Victor Lilov and Ajeet Rai will square off in the qualifications of the Tallahassee Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 5. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ajeet Rai who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ajeet Rai is the pick to win this match.
Ajeet Rai -> 1.5
Victor Lilov -> 2.47
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Prediction and head to head Victor Lilov vs. Ajeet Rai
There is no head to head record between Victor Lilov and Ajeet Rai since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Victor Lilov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-18 | 4-7 | 7-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-27 | 11-10 | 22-16 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-23 | 13-12 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-8 | 11-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 615, Lilov got to the qualifications after defeating Elio Jose Ribeiro Lago 3-6 7-65 6-4.
In the qualifications against Jose Ribeiro Lago, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-65 6-4). During the match, Lilov scored 93 points vs Jose Ribeiro Lago’s 92. The American was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lilov bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Victor Lilov lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Lilov put 63% of his first serves in, winning 64% (37/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (23/34) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Jose Ribeiro Lago 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Lilov has a winning match record in the last 4 years having won 54% of his matches (75-64). 1-2 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lilov has a composed37-30 record in the last 4 years on clay.
Victor has an overall 1-6 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tallahassee Challenger
Lilov has never competed in this tournament before.
Ajeet Rai
5 - 11win/loss
572
417
WWWWLLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-30 | 28-22 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-28 | 19-24 | 4-2 | 1-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-25 | 38-24 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-19 | 22-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-5 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 639, Rai got to the qualifications after defeating Viktor Durasovic 3-6 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications against Durasovic, The Kiwi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-5). During the match Rai and Durasovic scored the same amount of points (93). However, the world no. 615 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Kiwi was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Rai scored 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ajeet Rai lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Rai put 65% of his first serves in, winning 70% (42/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (15/33) on the 2nd serve. Ajeet broke Durasovic 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Rai has a composed 5-10 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lilov | Rai |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 30 |
| Pts | 93-92 | 93-93 |
| Total Points | 185 | 186 |
| Winners | 37 | 42 |
| %Winners | 40% | 45% |
Both Lilov and Rai played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Victor Lilov lost 1 set, while Ajeet Rai lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Lilov and Rai have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Lilov played 2 games more than Rai. Lilov scored 37 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Rai recorded 42 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lilov | Rai |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 7 |
| 1st in | 58/92 | 60/93 |
| %1st in | 63% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 37/58 | 42/60 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 23/34 | 15/33 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 45% |
Lilov recorded 4 aces . Rai blasted 7 aces . Lilov won 64% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Rai won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lilov | Rai |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 11 |
| Saved | 2 | 7 |
| % Saved | 33% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Lilov broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Lilov conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Ajeet broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Rai conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lilov | |||
| Q1 Jose Ribeiro Lago |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 93-92 | 93-92 | |
| Total points | 185 | 185 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 58/92 | 58/92 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 37/58 | 37/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/34 | 23/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Rai | |||
| Q1 Durasovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 93-93 | 93-93 | |
| Total points | 186 | 186 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 60/93 | 60/93 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 42/60 | 42/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/33 | 15/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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