Ezekiel Clark and Sam Riffice will face off in the qualifications of the Fairfield Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on ZIMMERMAN COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sam Riffice who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sam Riffice is the pick to win this match.
Sam Riffice -> 1.43
Ezekiel Clark -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Ezekiel Clark vs. Sam Riffice
This will be the 4th time that Ezekiel Clark and Sam Riffice play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Riffice (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Riffice won 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in M25 Columbus back in August 2022.
Ezekiel Clark
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-19 | 16-15 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-28 | 20-16 | 1-2 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-33 | 37-22 | 5-5 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-18 | 17-14 | 4-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 480, Clark got to the qualifications after beating Yuta Kikuchi 1-6 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications against Kikuchi, Clark recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-3). During the match, Clark scored 94 points vs Kikuchi’s 90. Ezekiel was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Clark scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Ezekiel Clark lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Clark put 69% of his first serves in, winning 61% (40/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the 2nd serve. Ezekiel broke Kikuchi 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Clark has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 58% of his matches (112-82). 34-19 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Clark has a composed93-62 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Cancun and M25 Decatur.
The American has an aggregate 40-27 win-loss record in 2022, 34-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Fairfield Challenger
Ezekiel has never competed in this tournament before.
Sam Riffice
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20-10 | 18-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-5 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 14-7 | 13-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2018 | 28-18 | 20-11 | 7-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 650, the American reached the qualifications after beating Jack Pinnington Jones 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Sam had a good straight sets win against Pinnington Jones (6-3 6-4). During the match Riffice scored 67 points vs Pinnington Jones’s 58. Riffice was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Riffice managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Sam Riffice lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Riffice put 48% of his first serves in, winning 74% (26/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (18/38) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Pinnington Jones 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Fayetteville.
Sam has a composed 16-9 win-loss record in 2022, 14-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Clark | Riffice |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 19 |
| Pts | 94-90 | 67-58 |
| Total Points | 184 | 125 |
| Winners | 40 | 26 |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% |
Both Clark and Riffice played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ezekiel Clark surrendered 1 set while Sam Riffice hasn’t lost a set so far. Clark has played 1 set more than Riffice (3 vs 2). Therefore, Clark played 7 games more than Riffice. The American scored 40 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 26 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Clark | Riffice |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4 |
| 1st in | 66/95 | 35/73 |
| %1st in | 69% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 40/66 | 26/35 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 18/38 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 47% |
Clark struck 1 ace . Riffice also managed to score 4 aces . Clark won 61% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Riffice won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Clark | Riffice |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 31% | 80% |
| Conceded | 12 | 11 |
| Saved | 8 | 9 |
| % Saved | 67% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Ezekiel broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Clark conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Riffice broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Sam conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.
| Clark | |||
| Q1 Kikuchi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 94-90 | 94-90 | |
| Total points | 184 | 184 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 66/95 | 66/95 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 40/66 | 40/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 15/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Riffice | |||
| Q1 Pinnington |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 67-58 | 67-58 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 35/73 | 35/73 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 26/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/38 | 18/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 9/11 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 82% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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