Alafia Ayeni and Dostanbek Tashbulatov will face off in the 1st round of the Nur-Sultan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on COURT 4. 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 Alafia Ayeni who should win in 2 sets.
Alafia Ayeni -> 1.24
Dostanbek Tashbulatov -> 3.88
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Prediction and head to head Alafia Ayeni vs. Dostanbek Tashbulatov
There is no head to head record between Alafia Ayeni and Dostanbek Tashbulatov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Alafia Ayeni
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-30 | 24-20 | 6-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-22 | 17-13 | 1-3 | 5-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-19 | 22-15 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-20 | 12-10 | 3-2 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 5-7 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 814, Ayeni got to the 1st round after defeating Karl Kiur Saar 5-7 7-65 6-4 and Egor Noskin 5-7 6-1 6-0.
In the qualifications against Noskin, Ayeni recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 6-0). During the match, Ayeni scored 100 points vs Noskin’s 78. Alafia was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ayeni managed to score 3 aces and he was not very solid on his 2nd serve to score 12 double faults. Alafia Ayeni lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Ayeni put 55% of his first serves in, winning 72% (41/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (17/47) on the 2nd serve. Alafia broke Noskin 8 times after converting 67% of his break points (8/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ayeni started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.
Ayeni has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 52% of his matches (101-95). 5-6 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Ayeni has a compiled55-61 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Alafia has a compiled 6-7 win-loss record in 2022, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the The Nur-Sultan Challenger
Ayeni has never competed in this tournament before.
Dostanbek Tashbulatov
4 - 15win/loss
866
850
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6-19 | 4-5 | 2-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 13-27 | 1-7 | 10-13 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-10 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 24-25 | 4-6 | 19-16 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2018 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 866, the Kazakhstani will start his run in the Nur-Sultan Challenger after he played his last match in Sultan where he lost 6-7(6) 6-2 6-2
to Philippov in the 2nd round on the 14th of July.Dostanbek has an overall 4-14 win-loss record in 2022, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Tashbulatov has an overall 51-86 record. He has a negative 10-24 record on hard.
Tennis Scores in Sultan Challenger
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Grigoriy LomakinLomakin (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-3 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Yanki ErelErel (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Timofey SkatovSkatov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin LockLock – Sergey FominFomin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- David PoljakPoljak – Akira SantillanSantillan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Jose StathamStatham (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Shintaro ImaiImai – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Ivan LiutarevichLiutarevich – Gabriel DecampsDecamps (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel CukiermanCukierman – Jay ClarkeClarke (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas CatarinaCatarina – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yan BondarevskiyBondarevskiy – Denis IstominIstomin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alafia AyeniAyeni – Dostanbek TashbulatovTashbulatov (0-0) – H2H and prediction