Challenger · Hard

Challenger Bengaluru 2026: Predictions

Bengaluru, India 4 Jan 2026 – 10 Jan 2026 Best of three sets · 50 in the draw

This page follows Challenger Bengaluru match by match. Each prediction weighs recent form, head-to-head meetings and results on the surface, and the best tips here have landed more than 63.3% of the time.

Picks

Still to play

63.3%

Hit rate

Names to follow

Challenger P. Martinez BH

Challenger B. Hassan HM

Challenger H. Mayot JC

Challenger J. Clarke TS

Challenger T. Skatov LH

Challenger L. Harris MD

Challenger M. Dodig MH

Challenger M. Houkes BZ

Challenger B. Zhukayev MM

Challenger M. Martineau SN

Challenger S. Nagal BG

Challenger B. Gojo MG

Challenger M. Geerts PB

Challenger P. B. Biryukov DA

Challenger D. Ajduković CS

Challenger C. Stebe JF

Challenger J. Forejtek AS

Challenger A. Shah DM

Challenger D. Martin NO

Challenger N. Oberleitner EV

Challenger E. Vanshelboim DS

Challenger D. Suresh KS

Challenger K. Singh TK

Challenger T. Kumasaka EV

Challenger E. Vasa MD

Challenger M. Dhamne VO

Challenger V. Orlov RM

Challenger R. Matsuda MI

Challenger M. Imamura DP

Challenger D. Palan FB

Challenger F. Balshaw SD

Challenger S D P. Dev AO

Challenger A. Ouakaa YD

Challenger Y. Dzhavakian KL

Challenger K. Lee AR

Challenger A. Reymond NV

Challenger N. Visker SR

Challenger S. Rawat ML

Challenger M. W. K. Leong AG

Challenger A. Gautier SH

Challenger S. Hazawa AK

Challenger A. Kukasian JY

Challenger J. Yamasaki DJ

Challenger D. Javia NS

Challenger N. K. Sinha MS

Challenger M. Sureshkumar RR

Challenger R. Ramanathan AK

Challenger A. Kalyanpur AB

Challenger A. V. Balsekar RT

Challenger R. Taguchi

The tournament in numbers

63.3%

BananaCore hit rate

63%

Won in straight sets

35%

Went to a decider

35%

Matches with a tiebreak

2.3

Average sets per match

Round by round

Challenger Bengaluru (Hard) - 10 Jan 2026 1

1 ▴1.64

U27.5 ▴1.3

Challenger Bengaluru (Hard) - 9 Jan 2026 2

1 ▾1.57

U27.5 ▾1.32

2 ▴1.47

2 ▴1.47

Challenger Bengaluru (Hard) - 8 Jan 2026 4

1 ▾1.7

U27.5 ▴1.38

2 ▾1.87

U27.5 ▾1.36

1 ▴1.62

U27.5 ▾1.29

2 ▾1.63

U28.5 ▾1.3

Challenger Bengaluru (Hard) - 7 Jan 2026 8

2 ▾1.3

U27.5 1.28

1 ▾1.33

O17.5 1.26

2 ▴3.05

O19.5 ▴1.4

2 ▾1.24

O18.5 ▾1.33

1 ▾1.34

U27.5 1.29

1 ▴1.45

1 ▴1.45

1 ▴1.86

O19.5 ▾1.31

2 ▾1.6

2 ▾1.6

Challenger Bengaluru (Hard) - 6 Jan 2026 9

1 ▾1.15

1 ▾1.15

1 ▴1.67

O19.5 ▴1.39

1 ▾1.6

U27.5 1.46

2 ▴1.54

2 ▴1.54

2 ▴1.34

U27.5 ▾1.28

2 ▴1.64

2 ▴1.64

2 ▴2.27

2 ▴2.27

1 ▴1.44

O17.5 1.26

2 ▾2.45

U26.5 ▴1.36

Challenger Bengaluru (Hard) - 5 Jan 2026 7

1 ▾1.37

1 ▾1.37

2 ▴1.48

O19.5 1.39

2 ▴2.08

O19.5 ▴1.4

2 ▾1.28

2 ▾1.28

1 ▾1.1

U24.5 ▾1.2

1 ▴1.45

O19.5 ▴1.42

2 ▾1.24

2 ▾1.24

Qualifying 18

9 Jan 2026

1 ▾1.36

1 ▾1.36

5 Jan 2026

1 ▴2.55

1 ▴2.55

2 ▾1.7

2 ▾1.7

2 ▴2.57

2 ▴2.57

1 2.45

1 2.45

1 ▴1.65

2 ▴2.45

2 ▴2.45

4 Jan 2026

2 1.17

2 1.17

2 1.17

2 1.17

1 ▴1.56

1 ▴1.56

1 ▴1.4

1 ▴1.4

1 ▾1.65

1 ▾1.65

2 ▴1.5

2 ▴1.5

2 ▴1.75

2 ▴1.75

1 ▾1.07

1 ▾1.07

2 ▾1.27

2 ▾1.27

1 ▾2.65

1 ▾2.65

1 ▴2.2

1 ▴2.2

In the title hunt

1ESP. Martinez11%

2FRH. Mayot5%

3GBJ. Clarke4%

4KZT. Skatov4%

5ZAL. Harris3%

6HRM. Dodig3%

Hard

Every forecast here leans hardest on how players do on hard courts.

Main draw

Best of three sets

Format

Challenger Bengaluru 2026 in numbers

Purse: 53,120 USD. Our best tips here: 63% correct from 49 settled matches.

P. Martinez, world No. 71, headed a field of 50 players from 21 countries. Defending champion: Pedro Martinez. Biggest surprise: F. Balshaw (then No. 631) beating world No. 259 B. Hassan.

No match went longer than V. Orlov vs D. Martin, at 35 games. Tiebreaks were everywhere, in 17 of the 48 finished matches (35%).

Common questions

Is Challenger Bengaluru a clay, grass or hard-court event?

Surface at Challenger Bengaluru: Hard. Since conditions change how points are won, the predictions here weigh each player's results on that surface above the overall record.

What is our hit rate at Challenger Bengaluru?

63.3% of our best tips at Challenger Bengaluru have come in, over 49 settled matches. The number updates after every result, so it moves as the event goes on.

What number of Challenger Bengaluru matches carry a prediction?

49 at Challenger Bengaluru so far, each with a winner pick, a predicted set score, a games line and the serve and break-point figures behind them.

What are the dates of Challenger Bengaluru?

Our records place Challenger Bengaluru between 4 Jan 2026 and 10 Jan 2026. Dates move a little from one year to the next, and predictions for the new edition appear as soon as its draw is published.

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