Giles Hussey and Luca Preda will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Hersonissos 6 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 21. 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 Giles Hussey who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Giles Hussey is the pick to win this match.
Giles Hussey -> 1.6
Luca Preda -> 2.23

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Prediction and head to head Giles Hussey vs. Luca Preda

There is no head to head record between Giles Hussey and Luca Preda since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Giles Hussey

Ranked no. 346, the Brit reached the 2^nd round after beating Petr Brunclik 6-4 2-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Giles defeated Brunclik (6-4 2-6 6-3). During the match, Hussey scored 82 points vs Brunclik’s 77. Giles was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Hussey scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 5 double faults. Giles Hussey lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Hussey put 51% of his first serves in, winning 65% (28/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (25/41) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Brunclik 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Hussey has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (194-115). 35-16 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Hussey has a compiled128-65 record in the last 7 years on hard.

Giles’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Madrid.

Giles has an overall 41-22 win-loss record in 2025, 35-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Hersonissos 6 Challenger

Luca Preda

Ranked no. 794, Preda reached the 2^nd round after beating Oliver Crawford 7-6(5) 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Luca had a good straight sets win against Crawford (7-6⁵ 7-5). During the match Preda scored 88 points vs Crawford’s 85. Luca was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Preda made 3 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Luca Preda lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Preda put 56% of his first serves in, winning 68% (34/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (18/39) on the 2nd serve. Luca broke Crawford 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Luca’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Doha.

Luca has an overall 18-18 win-loss record in 2025, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hussey	Preda
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	27	25
Pts	82-77	88-85
Total Points	159	173
Winners	28	34
%Winners	34%	39%

Both Hussey and Preda played 1 match. At the moment, Giles Hussey dropped 1 set while Luca Preda hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Hussey has played 1 set more than Preda (3 vs 2). Therefore, Hussey played 2 games more than Preda. Hussey scored 28 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian blasted 34 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hussey	Preda
Aces	1	3
Avg per match	1	3
1st in	43/84	50/89
%1st in	51%	56%
1st pts	28/43	34/50
%1st pts	65%	68%
2nd pts	25/41	18/39
%2nd pts	61%	46%

Hussey fired 1 ace . Preda also scored 3 aces . Hussey won 65% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Preda won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Hussey	Preda
Won	3	4
Converted	3/5	4/8
% Converted	60%	50%
Conceded	3	9
Saved	0	6
% Saved	0%	67%
Times Broken	3	3

Giles broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Giles lost his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Luca broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Preda conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Hussey
	R1 Brunclik	Total
Score	6-4 2-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	82-77	82-77
Total points	159	159
Winners	28	28
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	43/84	43/84
% 1st in	51%	51%
1st pts	28/43	28/43
% 1st pts	65%	65%
2nd pts	25/41	25/41
% 2nd pts	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/5	3/5
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	0/3	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	3	3

Preda
	R1 Crawford	Total
Score	7-65 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	25	25
pts	88-85	88-85
Total points	173	173
Winners	34	34
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	7	7
1st in	50/89	50/89
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	34/50	34/50
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	18/39	18/39
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	6/9	6
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Hersonissos 6 Challenger

• Max BasingBasing – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Hamish StewartStewart – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-2 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Ioannis XilasXilas – Max Alcala GurriAlcala Gurri (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Giles HusseyHussey – Petr BrunclikBrunclik (6-4 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Ioannis XilasXilas – Max Alcala GurriAlcala Gurri (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Eliakim CoulibalyCoulibaly – Adrian AndreevAndreev (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis – Karan SinghSingh (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Harry WendelkenWendelken – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-3 6-7⁶ 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Petros TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Inaki Montes-De La TorreMontes-De La Torre – Robin BertrandBertrand (6-2 7-6³) – See score progression
• Maxim MrvaMrva – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (7-5 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Dennis NovakNovak – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Fabrizio AndaloroAndaloro – Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Luca PredaPreda – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (7-6⁵ 7-5) – See score progression
• Giles HusseyHussey – Petr BrunclikBrunclik (6-4 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Maxim MrvaMrva – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (7-5 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis – Karan SinghSingh (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Petros TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Eliakim CoulibalyCoulibaly – Adrian AndreevAndreev (7-6(5) 6-3) – See score progression
• Inaki Montes-De La TorreMontes-De La Torre – Robin BertrandBertrand (6-2 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Ioannis XilasXilas – Max Alcala GurriAlcala Gurri (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Max BasingBasing – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Hamish StewartStewart – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-2 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Harry WendelkenWendelken – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-3 6-7(6) 7-6(6)) – See score progression
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Radu AlbotAlbot – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Charles BroomBroom (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Harry WendelkenWendelken – Dennis NovakNovak (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Max BasingBasing – Hamish StewartStewart (0-0) – H2H and prediction