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

Michael Geerts

30 - 30win/loss

Hard
17-12
I Hard
3-4
Clay
10-14
Rank
367
High
212
WLWWLWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-34 22-15 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.

Hersonissos 5 Challenger
Geerts's Record

Ioannis Xilas

Ioannis Xilas

30 - 11win/loss

Hard
16-5
I Hard
2-3
Clay
12-3
Rank
447
High
447
WWWWLWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 41-15 27-9 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)

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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.

Hersonissos 5 Challenger
Xilas's Record

Tennis Scores in Hersonissos 5 Challenger

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