Nikoloz Basilashvili and Thomas Faurel will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Quimper Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nikoloz Basilashvili who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nikoloz Basilashvili is the pick to win this match.
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 1.363
Thomas Faurel -> 2.83
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Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Thomas Faurel
There is no head to head record between Nikoloz Basilashvili and Thomas Faurel since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Nikoloz Basilashvili
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19-28 | 4-10 | 12-12 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 105, Basilashvili reached the 2nd round after defeating Yanis Ghazouani Durand 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, Nikoloz had a good straight sets win against Ghazouani Durand (6-4 7-5). During the match, Basilashvili scored 77 points vs Ghazouani Durand’s 59. Nikoloz was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Basilashvili struck 14 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 53% of his first serves in, winning 85% (29/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. Basilashvili broke Ghazouani Durand 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Basilashvili has winning record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (250-242). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Basilashvili has a compiled 48-49 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Nikoloz has an overall 1-2 win-loss record in 2026, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Quimper Challenger
Nikoloz has never competed in this tournament before.
Thomas Faurel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28-25 | 12-4 | 13-19 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 50-29 | 11-4 | 39-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 5-12 | 0-1 | 4-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 517, the French player got to the 2nd round after beating Matteo Martineau 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Faurel had a good straight sets win against Martineau (6-4 6-3). During the match Faurel scored 70 points vs Martineau’s 58. Thomas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Faurel scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Thomas Faurel conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Faurel put 60% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the 2nd serve. Faurel broke Martineau 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Thomas has a compiled 5-1 win-loss record in 2026, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Basilashvili | Faurel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 19 |
| Pts | 77-59 | 70-58 |
| Total Points | 136 | 128 |
| Winners | 29 | 30 |
| %Winners | 38% | 43% |
Both Basilashvili and Faurel played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Basilashvili and Faurel have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Basilashvili played 3 games more than Faurel. Nikoloz scored 29 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Faurel struck 30 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Basilashvili | Faurel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 4 |
| 1st in | 34/64 | 43/72 |
| %1st in | 53% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 30/43 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 18/29 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 62% |
Basilashvili scored 14 aces . Faurel managed to score 4 aces . Basilashvili won 85% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Faurel won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Basilashvili | Faurel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 57% | 75% |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 33% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Nikoloz broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Basilashvili lost his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Thomas broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Faurel was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.
| Basilashvili | |||
| R1 Ghazouani |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 77-59 | 77-59 | |
| Total points | 136 | 136 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 34/64 | 34/64 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 29/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 13/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Faurel | |||
| R1 Martineau |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 70-58 | 70-58 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/72 | 43/72 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 30/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 18/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Quimper Challenger
- Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg – Laurent LokoliLokoli (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Arthur BouquierBouquier (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Yanis Ghazouani DurandGhazouani Durand (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Justin EngelEngel – Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Thomas FaurelFaurel – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Dan MartinMartin (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Moez EcharguiEchargui (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Clement TaburTabur (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Benoit PairePaire (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Dan AddedAdded (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Arthur BouquierBouquier (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg – Laurent LokoliLokoli (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Dan MartinMartin (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Yanis Ghazouani DurandGhazouani Durand (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Thomas FaurelFaurel – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Justin EngelEngel – Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Moez EcharguiEchargui (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Billy HarrisHarris – Benjamin BonziBonzi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Remy BertolaBertola – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Quentin HalysHalys (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Titouan DroguetDroguet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
