Johan Nikles and Alex Rybakov will face off in the 2nd round of the Oeiras 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. 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 Alex Rybakov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Rybakov is the pick to win this match.
Alex Rybakov -> 1.9
Johan Nikles -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Johan Nikles vs. Alex Rybakov
There is no head to head record between Johan Nikles and Alex Rybakov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Johan Nikles
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-16 | 3-2 | 25-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-23 | 2-2 | 19-19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-28 | 1-3 | 42-21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 260 (career-high), Johan got to the 2nd round after defeating Ergi Kirkin 4-6 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round against Kirkin, The Swiss recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-0). During the match, Nikles scored 94 points vs Kirkin’s 74. The Swiss was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nikles couldn’t to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Johan Nikles lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Nikles put 66% of his first serves in, winning 61% (31/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the 2nd serve. Nikles broke Kirkin 7 times after converting 37% of his break points (7/19).
Nikles has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (239-166). 16-9 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nikles has a compiled164-106 record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Swiss has an overall 18-11 win-loss record in 2022, 16-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 3 Challenger
Johan has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Rybakov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-13 | 4-4 | 12-8 | 0-1 | 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. 327 (career-high), Alex reached the 2nd round after defeating Henrique Rocha 6-2 6-4, Clement Tabur 4-6 6-3 7-5 and Pedro Boscardin Dias 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, Alex had a good straight sets win against Boscardin Dias (6-3 7-5). During the match Rybakov scored 83 points vs Boscardin Dias’s 66. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Rybakov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alex Rybakov lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Rybakov put 63% of his first serves in, winning 67% (31/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Boscardin Dias 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Rybakov has an aggregate 23-17 win-loss record in 2022, 19-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nikles | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 70 |
| Pts | 94-74 | 274-232 |
| Total Points | 168 | 506 |
| Winners | 31 | 98 |
| %Winners | 33% | 36% |
Nikles played 1 match while Rybakov competed in 3 matches. Rybakov started his run from the qualifications while Nikles had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Johan Nikles lost 1 set, while Alex Rybakov conceded 1 set. Nikles has played 4 set(s) less than Rybakov (3 vs 7). Therefore, Nikles played 45 games less than Rybakov. The Swiss scored 31 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 98 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nikles | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2 |
| 1st in | 51/77 | 151/230 |
| %1st in | 66% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 31/51 | 98/151 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 41/79 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 52% |
Nikles didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Rybakov struck 6 aces (2 per match). Nikles won 61% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Rybakov won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nikles | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 16 |
| Converted | 7/19 | 16/42 |
| % Converted | 37% | 38% |
| Conceded | 5 | 28 |
| Saved | 1 | 18 |
| % Saved | 20% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 10 |
Johan broke his opponent 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Johan dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded. Rybakov broke his opponents 16 times with a 38% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nikles | |||
| R1 Kirkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 94-74 | 94-74 | |
| Total points | 168 | 168 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 51/77 | 51/77 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 31/51 | 31/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 14/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/19 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 37% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Rybakov | |||||
| Q1 Rocha |
Q3 Tabur |
R1 Boscardin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 4-6 6-3 7-5 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 31 | 21 | 70 | |
| pts | 67-54 | 124-112 | 83-66 | 274-232 | |
| Total points | 121 | 236 | 149 | 506 | |
| Winners | 21 | 46 | 31 | 98 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 37% | 37% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/55 | 70/102 | 46/73 | 151/230 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 69% | 63% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 21/35 | 46/70 | 31/46 | 98/151 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 66% | 67% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 15/32 | 16/27 | 41/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 47% | 59% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 6/19 | 4/8 | 16/42 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 32% | 50% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 11 | 11 | 28 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 6/11 | 9/11 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 55% | 82% | 187% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | |
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