Nikolay Vylegzhanin and Aleksandr Braynin will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Athens Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:30 am on COURT 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nikolay Vylegzhanin who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nikolay Vylegzhanin is the pick to win this match.
Nikolay Vylegzhanin -> 1.59
Aleksandr Braynin -> 2.18

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Prediction and head to head Nikolay Vylegzhanin vs. Aleksandr Braynin

There is no head to head record between Nikolay Vylegzhanin and Aleksandr Braynin since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Nikolay Vylegzhanin

Ranked no. 494, Vylegzhanin got to the 2^nd round after beating Lorenzo Angelini 6-2 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Vylegzhanin had a good straight sets win against Angelini (6-2 6-2). During the match, Vylegzhanin scored 63 points vs Angelini’s 43. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Vylegzhanin couldn’t to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Nikolay Vylegzhanin lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Vylegzhanin put 71% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (6/15) on the 2nd serve. Nikolay broke Angelini 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).

Vylegzhanin has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (152-108). 13-10 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vylegzhanin has a compiled66-40 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

The Russian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M25 Creteil.

Nikolay has an aggregate 36-29 win-loss record in 2025, 13-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Athens Challenger

The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.

Aleksandr Braynin

Ranked no. 793, Aleksandr got to the 2^nd round after beating Courtney John Lock 6-2 1-2 ret., Demetris Azoides 7-5 6-0 and Luca Potenza 7-6(5) 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Aleksandr had a good straight sets win against Potenza (7-6⁵ 7-5). During the match Braynin scored 84 points vs Potenza’s 81. Braynin was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Braynin struck 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Aleksandr Braynin lost the serve 5 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Braynin put 64% of his first serves in, winning 59% (32/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. Aleksandr broke Potenza 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

The Ukrainian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Shymkent,M15 Kamen and M15 Kayseri.

Braynin has an overall 24-30 win-loss record in 2025, 14-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Vylegzhanin	Braynin
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	7
Tot Games	16	54
Pts	63-43	203-174
Total Points	106	377
Winners	25	74
%Winners	40%	36%

Vylegzhanin played 1 match while Braynin competed in 3 matches. Braynin started his run from the qualifications while Vylegzhanin had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Aleksandr Braynin lost 1 set while Nikolay Vylegzhanin hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Vylegzhanin has played 5 set(s) less than Braynin (2 vs 7). Therefore, Vylegzhanin played 38 games less than Braynin. Nikolay scored 25 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Ukrainian scored 74 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Vylegzhanin	Braynin
Aces	0	11
Avg per match	0	3.7
1st in	36/51	112/186
%1st in	71%	60%
1st pts	25/36	74/112
%1st pts	69%	66%
2nd pts	6/15	32/74
%2nd pts	40%	43%

Vylegzhanin didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Braynin fired 11 aces (3.7 per match). Vylegzhanin won 69% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Braynin won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Vylegzhanin	Braynin
Won	6	14
Converted	6/7	14/26
% Converted	86%	54%
Conceded	4	23
Saved	2	15
% Saved	50%	65%
Times Broken	2	8

Vylegzhanin broke his opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Braynin broke his opponents 14 times with a 54% conversion rate. Aleksandr conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.

Vylegzhanin
	R1 Angelini	Total
Score	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	63-43	63-43
Total points	106	106
Winners	25	25
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	36/51	36/51
% 1st in	71%	71%
1st pts	25/36	25/36
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	6/15	6/15
% 2nd pts	40%	40%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/7	6/7
Converted %	86%	86%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

Braynin
	Q1 John	Q3 Azoides	R1 Potenza	Total
Score	6-2 1-2 ret.	7-5 6-0	7-65 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	11	18	25	54
pts	46-40	73-53	84-81	203-174
Total points	86	126	165	377
Winners	16	26	32	74
%Winners	35%	36%	38%	36%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	10	11
Double Faults	4	7	4	15
1st in	22/35	36/67	54/84	112/186
% 1st in	63%	54%	64%	60%
1st pts	16/22	26/36	32/54	74/112
% 1st pts	73%	72%	59%	66%
2nd pts	6/13	13/31	13/30	32/74
% 2nd pts	46%	42%	43%	43%
Breaks
Won	2	6	6	14
Converted	2/8	6/9	6/9	14/26
Converted %	25%	67%	67%	54%
Conceded	2	9	12	23
Saved	1/2	7/9	7/12	15
Saved %	50%	78%	58%	186%
Times Broken	1	2	5	8

Tennis Scores in Athens Challenger

• Philip HenningHenning – James StoryStory (7-6¹ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alberto Barroso CamposBarroso Campos – Michele RibecaiRibecai (6-1 3-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sergio Callejon HernandoCallejon Hernando – Menelaos EfstathiouEfstathiou (6-2 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sandro KoppKopp – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (6-0 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandr BrayninBraynin – Nikolay VylegzhaninVylegzhanin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Philip HenningHenning – Sandro KoppKopp (0-0) – H2H and prediction