Blaise Bicknell and Hamish Stewart will square off in the 2nd round of the Abidjan 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:00 pm on COURT 1 COFINA NEEMBA. 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 Hamish Stewart who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hamish Stewart is the pick to win this match.
Hamish Stewart -> 1.68
Blaise Bicknell -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Blaise Bicknell vs. Hamish Stewart
There is no head to head record between Blaise Bicknell and Hamish Stewart since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Blaise Bicknell
17 - 6win/loss
399
306
LLLLLLLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21-18 | 18-15 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 27-22 | 24-14 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 12-17 | 9-10 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-16 | 22-9 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-22 | 13-10 | 15-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 334, the Jamaican got to the 2nd round after beating Bor Artnak 4-3 ret..
In the 1st round against Artnak, Blaise had a free pass after Artnak retired on a 4-3 . scoreline.
Bicknell has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (141-100). 16-4 on hard in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bicknell has a compiled101-58 record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Jamaican’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 San Jose and M25 Las Vegas.
Bicknell has a compiled 17-6 win-loss record in 2026, 16-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Abidjan 2 Challenger
Hamish Stewart
16 - 6win/loss
398
300
LLLWLLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28-17 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 5-5 | 3-1 |
| 2025 | 63-30 | 21-14 | 0-0 | 30-11 | 5-3 | 7-2 |
| 2024 | 26-20 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 17-10 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-21 | 23-13 | 0-0 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 20-7 | 14-5 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 391, the Brit got to the 2nd round after beating Aditya Vishal Balsekar 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, Stewart had a good straight sets win against Vishal Balsekar (6-2 6-1). During the match Stewart scored 59 points vs Vishal Balsekar’s 31. Hamish was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Stewart fired 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Hamish Stewart was extremely efficient on serve to win 82% (28/34) of his 1st serve and 75% (6/8) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brit broke Vishal Balsekar 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Stewart’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Heraklion and the Abidjan 1 Challenger.
The Brit has an overall 16-6 win-loss record in 2026, 10-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bicknell | Stewart |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 7 | 15 |
| Pts | 22-18 | 59-31 |
| Total Points | 40 | 90 |
| Winners | 5 | 28 |
| %Winners | 23% | 47% |
Both Bicknell and Stewart played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bicknell and Stewart have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bicknell played 8 games less than Stewart. Bicknell scored 5 winners (23% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit managed to score 28 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bicknell | Stewart |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 9 |
| 1st in | 9/19 | 34/42 |
| %1st in | 47% | 81% |
| 1st pts | 5/9 | 28/34 |
| %1st pts | 56% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 4/10 | 6/8 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 75% |
Bicknell didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Stewart scored 9 aces . Bicknell won 56% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Stewart won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bicknell | Stewart |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/3 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 100% | 36% |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 33% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The Jamaican broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Bicknell surrendered his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Hamish broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Brit was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Bicknell | |||
| R1 Artnak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-3 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 7 | 7 | |
| pts | 22-18 | 22-18 | |
| Total points | 40 | 40 | |
| Winners | 5 | 5 | |
| %Winners | 23% | 23% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 9/19 | 9/19 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 56% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Stewart | |||
| R1 Vishal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 59-31 | 59-31 | |
| Total points | 90 | 90 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/42 | 34/42 | |
| % 1st in | 81% | 81% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 28/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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