Michael Geerts and Ioannis Xilas will play each other in the 1st round of the Hersonissos 5 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Michael Geerts who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Michael Geerts is the pick to win this match.
Michael Geerts -> 1.6
Ioannis Xilas -> 2.23
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Prediction and head to head Michael Geerts vs. Ioannis Xilas
There is no head to head record between Michael Geerts and Ioannis Xilas since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Michael Geerts
30 - 30win/loss
294
212
WWWWWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-34 | 27-15 | 10-14 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 50-37 | 18-11 | 10-12 | 17-13 | 0-1 | 5-0 |
| 2023 | 32-39 | 13-10 | 13-19 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-37 | 5-8 | 24-14 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 13-7 | 14-14 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 322, Geerts will start his run in the Hersonissos 5 Challenger after he played his last match in the St. Tropez Challenger where he lost 7-6(5) 6-1 to Molcan in the 1st round on the 17th of September.
Michael has a composed 30-30 win-loss record in 2025, 17-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Belgian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Loule and the Abidjan 2 Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Belgian has an overall 390-301 record. He has a positive 179-112 record on hard.
Previously in the Hersonissos 5 Challenger
Michael has never competed in this tournament before.
Ioannis Xilas
30 - 11win/loss
403
400
LWLWWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43-17 | 29-11 | 12-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 7-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-20 | 23-14 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 6-6 | 0-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-11 | 4-7 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 671 (career-high), will start his run in the Hersonissos 5 Challenger after he won the title in M15 Heraklion after beating 3-6 6-2 6-4 Ehrenschneider in the final.
Ioannis has a composed 30-11 win-loss record in 2025, 16-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Ioannis’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Kursumlijska Banja and M15 Heraklion.
The Greek won his last 10 matches.
In terms of his career, Xilas has an overall 102-69 record. He has a positive 62-45 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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