Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Alex Rybakov will play each other in the 2nd round of the Monterrey Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 5:00 pm on CANCHA 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Prajnesh Gunneswaran who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Prajnesh Gunneswaran is the pick to win this match.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran -> 1.71
Alex Rybakov -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Prajnesh Gunneswaran vs. Alex Rybakov
There is no head to head record between Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Alex Rybakov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10-6 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-25 | 19-18 | 0-2 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-28 | 8-12 | 0-6 | 11-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-15 | 12-8 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2019 | 33-26 | 26-15 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 1-7 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 278, Prajnesh got to the 2nd round after defeating Ryan Harrison 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Indian had a good straight sets win against Harrison (6-3 6-4). During the match, Gunneswaran scored 61 points vs Harrison’s 46. The Indian was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gunneswaran scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gunneswaran put 68% of his first serves in, winning 77% (30/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. The Indian broke Harrison 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Gunneswaran has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (268-175). 3-4 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gunneswaran has an aggregate 182-97 record in the last years on hard.
The Indian has an overall 3-5 win-loss record in 2022, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Monterrey Challenger
The Indian has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Rybakov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-20 | 11-8 | 12-8 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-25 | 5-8 | 7-9 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-23 | 5-7 | 20-12 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-26 | 4-4 | 35-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-9 | 12-5 | 9-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 368, will start his run in the Monterrey Challenger after he played his last match in the Monterrey Challenger where he defeated 7-5 6-3 to Statham in the 1st round on the 8th of March.
The American has an overall 3-5 win-loss record in 2022, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Rybakov has an overall 128-83 record. He has a positive 53-39 record on hard.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gunneswaran | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 21 |
| Pts | 61-46 | 76-62 |
| Total Points | 107 | 138 |
| Winners | 30 | 31 |
| %Winners | 49% | 41% |
Both Gunneswaran and Rybakov played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gunneswaran and Rybakov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gunneswaran played 2 games less than Rybakov. The Indian scored 30 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 31 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gunneswaran | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5 |
| 1st in | 39/57 | 41/66 |
| %1st in | 68% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 30/39 | 31/41 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 15/25 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 60% |
Gunneswaran bagged 1 ace . Rybakov also scored 5 aces . Gunneswaran won 77% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Rybakov won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gunneswaran | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/11 |
| % Converted | 80% | 27% |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 86% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Indian broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Indian conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Rybakov broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gunneswaran | |||
| R1 Harrison |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 61-46 | 61-46 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 39/57 | 39/57 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 30/39 | 30/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Rybakov | |||
| Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | |||
| Tot Set | 0 | ||
| Tot Games | 0 | ||
| pts | 0-0 | ||
| Total points | 0 | ||
| Winners | 0 | ||
| %Winners | 0% | ||
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | ||
| Double Faults | 0 | ||
| 1st in | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st in | 0% | ||
| 1st pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st pts | 0% | ||
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 0% | ||
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | ||
| Converted | 0/0 | ||
| Converted % | 0% | ||
| Conceded | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0 | ||
| Saved % | 0% | ||
| Times Broken | 0 | ||
Head 2 Head
LLWWWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Monterrey Challenger
- Jason JungJung – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Go SoedaSoeda – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-2 6-70 6-3) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez (6-2 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Evan ZhuZhu – Milledge CossuCossu (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – William BlumbergBlumberg (2-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Zhe LiLi (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Julian LenzLenz (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Tommy RobredoRobredo – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Pedja KrstinKrstin (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Bernard TomicTomic – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Zhe LiLi (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez (6-2 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Jose StathamStatham (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Evan ZhuZhu – Milledge CossuCossu (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Jason JungJung – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Tommy RobredoRobredo – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bernard TomicTomic – Christian HarrisonHarrison (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Alex RybakovRybakov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Go SoedaSoeda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Jay ClarkeClarke (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evan ZhuZhu – Jason JungJung (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Michael MmohMmoh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
