His first title success came in July 2018, when he made it into the main draw of the German Open and won the tournament.
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Nikoloz Basilashvili has kept the Georgian flag flying high by frequently performing at the top level in various international tournaments. The 29-year-old achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 16 in May 2019 and has always posed a threat for any player who has come up against him. Besides the trophies Basilashvili has won, the Georgian also famously reached his first ATP Masters 1000 final at Indian Wells last year. Started playing tennis at age five, he can also speak Russian and English apart from his native language.
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His first title success came in July 2018, when he made it into the main draw of the German Open in Hamburg as a qualifier and went on to win the tournament. He needed three sets to overcome Leonardo Mayer in the final. On the back of his first title, Basilashvili climbed to World No. 35 in the world rankings, his highest singles position and the highest by a Georgian player in the post-Soviet era. He earned his second ATP crown in October that year when he defeated top seed, Juan Martin del Potro, in the final of the China Open.
Basilashvili has faced Dusan Lajovic six times so far in his career and has emerged victorious on five of those occasions. The latest victory came at the 2021 French Open.
| Total matches | Matches won by Basilashvili | Matches won by Lajovic |
| 6 | 5 | 1 |
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Struff and Basilashvili have shared quite an enticing rivalry so far, with the latter having more victories under his belt. The two have faced each other seven times so far and Basilashvili has won four of them.
| Total matches | Matches won by Basilashvili | Matches won by Struff |
| 7 | 4 | 3 |
Although Basilashvili and Cuevas have only played against each other thrice, the man from Uruguay inflicted a heartbreaking loss on the Georgian at the Rio Olympics in 2016. Basilashvili, however, has more victories than Cuevas.
| Total matches | Matches won by Basilashvili | Matches won by Cuevas |
| 3 | 2 | 1 |
