Nikoloz Basilashvili and Pierre-Hugues Herbert will fight against each other in the qualifications of the European Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.81
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 1.92

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Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert

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

Nikoloz Basilashvili

Nikoloz Basilashvili

39 - 28win/loss

Hard
18-13
I Hard
7-2
Clay
9-10
Grass
5-3
Rank
110
High
16
LWWWLWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 41-29 18-13 9-10 9-3 5-3 0-0
2024 51-32 11-8 27-15 13-9 0-0 0-0
2023 4-19 1-8 0-5 3-6 0-0 0-0
2022 16-31 3-11 5-9 4-7 4-4 0-0
2021 35-27 18-11 8-8 3-5 6-3 0-0

Ranked no. 100, Nikoloz got to the qualifications after defeating Alessio Basile 6-4 6-4.

In the qualifications, Nikoloz had a good straight sets win against Basile (6-4 6-4). During the match, Basilashvili scored 62 points vs Basile’s 44. Basilashvili was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Basilashvili managed to score 5 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Nikoloz Basilashvili was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (27/33) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Georgean was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Basile 3 times.

Basilashvili has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (283-270). 7-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Basilashvili has an overall 51-55 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

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

Basilashvili has an overall 39-28 win-loss record in 2025, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Brussels

Brussels
Basilashvili's Record

Pierre-Hugues Herbert

Pierre-Hugues Herbert

27 - 25win/loss

Hard
1-5
I Hard
15-6
Clay
8-11
Grass
3-3
Rank
154
High
36
LLWLWLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 27-27 1-5 8-11 15-8 3-3 0-0
2024 33-31 3-5 8-11 19-12 3-3 0-0
2023 26-22 2-4 5-4 16-11 3-3 0-0
2022 18-15 0-0 2-5 10-7 6-3 0-0
2021 17-21 4-7 4-6 9-7 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 142, the French player reached the qualifications after defeating Jurij Rodionov 7-6(5) 6-4.

In the qualifications, The French player had a good straight sets win against Rodionov (7-65 6-4). During the match Herbert scored 81 points vs Rodionov’s 72. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Herbert bagged 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Pierre-Hugues Herbert was extremely efficient on serve to win 80% (33/41) of his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Herbert broke Rodionov once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Cherbourg Challenger where he defeated Jelle Sels in the final 6-3 6-4.

Pierre-Hugues has an aggregate 27-25 win-loss record in 2025, 15-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Brussels
Herbert's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

N.Basilashvili
P.Herbert
1h:05
1h:05
Time on court​
!
1h:39
1h:39
1h:05
1h:05
Last match​
1h:39
1h:39
1
1
Match played
1
1
20
20
Games Played​
23
23
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
62
62
Total points​
81
81
62
62
Avg point​
81
81
27
27
Winners
33
33
27
27
Avg Winners​
33
33
44%
44%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
7
7
5
5
Avg Aces
7
7
0
0
Double Faults
3
3
0
0
Avg Double Faults
3
3
27/33
27/33
1st won total​
33/41
33/41
!
82%
82%
1st won %
!
80%
80%
11/16
11/16
2nd won total​
16/24
16/24
!
69%
69%
2nd won %
!
67%
67%
-- Break Points --
3/3
3/3
BP won
1/6
1/6
3/3
3/3
Avg BP won
1/6
1/6
!
100%
100%
Won
!
17%
17%
2
2
Conceded
1
1
2
2
Avg Conceded
1
1
1
1
Broken
0
0
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0
0
1
1
Saved
1
1

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Basilashvili Herbert
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 23
Pts 62-44 81-72
Total Points 106 153
Winners 27 33
%Winners 44% 41%

Both Basilashvili and Herbert played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Basilashvili and Herbert have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Basilashvili played 3 games less than Herbert. Basilashvili scored 27 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The French player managed to score 33 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Basilashvili Herbert
Aces 5 7
Avg per match 5 7
1st in 33/49 41/65
%1st in 67% 63%
1st pts 27/33 33/41
%1st pts 82% 80%
2nd pts 11/16 16/24
%2nd pts 69% 67%

Basilashvili fired 5 aces . Herbert recorded 7 aces . Basilashvili won 82% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Herbert won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Basilashvili Herbert
Won 3 1
Converted 3/3 1/6
% Converted 100% 17%
Conceded 2 1
Saved 1 1
% Saved 50% 100%
Times Broken 1 0

The Georgean broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Georgean conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent once with a 17% conversion rate. Herbert was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Basilashvili
Q1
Basile
Total
Score 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 62-44 62-44
Total points 106 106
Winners 27 27
%Winners 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 33/49 33/49
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 27/33 27/33
% 1st pts 82% 82%
2nd pts 11/16 11/16
% 2nd pts 69% 69%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/3 3/3
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1
Herbert
Q1
Rodionov
Total
Score 7-65 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 23 23
pts 81-72 81-72
Total points 153 153
Winners 33 33
%Winners 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 41/65 41/65
% 1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 33/41 33/41
% 1st pts 80% 80%
2nd pts 16/24 16/24
% 2nd pts 67% 67%
Breaks
Won 1 1
Converted 1/6 1/6
Converted % 17% 17%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

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