Nikoloz Basilashvili and Bernard Tomic will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Jingshan Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 5. 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 -> 1.56
Bernard Tomic -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Bernard Tomic

This will be the 2^nd time that Nikoloz Basilashvili and Bernard Tomic face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Basilashvili (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Basilashvili won 2-6 7-5 7-5 in the qualifications in Chengdu back in September 2025.

Highlights Nikoloz Basilashvili vs Bernard Tomic – Chengdu 17-September-2025

Nikoloz Basilashvili

Ranked no. 104, Nikoloz reached the 2^nd round after beating August Holmgren 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Basilashvili had a good straight sets win against Holmgren (6-2 6-3). During the match, Basilashvili scored 56 points vs Holmgren’s 39. Basilashvili was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Basilashvili made 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili was pretty effective on serve to win 86% (25/29) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nikoloz broke Holmgren 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Basilashvili has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (280-268). 16-11 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Basilashvili has an aggregate 106-100 record in the last years on hard.

The Georgean’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Bordeaux Challenger.

The Georgean has a compiled 36-26 win-loss record in 2025, 16-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Jingshan Challenger

Nikoloz has never competed in this tournament before.

Bernard Tomic

Ranked no. 169, Bernard got to the 2^nd round after defeating Tianhui Zhang 6-4 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Bernard had a good straight sets win against Zhang (6-4 6-1). During the match Tomic scored 63 points vs Zhang’s 41. Bernard was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Tomic blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Bernard Tomic was exceptionally effective on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Bernard broke Zhang 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Tomic’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Lexington Challenger and the Barranquilla Challenger.

Tomic has an overall 35-27 win-loss record in 2025, 24-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Basilashvili	Tomic
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
Pts	56-39	63-41
Total Points	95	104
Winners	25	24
%Winners	45%	38%

Both Basilashvili and Tomic played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Basilashvili and Tomic have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (17). The Georgean scored 25 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian made 24 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Basilashvili	Tomic
Aces	6	4
Avg per match	6	4
1st in	29/45	30/46
%1st in	64%	65%
1st pts	25/29	24/30
%1st pts	86%	80%
2nd pts	11/16	9/16
%2nd pts	69%	56%

Basilashvili struck 6 aces . Tomic made 4 aces . Basilashvili won 86% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Tomic won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Basilashvili	Tomic
Won	3	5
Converted	3/5	5/8
% Converted	60%	63%
Conceded	0	2
Saved	0	1
% Saved	0%	50%
Times Broken	0	1

Nikoloz broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Basilashvili pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Bernard broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Tomic conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Basilashvili
	R1 Holmgren	Total
Score	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	56-39	56-39
Total points	95	95
Winners	25	25
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	29/45	29/45
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	25/29	25/29
% 1st pts	86%	86%
2nd pts	11/16	11/16
% 2nd pts	69%	69%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/5	3/5
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Tomic
	R1 Zhang	Total
Score	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	63-41	63-41
Total points	104	104
Winners	24	24
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	30/46	30/46
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	24/30	24/30
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	9/16	9/16
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Jingshan Challenger

• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Brandon HoltHolt (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Sanhui ShinShin (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – August HolmgrenHolmgren (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Borna GojoGojo (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Rigele TeTe (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Alex BoltBolt – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-2 6-7¹ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Omar JasikaJasika – Jie CuiCui (4-6 7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Marat SharipovSharipov (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Billy HarrisHarris – Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov (7-6¹ 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (7-6⁴ 6-1) – See score progression
• Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Bernard TomicTomic – Tianhui ZhangZhang (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Tristan BoyerBoyer (6-7² 7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-4 4-6 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Tsung-Hao Huang/Uisung ParkHuang/Uisung Park – Jie Cui/Rigele TeCui/Rigele Te (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Borna GojoGojo (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Sanhui ShinShin (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Brandon HoltHolt (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Alex BoltBolt – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-2 6-7(1) 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – August HolmgrenHolmgren (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Rigele TeTe (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Bernard TomicTomic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Lloyd HarrisHarris (3-4) – H2H and prediction
• Omar JasikaJasika – Alex BoltBolt (6-2) – H2H and prediction
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Billy HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – (0-0) – H2H and prediction