Arthur Cazaux and Nikoloz Basilashvili will play each other in the 2nd round of the Phoenix Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Cazaux who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Arthur Cazaux is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Cazaux -> 1.44
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 2.55
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Prediction and head to head Arthur Cazaux vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
This will be the 2nd time that Arthur Cazaux and Nikoloz Basilashvili square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Cazaux (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Cazaux won 4-6 7-5 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Gstaad back in 2025.
Arthur Cazaux
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 33-24 | 18-13 | 8-5 | 3-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-24 | 25-15 | 0-2 | 5-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-29 | 31-13 | 11-9 | 3-4 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-14 | 14-3 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 76, the French player got to the 2nd round after beating Jacob Fearnley 6-2 3-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, Cazaux defeated Fearnley (6-2 3-6 6-1). During the match, Cazaux scored 78 points vs Fearnley’s 61. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cazaux blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Arthur Cazaux lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Cazaux put 59% of his first serves in, winning 68% (30/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (19/30) on the 2nd serve. Cazaux broke Fearnley 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Cazaux has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (206-127). 2-1 on hard in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Cazaux has an overall120-54 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
The French player has a composed 2-1 win-loss record in 2026, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Nikoloz Basilashvili
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23-28 | 8-10 | 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. 133, Nikoloz reached the 2nd round after beating Kamil Majchrzak 7-6(3) 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Georgean had a good straight sets win against Majchrzak (7-63 6-3). During the match Basilashvili scored 84 points vs Majchrzak’s 66. Nikoloz was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Basilashvili fired 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Nikoloz Basilashvili was extremely efficient on serve to win 88% (30/34) of his 1st serve and 59% (19/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Basilashvili broke Majchrzak twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
The Georgean has a composed 3-8 win-loss record in 2026, 2-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2025. See his history.
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cazaux | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 22 |
| Pts | 78-61 | 84-66 |
| Total Points | 139 | 150 |
| Winners | 30 | 30 |
| %Winners | 38% | 36% |
Both Cazaux and Basilashvili played 1 match. At the moment, Arthur Cazaux surrendered 1 set while Nikoloz Basilashvili hasn’t lost a set so far. Cazaux has played 1 set more than Basilashvili (3 vs 2). Therefore, Cazaux played 2 games more than Basilashvili. The French player scored 30 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Nikoloz bagged 30 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cazaux | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 8 |
| 1st in | 44/74 | 34/66 |
| %1st in | 59% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 30/34 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 19/30 | 19/32 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 59% |
Cazaux recorded 3 aces . Basilashvili bagged 8 aces . Cazaux won 68% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Basilashvili won 88% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cazaux | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 2/8 |
| % Converted | 56% | 25% |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 71% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Cazaux broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The French player surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Nikoloz broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Nikoloz conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cazaux | |||
| R1 Fearnley |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 78-61 | 78-61 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 44/74 | 44/74 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 30/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/30 | 19/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Basilashvili | |||
| R1 Majchrzak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 84-66 | 84-66 | |
| Total points | 150 | 150 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 34/66 | 34/66 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 30/34 | 30/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 19/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Phoenix Challenger
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-74 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Jay Dylan Hara FriendDylan Hara Friend – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Blaise BicknellBicknell – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (7-65 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (4-6 7-63 7-65) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Emilio NavaNava (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-73 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Alex BoltBolt (3-6 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Aleksandar VukicVukic (7-66 7-63) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Darwin BlanchBlanch – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-7(4) 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
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- Benjamin BonziBonzi – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Quentin HalysHalys (2-3) – H2H and prediction
