Nick Hardt and Alex Rybakov will play each other in the qualifications of the Prague 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nick Hardt who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nick Hardt is the pick to win this match.
Nick Hardt -> 1.37
Alex Rybakov -> 2.99
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Prediction and head to head Nick Hardt vs. Alex Rybakov
There is no head to head record between Nick Hardt and Alex Rybakov since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Nick Hardt
Ranked no. 361 (career-high), Hardt got to the qualifications after defeating Toby Alex Kodat 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, Nick had a good straight sets win against Alex Kodat (6-1 6-2). During the match, Hardt scored 64 points vs Alex Kodat’s 44. The Dominican was pretty aggressive to blast 13 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hardt managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nick Hardt lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Hardt put 50% of his first serves in, winning 65% (13/20) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. Nick broke Alex Kodat 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Hardt has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 63% of his matches (104-61). 30-5 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hardt has a composed69-33 record in the last 5 years on clay.
Hardt’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,M25 Belgrade,M25 Marburg and M25 Denia.
The Dominican has a compiled 39-11 win-loss record in 2021, 30-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 3 Challenger
Hardt has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Rybakov
Ranked no. 411, the American got to the qualifications after defeating Marek Gengel 7-5 6-1.
In the qualifications, Alex had a good straight sets win against Gengel (7-5 6-1). During the match Rybakov scored 69 points vs Gengel’s 54. The American was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Rybakov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Alex Rybakov was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (30/42) of his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Rybakov was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Gengel 3 times.
Rybakov’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Porec,M25 Most,M25 Decatur and M25 Prostejov.
Alex has an aggregate 27-19 win-loss record in 2021, 23-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hardt | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 |
| Pts | 64-44 | 69-54 |
| Total Points | 108 | 123 |
| Winners | 13 | 30 |
| %Winners | 20% | 43% |
Both Hardt and Rybakov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Hardt and Rybakov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Hardt played 4 games less than Rybakov. Nick scored 13 winners (20% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 30 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hardt | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 20/40 | 42/67 |
| %1st in | 50% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 13/20 | 30/42 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 16/25 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 64% |
Hardt struck 2 aces . Rybakov recorded 1 ace . Hardt won 65% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Rybakov won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hardt | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 3/3 |
| % Converted | 46% | 100% |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Nick broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Dominican dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Hardt | |||
| Q1 Alex |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 64-44 | 64-44 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 13 | 13 | |
| %Winners | 20% | 20% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 20/40 | 20/40 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 13/20 | 13/20 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 12/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Rybakov | |||
| Q1 Gengel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 69-54 | 69-54 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 42/67 | 42/67 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 30/42 | 30/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 16/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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