 6-3.

Talking about his overall career, The Argentine has an overall 270-170 record. He has a negative 35-40 record on hard.

Previously in Chengdu

Baez has never competed in this tournament before.

Nikoloz Basilashvili

Ranked no. 114, the Georgean got to the 1^st round after beating Rei Sakamoto 6-2 3-6 6-1 and Bernard Tomic 2-6 7-5 7-5.

In the qualifications against Tomic, Basilashvili recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 7-5). During the match Basilashvili scored 93 points vs Tomic’s 91. The Georgean was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Basilashvili recorded 16 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 53% of his first serves in, winning 76% (39/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (22/45) on the 2nd serve. Basilashvili broke Tomic 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Georgean started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

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

Basilashvili has a compiled 33-25 win-loss record in 2025, 13-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Tennis Scores in Chengdu

• Marcos GironGiron – Ethan QuinnQuinn (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yi ZhouZhou – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-7³ 6-4 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Juncheng ShangShang – Zizou BergsBergs (6-1 5-7 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Quentin HalysHalys (6-7³ 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Taro DanielDaniel – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Filip MisolicMisolic – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Gael MonfilsMonfils (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – (0-0) – H2H and prediction