Cristian Garin and Nikoloz Basilashvili will face off in the qualifications of the ATP1000 Master in Monte-Carlo for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on COURT 9. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cristian Garin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cristian Garin is the pick to win this match.
Cristian Garin -> 1.72
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Cristian Garin vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
There is no head to head record between Cristian Garin and Nikoloz Basilashvili since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Cristian Garin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11-17 | 2-6 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 49-22 | 6-6 | 39-13 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-24 | 3-6 | 13-14 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 22-12 | 18-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-23 | 4-5 | 9-11 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 100, the Chilean reached the qualifications after beating Jesper De Jong 7-5 1-6 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Chilean defeated De Jong (7-5 1-6 6-1). During the match, Garin scored 77 points vs De Jong’s 65. Christian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Garin managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Cristian Garin was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 78% (29/37) of his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Christian broke De Jong 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Garin has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (279-203). 2-2 on clay in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Garin has an overall 176-102 match record in the last years on clay.
Garin has an overall 2-7 win-loss record in 2026, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Nikoloz Basilashvili
8 - 12win/loss
124
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LWWLWWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26-30 | 11-12 | 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. 129, Basilashvili reached the qualifications after beating Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, Basilashvili had a good straight sets win against Struff (6-3 6-3). During the match Basilashvili scored 67 points vs Struff’s 50. Nikoloz was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.
About the serving games, Basilashvili struck 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 40% of his first serves in, winning 70% (19/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (23/40) on the 2nd serve. Nikoloz was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Struff 4 times.
Basilashvili has an overall 8-11 win-loss record in 2026, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Garin | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 18 |
| Pts | 77-65 | 67-50 |
| Total Points | 142 | 117 |
| Winners | 29 | 19 |
| %Winners | 38% | 28% |
Both Garin and Basilashvili played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Cristian Garin dropped 1 set while Nikoloz Basilashvili hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Garin has played 1 set more than Basilashvili (3 vs 2). Therefore, Garin played 8 games more than Basilashvili. The Chilean scored 29 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Nikoloz blasted 19 winners (28%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Garin | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 37/66 | 27/67 |
| %1st in | 56% | 40% |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 19/27 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 23/40 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 58% |
Garin scored 3 aces . Basilashvili blasted 4 aces . Garin won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Basilashvili won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Garin | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 4/4 |
| % Converted | 75% | 100% |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Garin broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Chilean lost his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Georgean broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Nikoloz conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Garin | |||
| Q1 De |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 1-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 77-65 | 77-65 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 37/66 | 37/66 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 29/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 18/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Basilashvili | |||
| Q1 Struff |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 67-50 | 67-50 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 27/67 | 27/67 | |
| % 1st in | 40% | 40% | |
| 1st pts | 19/27 | 19/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/40 | 23/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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