Sebastian Baez and Alex Rybakov will play each other in the 2nd round of the Kyiv Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 10. 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 Sebastian Baez who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Baez is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Baez -> 1.26
Alex Rybakov -> 3.85
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Baez vs. Alex Rybakov
There is no head to head record between Sebastian Baez and Alex Rybakov since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Sebastian Baez
Ranked no. 155, the Argentine got to the 2nd round after beating Illya Beloborodko 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, Baez had a good straight sets win against Beloborodko (6-3 7-5). During the match, Baez scored 74 points vs Beloborodko’s 66. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Baez scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Sebastian Baez lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Baez put 72% of his first serves in, winning 62% (31/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the 2nd serve. Baez broke Beloborodko 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Baez has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 69% of his matches (128-57). 30-9 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Baez has a compiled115-50 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Concepcion Challenger where he defeated Francisco Cerundolo in the final 6-3 6-7(5) 7-6(5) and in the Santiago Challenger where he defeated Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera in the final 6-3 7-6(4) and in the Zagreb Challenger where he defeated Juan Pablo Varillas in the final 3-6 6-3 6-1.
The Argentine has a compiled 32-11 win-loss record in 2021, 30-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kyiv Challenger
Baez has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Rybakov
Ranked no. 396 (career-high), Alex got to the 2nd round after beating Nikita Mashtakov 6-2 6-2, Aleksandr Braynin 6-3 6-4 and Aziz Dougaz 5-7 6-0 6-3.
In the 1st round against Dougaz, Alex recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-0 6-3). During the match Rybakov scored 94 points vs Dougaz’s 76. Alex was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Rybakov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alex Rybakov was very effective on serve to win 71% (34/48) of his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Rybakov broke Dougaz 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Alex’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Porec,M25 Most,M25 Decatur and M25 Prostejov.
The American has an aggregate 32-20 win-loss record in 2021, 28-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Baez | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 62 |
| Pts | 74-66 | 221-162 |
| Total Points | 140 | 383 |
| Winners | 31 | 89 |
| %Winners | 42% | 40% |
Baez played 1 match while Rybakov competed in 3 matches. Rybakov started his run from the qualifications while Baez had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Alex Rybakov lost 1 set while Sebastian Baez hasn’t dropped a set so far. Baez has played 5 set(s) less than Rybakov (2 vs 7). Therefore, Baez played 41 games less than Rybakov. Baez scored 31 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Alex recorded 89 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Baez | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 50/69 | 121/185 |
| %1st in | 72% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 31/50 | 89/121 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 39/64 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 61% |
Baez scored 1 ace . Rybakov also scored 5 aces (1.7 per match). Baez won 62% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Rybakov won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Baez | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 14 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 14/26 |
| % Converted | 44% | 54% |
| Conceded | 5 | 11 |
| Saved | 4 | 6 |
| % Saved | 80% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Argentine surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponents 14 times with a 54% conversion rate. Rybakov conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| Baez | |||
| R1 Beloborodko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 74-66 | 74-66 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 50/69 | 50/69 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 31/50 | 31/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Rybakov | |||||
| Q1 Mashtakov |
Q3 Braynin |
R1 Dougaz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | 5-7 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 27 | 62 | |
| pts | 58-34 | 69-52 | 94-76 | 221-162 | |
| Total points | 92 | 121 | 170 | 383 | |
| Winners | 26 | 29 | 34 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 42% | 36% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 35/49 | 38/55 | 48/81 | 121/185 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 69% | 59% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 29/38 | 34/48 | 89/121 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 76% | 71% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 11/17 | 19/33 | 39/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 65% | 58% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 3/12 | 6/8 | 14/26 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 25% | 75% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 40% | 174% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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