What Time Will Nishesh Basavareddy Play Against Alejandro Tabilo?
Basavareddy and Tabilo are on the Day 3 Schedule at Asb Classic 2025 on Wednesday 8 January 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, a 19-year-old tennis player from the USA, is currently ranked at No. 133 in the world, which is his career-high ranking. He achieved this ranking in January 2025. Basavareddy’s career record stands at 2-3, with his best performance being a second-round finish. In the 2025 Auckland tournament, he has a 1-0 record, reaching the second round.
Basavareddy’s journey to the professional level was marked by notable achievements. He reached No. 3 in the junior rankings in January 2023 and broke into the Top 500 in October 2023. In September 2024, he climbed to the Top 200. His tour-level debut happened at the 2024 Next Gen ATP Finals, where he had a round-robin record of 1-2. In this tournament, he secured an impressive victory against the 50th-ranked player, Shang, which is his biggest career win so far. Soon after, Basavareddy qualified for the Brisbane and Auckland tournaments at the beginning of the 2025 season. Additionally, he has a strong record in Challenger events, with a win-loss ratio of 50-20 and two titles to his name: 2024 Tiburon and Puerto Vallarta.
Before turning professional, Basavareddy played for Stanford University for two seasons and earned the prestigious ITA All-American recognition twice. In 2022, he partnered with Baris to win the US Open boys’ doubles title, making them the fifth all-American team to achieve this feat in the 21st century. With his victory over Comesana in the first round, Basavareddy secured his first ATP Tour win outside of the Next Gen ATP Finals. Now, he is aiming to reach his first ATP Tour quarterfinal and secure his first win against a top 30 opponent.
On the other side of the net will be Alejandro Tabilo, a 27-year-old player from Chile. He currently holds the impressive ranking of No. 23 in the world, with his career-high position being No. 19, achieved in July 2024. Tabilo broke into the Top 100 in February 2022, and he gained considerable recognition after defeating the world No. 1, Djokovic, in the 2024 Rome tournament. This victory propelled him to his first ATP Masters 1000 semifinal.
Tabilo’s success extends to his title victories as well. He won his first ATP Tour title at the 2024 Auckland tournament as a qualifier, making him the first Chilean player to win a title on hard courts since Gonzalez in 2007. He followed up this achievement by becoming the first Chilean to win a grass tour-level title in the Open Era at the 2024 Mallorca tournament. In 2022, Tabilo impressed by reaching his first ATP Tour final at Cordoba as a qualifier, defeating six opponents, including five Argentines, in straight sets along the way. He achieved his second ATP Tour semifinal by defeating his countryman, Garin, at the 2022 Santiago tournament. Furthermore, Tabilo has had notable wins in Grand Slam tournaments, defeating Galan in five sets at the 2020 Australian Open and Cobolli at the 2024 Wimbledon to reach the third round.
During his junior career, Tabilo represented Canada and achieved a peak ranking of No. 29 in the junior rankings in 2015. At the Auckland tournament, Tabilo is currently on a four-match winning streak, having triumphed as a qualifier to win his first ATP Tour title last year. He aims to become the first defending champion since Ferrer in 2014 to reach the quarterfinals in Auckland.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Basavareddy will win.
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