

What Time Will Nishesh Basavareddy Play Against Filip Cristian Jianu?
Basavareddy and Jianu are on the Day 1 Schedule at Tiriac Open Presented By Unicredit Bank 2025 on Monday 31 March 2025. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Nishesh Basavareddy is a 19-year-old tennis player from the USA. He currently holds the 105th spot in the world rankings, with his career-high being at number 100. In 2025, he had a win-loss record of 3-5 and reached the semifinals in Auckland, which was his best performance of the year. This event marks his debut on the ATP Tour.
Basavareddy has shown remarkable progress in his career. In January 2023, he reached the impressive position of number 3 in the junior rankings. By September 2024, he had broken into the top 200 and made the decision to leave college and turn professional in December of that year. His dedication paid off, as he achieved his career-high ranking of 100 in March 2025.
One of Basavareddy’s notable achievements was reaching the semifinals of the 2025 Auckland tournament. As a qualifier, he caused an upset by defeating the defending champion, number 23 Tabilo, in the second round. He continued his winning streak by defeating his countryman Michelsen in the quarterfinals. This success showcased his potential and it was undoubtedly the biggest win of his career so far.
Basavareddy’s introduction to the ATP Tour came at the 2024 Next Gen ATP Finals, where he won one match and lost two in the round-robin stage. He also made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2025 Australian Open, but unfortunately lost in the first round to the 10-time champion Djokovic.
In terms of his performances in lower-level tournaments, Basavareddy has a record of 50-20 in Challenger events, with two final appearances. He won titles at the 2024 Tiburon and Puerto Vallarta tournaments. Prior to his professional career, he spent two seasons playing college tennis for Stanford University, where he earned the distinction of being a two-time ITA All-American. Additionally, Basavareddy won the 2022 US Open boys’ doubles title with his partner Baris, making them the fifth all-American team to win this championship in the 21st century.
It should be noted that this is Basavareddy’s first ATP Tour event on clay. He has primarily competed on hard courts in both tour-level and Challenger events. However, he did participate in two professional events on green clay in 2022 and achieved a remarkable record of 19-1 on the junior circuit on clay in the same year. All three of his ATP Tour wins in 2025 came on his path to reaching the semifinals in Auckland.
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On the other side of the court is Filip Cristian Jianu, a 23-year-old tennis player from Romania. He is currently ranked 239th in the world, with his career-high being at number 211, which he achieved in November 2024. This year, he has not had the best start, with a win-loss record of 0-2 in Davis Cup matches. He has yet to make his debut in the event he is participating in for the first time in 2024.
Jianu’s journey in tennis started at a young age. He earned his first ranking point in 2017 when he was just 15 years old. By 2019, he had entered the top 500, and in 2022, he broke into the top 300. His career-high ranking of 211 came in November 2024.
Representing Romania, Jianu made his debut on the ATP Tour at the 2019 Davis Cup and later made his official tour-level debut at the 2025 Bucharest Open as a wildcard entry. His record on the Challenger tour is 67-86, with notable performances including reaching three finals at the 2023 Oeiras-1, 2024 Milan, and 2024 Brazzaville tournaments. He also has an impressive 182-85 record on the ITF Tour, with 13 final appearances, including a recent title win at the 2024 M25 Satu Mare.
Jianu’s talent was evident in his junior career, where he reached a career-high ranking of 5. Notably, he had strong performances in the Australian Open and Roland Garros, reaching the semifinals and quarterfinals respectively in the boys’ singles competition. During this time, he secured wins over future top 50 players such as Arnaldi, Cobolli, Musetti, and Nakashima.
It is worth mentioning that Jianu is the first Romanian player to compete in an ATP Tour event since Copil in 2022. He is hoping to achieve his biggest career win at this tournament, and he aims to be the first Romanian to win an ATP Tour match since Copil reached the quarterfinals of the 2019 Antwerp tournament. Additionally, he has the opportunity to become the first Romanian home player to register a victory at this event since Hanescu in 2014, during a period when the tournament was not held from 2017-2023.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Basavareddy will win.
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