Michael Geerts and Alex Rybakov will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Prague 3 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Rybakov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Rybakov is the pick to win this match.
Alex Rybakov -> 1.83
Michael Geerts -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Michael Geerts vs. Alex Rybakov
This will be the 3rd time that Michael Geerts and Alex Rybakov clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Rybakov won 7-6(7) 7-6(7) in the qualifications in the Tallahassee Challenger back in April 2021.
Michael Geerts
Ranked no. 320, Michael reached the 2nd round after defeating Martin Krumich 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Michael had a good straight sets win against Krumich (6-2 6-4). During the match, Geerts scored 70 points vs Krumich’s 52. The Belgian was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Geerts managed to score 3 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Michael Geerts lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Geerts put 59% of his first serves in, winning 64% (21/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Geerts broke Krumich 7 times after converting 39% of his break points (7/18).
Geerts has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (224-147). 12-11 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Geerts has an overall74-58 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Michael’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Troisdorf.
Michael has an overall 23-17 win-loss record in 2021, 12-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 3 Challenger
The Belgian has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Rybakov
Ranked no. 411, Alex reached the 2nd round after beating Marek Gengel 7-5 6-1, Nick Hardt 7-63 6-3 and Johannes Haerteis 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Haerteis (6-4 6-2). During the match Rybakov scored 58 points vs Haerteis’s 45. Alex was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Rybakov managed to score 4 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alex Rybakov lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Rybakov put 81% of his first serves in, winning 57% (24/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 80% (8/10) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Haerteis 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Porec,M25 Most,M25 Decatur and M25 Prostejov.
The American has an aggregate 29-19 win-loss record in 2021, 25-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Geerts | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 59 |
| Pts | 70-52 | 202-163 |
| Total Points | 122 | 365 |
| Winners | 21 | 96 |
| %Winners | 30% | 48% |
Geerts played 1 match while Rybakov competed in 3 matches. Rybakov started his run from the qualifications while Geerts had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Geerts has played 4 set(s) less than Rybakov (2 vs 6). Therefore, Geerts played 41 games less than Rybakov. Geerts scored 21 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Rybakov recorded 96 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Geerts | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 33/56 | 142/196 |
| %1st in | 59% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 21/33 | 96/142 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 35/54 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 65% |
Geerts managed to score 3 aces . Rybakov managed to score 5 aces (1.7 per match). Geerts won 64% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Rybakov won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Geerts | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 10 |
| Converted | 7/18 | 10/13 |
| % Converted | 39% | 77% |
| Conceded | 6 | 15 |
| Saved | 2 | 12 |
| % Saved | 33% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Michael broke his opponent 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Michael conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponents 10 times with a 77% conversion rate. Rybakov conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Geerts | |||
| R1 Krumich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 70-52 | 70-52 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 33/56 | 33/56 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 21/33 | 21/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 10/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/18 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 39% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Rybakov | |||||
| Q1 Gengel |
Q3 Hardt |
R1 Haerteis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 7-63 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 | 18 | 59 | |
| pts | 69-54 | 75-64 | 58-45 | 202-163 | |
| Total points | 123 | 139 | 103 | 365 | |
| Winners | 30 | 42 | 24 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 56% | 41% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 42/67 | 58/77 | 42/52 | 142/196 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 75% | 81% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 30/42 | 42/58 | 24/42 | 96/142 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 72% | 57% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 11/19 | 8/10 | 35/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 58% | 80% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 2/4 | 5/6 | 10/13 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 83% | 77% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 6/7 | 4/6 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 86% | 67% | 253% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLLWLLWL Tennis Scores in Prague 3 Challenger
- Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik – Zsombor PirosPiros (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Arthur CazauxCazaux (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Miljan ZekicZekic (6-0 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Johannes HaerteisHaerteis (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Matteo DonatiDonati (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Igor SijslingSijsling – Daniel SiniakovSiniakov (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (7-5 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Nick ChappellChappell (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Matija PecoticPecotic – Evgeny TyurnevTyurnev (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Martin KrumichKrumich (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik – Ryan PenistonPeniston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Alexander RitschardRitschard (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Matija PecoticPecotic – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Alex RybakovRybakov (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Igor SijslingSijsling (0-0) – H2H and prediction
