ATP Masters 1000 · Round of 128 · Internazionali BNL d'Italia
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Basilashvili
🤖 Servebot
Merida
🛡️ The Spoiler
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 61% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 1,877 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Nikoloz Basilashvili here.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the the spoiler's strong court coverage. On Clay, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Basilashvili | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 12–8 | 11–7 |
| Avg odds | 2.18 | 1.91 |
| ROI % | +24.4% | +1.9% |
| Units P/L | +4.88u | +0.34u |
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Basilashvili
0
Merida
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Basilashvili has a higher win rate against shared opponents (60% vs Merida's 50%).
| Opponent | Basilashvili | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| Marc-Andrea Huesler | L 16 57 | L 67 36 |
| Pablo Llamas Ruiz | W 63 46 63 | W 61 62 |
| Ben Shelton | W 64 67 63 | L 36 36 46 |
| Elmer Moller | W 46 62 76 | L 36 46 |
| Mackenzie McDonald | W 62 76 | W 75 64 |
| Corentin Moutet | L 67 46 | W 63 64 |
| Stefano Travaglia | W 76 64 | W 61 36 75 |
| Patrick Kypson | W 67 76 64 | W 36 63 76 |
| Ethan Quinn | L 62 67 46 | L 36 16 |
| Mariano Navone | L 67 36 | L 26 64 57 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Basilashvili | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 59.3% | 65.7% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 75.5% | 66.7% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 50.4% | 45.9% |
| Aces / Match | 7.3 | 2 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| Break Points Saved % | 54.3% | 53.9% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 25.7% | 30.6% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 50.9% | 53.5% |
| BP Converted % | 49.4% | 39.4% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 22.9 | 23.6 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 26.3 | 29.3 |
| Net Pts Won % | 69.2% | 74.2% |
| Total Pts Won % | 50.9% | 48.8% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 59% | 65% |
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Match summary
Nikoloz Basilashvili meets Daniel Merida in the Round of 128 at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia on May 6, playing on outdoor clay. Basilashvili, ranked 117th, has won two straight and completed three matches in the last two weeks. Merida, ranked 86th, arrives on a two-match streak following a heavier workload of five matches in fourteen days.
The two have never faced each other. Basilashvili has won 3 of his last 5 matches; Merida has won 4 of his last 5. On clay, Merida holds a 14-6 record (70%), compared to Basilashvili's 11-9 mark (55%).
Basilashvili builds his game around a strong serve to generate points and shorten rallies, a tactic that can prove effective on clay despite the surface's slower pace. Merida is a defensive player who constructs points through consistency and court coverage, thriving on clay where his retrieval skills are most needed. The match asks whether Basilashvili's power serve can create enough separation before Merida settles into baseline exchanges.
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