

What Time Will Alexander Blockx Play Against Nishesh Basavareddy?
Blockx and Basavareddy are on the Day 2 Schedule at Next Gen Atp Finals Presented By Pif 2025 on Thursday 18 December 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?
In the upcoming match at the ATP tournament, it will be the first tour-level meeting between Alexander Blockx from Belgium and Nishesh Basavareddy from the USA. They previously faced each other at the 22 US Open Juniors on hard courts, where Blockx emerged victorious with a score of 6-2 6-1.
Alexander Blockx, aged 20, currently holds the world No. 116 ranking, with a career-high of No. 101 achieved in November 2025 after winning the Challenger title at Bratislava-2. He made his ATP Tour debut in 2023 at Antwerp as a qualifier, securing his first tour-level win by defeating No. 61 Giron. Blockx has a 3-6 record in 2025, reaching the second round twice. He impressed in the Challenger circuit, with a 60-35 record and titles at Kobe, Oeiras-3, and Bratislava-2.
In the junior circuit, Blockx had a successful career with a record of 108-48, winning the 2023 Australian Open boys’ singles by defeating Tien in the final. Additionally, he made it to the doubles final of the same event but finished runner-up. Blockx aims to continue his momentum in the tournament to achieve back-to-back tour-level wins for the first time and potentially become the first Belgian man to reach the semi-finals.
On the other hand, Nishesh Basavareddy, also 20 years old, holds the world No. 167 ranking, with a career-high of No. 99 reached in June 2025. He has had a successful junior career, peaking at No. 3 in 2023 and breaking into the Top 200 in 2024. Basavareddy reached his first ATP Tour semi-final in 2025 at Auckland, after notable wins over higher-ranked players. He has a respectable 56-27 record in the Challenger circuit, winning titles at Tiburon and Puerto Vallarta.
Basavareddy, who spent time playing college tennis at Stanford University, is aiming to make history by becoming the sixth American semi-finalist in the tournament. He started his week strong by defeating Prizmic and could secure a semi-final spot by defeating Blockx or through specific match outcomes. Basavareddy aims to join the ranks of previous American semi-finalists at the Next Gen ATP Finals, including Frances Tiafoe, Sebastian Korda, Brandon Nakashima, Alex Michelsen, and Learner Tien.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Blockx will win.
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