Florent Bax and Niels Visker will fight against each other in the quarter of the Abidjan 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:30 pm on COURT 1 COFINA NEEMBA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Niels Visker who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Niels Visker is the pick to win this match.
Niels Visker -> 1.8
Florent Bax -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Florent Bax vs. Niels Visker
This will be the 2nd time that Florent Bax and Niels Visker square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bax (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Bax won 4-6 6-1 7-6(9) in the 2nd round in the Abidjan 1 Challenger back in April 2026.
Florent Bax
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38-25 | 21-14 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 58-27 | 25-9 | 31-10 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-27 | 13-8 | 33-16 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-21 | 25-9 | 12-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-28 | 10-10 | 29-17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 265 (career-high), Bax got to the quarter after beating Robert Strombachs 6-3 7-6(2) and Aziz Dougaz 6-4 3-6 7-6(3).
In the 2nd round, Florent defeated Dougaz (6-4 3-6 7-63).During the match, Bax scored less points (3) than Dougaz. In fact, the world no. 265 won 102 points vs Dougaz’s. That means that Bax was more focused during the important points. Florent was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bax scored 8 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 12 double faults. Florent Bax lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Bax put 43% of his first serves in, winning 85% (39/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (30/60) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Dougaz once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.
ATP Abidjan 2 Challenger - Florent Bax's projected path
Bax has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (270-161). 12-6 on hard in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bax has an aggregate 93-52 match record in the last years on hard.
The French player best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
The French player has an aggregate 20-10 win-loss record in 2026, 12-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Abidjan 2 Challenger
Niels Visker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28-19 | 10-4 | 7-6 | 9-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 28-30 | 6-7 | 15-15 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2024 | 52-30 | 16-7 | 20-15 | 14-7 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 45-27 | 19-11 | 26-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 541, Visker reached the quarter after defeating Younes Lalami Laaroussi 6-2 4-2 ret. and Michael Geerts 7-6(7) 6-7(3) 7-6(3).
In the 2nd round, The Dutch defeated Geerts (7-67 6-73 7-63).During the match Visker scored less points (4) than Geerts. In fact, the world no. 265 won 122 points vs Geerts’s. That means that Visker was more focused during the important points. Niels was pretty aggressive to blast 48 winners.
About the serving games, Visker overpowered his opponent with 25 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Niels Visker was extremely efficient on serve to win 86% (48/56) of his 1st serve and 59% (44/74) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.
ATP Abidjan 2 Challenger - Niels Visker's projected path
Visker’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Chennai.
The Dutch has a compiled 18-9 win-loss record in 2026, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Abidjan 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2026. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bax | Visker |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 54 | 53 |
| Pts | 180-168 | 177-165 |
| Total Points | 348 | 342 |
| Winners | 68 | 66 |
| %Winners | 38% | 37% |
Both Bax and Visker played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Florent Bax dropped 1 set, while Niels Visker conceded 1 set. Bax has played 1 set(s) less than Visker (5 vs 6). However, it’s interesting to notice that Bax played 1 game more than Visker. Florent scored 68 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Visker struck 66 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bax | Visker |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 21 | 28 |
| Avg per match | 10.5 | 14 |
| 1st in | 79/171 | 79/177 |
| %1st in | 46% | 45% |
| 1st pts | 68/79 | 66/79 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 49/92 | 59/98 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 60% |
Bax recorded 21 aces (10.5 per match). Visker made 28 aces (14 per match). Bax won 86% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Visker won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bax | Visker |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/11 |
| % Converted | 25% | 27% |
| Conceded | 10 | 9 |
| Saved | 7 | 9 |
| % Saved | 70% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
The French player broke his opponents 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. The French player surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponents 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Dutch was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 9 break points.
| Bax | ||||
| R1 Strombachs |
R2 Dougaz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-62 | 6-4 3-6 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 32 | 54 | |
| pts | 78-63 | 102-105 | 180-168 | |
| Total points | 141 | 207 | 348 | |
| Winners | 29 | 39 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 13 | 8 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 12 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 33/65 | 46/106 | 79/171 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 43% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 29/33 | 39/46 | 68/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 85% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 30/60 | 49/92 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 50% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 1/6 | 3/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 17% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 4/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Visker | ||||
| R1 Lalami |
R2 Geerts |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-2 ret. | 7-67 6-73 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 39 | 53 | |
| pts | 55-39 | 122-126 | 177-165 | |
| Total points | 94 | 248 | 342 | |
| Winners | 18 | 48 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 39% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 25 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 23/47 | 56/130 | 79/177 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 43% | 45% | |
| 1st pts | 18/23 | 48/56 | 66/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 86% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 44/74 | 59/98 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 59% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 0/6 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 0% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 5/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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