Akram El Sallaly and Kelsey Stevenson will face off in the qualifications of the Kigali 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kelsey Stevenson who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kelsey Stevenson is the pick to win this match.
Kelsey Stevenson -> 1.28
Akram El Sallaly -> 3.45
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Prediction and head to head Akram El Sallaly vs. Kelsey Stevenson
There is no head to head record between Akram El Sallaly and Kelsey Stevenson since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Akram El Sallaly
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-16 | 10-11 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-26 | 17-18 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-27 | 8-13 | 15-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 4-13 | 2-6 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, the Egyptian got to the qualifications after defeating Lawrence Bataljin 6-0 6-4.
In the qualifications, El Sallaly had a good straight sets win against Bataljin (6-0 6-4). During the match, El Sallaly scored 60 points vs Bataljin’s 40. El Sallaly was quite aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Talking about the service games, El Sallaly blasted 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Akram El Sallaly lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, El Sallaly put 57% of his first serves in, winning 56% (15/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. The Egyptian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Bataljin 7 times.
El Sallaly has a losing record in the last 8 years having won 40% of his matches (55-83). 2-2 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, El Sallaly has an aggregate26-40 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Akram has an aggregate 3-3 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kigali 2 Challenger
Kelsey Stevenson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-7 | 0-2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-8 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-28 | 13-23 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-25 | 9-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-14 | 13-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Kelsey got to the qualifications after defeating Ren Nakamura 7-65 6-3.
In the qualifications, Stevenson had a good straight sets win against Nakamura (7-65 6-3). During the match Stevenson scored 70 points vs Nakamura’s 64. Kelsey was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Stevenson recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Kelsey Stevenson was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (34/48) of his 1st serve and 78% (14/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Canadian broke Nakamura twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Stevenson has a composed 1-2 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | El Sallaly | Stevenson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 22 |
| Pts | 60-40 | 70-64 |
| Total Points | 100 | 134 |
| Winners | 15 | 34 |
| %Winners | 25% | 49% |
Both El Sallaly and Stevenson played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, El Sallaly and Stevenson have played the same amount of sets 2. However, El Sallaly played 6 games less than Stevenson. El Sallaly scored 15 winners (25% of the total points). On the other side, Stevenson fired 34 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | El Sallaly | Stevenson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 27/47 | 48/66 |
| %1st in | 57% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 15/27 | 34/48 |
| %1st pts | 56% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 14/18 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 78% |
El Sallaly bagged 3 aces . Stevenson struck 4 aces . El Sallaly won 56% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Stevenson won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 78% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | El Sallaly | Stevenson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 2 |
| Converted | 7/7 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 100% | 67% |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 40% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
The Egyptian broke his opponent 7 times with a 100% conversion rate. El Sallaly lost his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Kelsey broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Kelsey was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| El Sallaly | |||
| Q1 Bataljin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 60-40 | 60-40 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 25% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 27/47 | 27/47 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 15/27 | 15/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 56% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 12/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/7 | 7/7 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Stevenson | |||
| Q1 Nakamura |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 70-64 | 70-64 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 48/66 | 48/66 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 34/48 | 34/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/18 | 14/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 78% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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