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Match Details
Fixture: Nishesh Basavareddy (6) vs Alexander Blockx (2)
Date: December 18, 2025
Tournament: 2025 Next Gen ATP Finals
Round: Round Robin
Venue: King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Category: Year-end Championship (Exhibition event)
Surface: Hard
Prize Money: $2,101,250
Live Telecast: USA - Tennis Channel | UK - Sky Sports | Canada - TSN
Nishesh Basavareddy vs Alexander Blockx preview
Nishesh Basavareddy and Alexander Blockx will lock horns in their last group stage match of the 2025 Next Gen ATP Finals on Thursday, December 18.
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Basavareddy kicked off the tournament with a 4-2, 4-3(7), 3-4(3), 4-2 win against the third-seeded Dino Prizmic on Wednesday. The 20-year-old will play Justin Engel in his second match before facing Blockx later on Thursday. Basavareddy, who qualified for the Next Gen ATP Finals last year, made his ATP main draw debut at Brisbane in 2025 and displayed his potential by reaching the quarterfinals in Auckland, earning a main draw wild card at the Australian Open.
The American also achieved his career-high World No. 99 rankings in June and finished the tour with a 7-13 win-loss record. He has struggled with consistency on the hard court lately, with an early exit in Olbia CH and Shanghai Masters. Basavareddy also failed to advance to the semifinals of the challenger-level tournaments this season, after reaching the finals of six events in 2024, resulting in a decline in his rankings to World No. 167.
Alexander Blockx, on the other hand, registered a 3-4(7), 4-2, 4-2, 4-2 win against Justin Engel in his first match on Wednesday. Blockx is second-seeded in the season-ending event in Jeddah and is ranked World No. 116 in the ATP singles rankings. He clinched two challenger-level events, at Bratislava and Oeiras, and also earned his first tour-level main draw win this season.
Nishesh Basavareddy vs Alexander Blockx head-to-head
Basavareddy and Blocks are facing each other for the first time in the senior singles event, so the head-to-head record remains 0-0.
Nishesh Basavareddy vs Alexander Blockx odds
(All odds will be updated soon)
Nishesh Basavareddy vs Alexander Blockx prediction
Blockx is positioned 51 places above Basavaredyy in the ATP singles rankings after a successful 2025 season. He reached three finals of challenger-level events, while Basavareddy failed to make it to the semifinals of any event this season.
The Belgian youngster has displayed his skill sets against Engel in the first match, where he registered 17 aces despite losing the first set on a tiebreaker. Blockx thrashed Basavareddy 6-2, 6-1 in the Round of 32 of the 2022 US Open Juniors and is expected to overcome the American youngster with another dominant win at the 2025 Next Gen ATP Finals on Thursday.
Pick: Alexander Blockx to win in straight sets.
Nishesh Basavareddy vs Alexander Blockx betting tips
Tip 1: Alexander Blockx to win.
Tip 2: Basavareddy fails to win a set.
Tip 3: The match to go over 25 games.
