August Holmgren and Alafia Ayeni will play each other in the 2nd round of the Fairfield Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on ZIMMERMAN COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is August Holmgren who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, August Holmgren is the pick to win this match.
August Holmgren -> 1.33
Alafia Ayeni -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head August Holmgren vs. Alafia Ayeni
There is no head to head record between August Holmgren and Alafia Ayeni since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
August Holmgren
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-15 | 9-8 | 6-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-26 | 33-14 | 9-6 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-12 | 18-4 | 10-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-8 | 12-6 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 544 (career-high), August got to the 2nd round after defeating Omni Kumar 6-2 6-3, Martin Damm 3-6 7-5 7-68 and Zachary Svajda 3-6 6-1 6-0.
In the 1st round against Svajda, August recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-0). During the match, Holmgren scored 77 points vs Svajda’s 54. Holmgren was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Holmgren fired 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, August Holmgren was very efficient on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. August broke Svajda 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Holmgren has a fantastic match record in the last 6 years having won 70% of his matches (86-36). 18-3 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Holmgren has an aggregate49-21 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
The Dane’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Rancho Santa Fe and M15 San Diego.
Holmgren has a composed 28-8 win-loss record in 2022, 18-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Fairfield Challenger
The Dane has never competed in this tournament before.
Alafia Ayeni
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-20 | 13-12 | 6-7 | 0-1 | 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. 550, Ayeni got to the 2nd round after beating William Blumberg 2-6 6-3 7-5, Patrick Kypson 6-76 6-3 7-65 and Michail Pervolarakis 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, Alafia had a good straight sets win against Pervolarakis (6-3 7-5). During the match Ayeni scored 70 points vs Pervolarakis’s 59. Alafia was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Ayeni scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was not very solid on his 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Alafia Ayeni lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Ayeni put 65% of his first serves in, winning 71% (32/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (9/24) on the 2nd serve. Ayeni broke Pervolarakis 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Ayeni has a compiled 18-14 win-loss record in 2022, 17-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Holmgren | Ayeni |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 73 | 85 |
| Pts | 254-208 | 282-263 |
| Total Points | 462 | 545 |
| Winners | 89 | 141 |
| %Winners | 35% | 50% |
Both Holmgren and Ayeni played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. August Holmgren dropped 2 sets, while Alafia Ayeni dropped 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Holmgren and Ayeni have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Holmgren played 12 games less than Ayeni. The Dane scored 89 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Alafia struck 141 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Holmgren | Ayeni |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 6.7 |
| 1st in | 120/218 | 185/290 |
| %1st in | 55% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 89/120 | 141/185 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 53/98 | 47/105 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 45% |
Holmgren made 12 aces (4 per match). Ayeni blasted 20 aces (6.7 per match). Holmgren won 74% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Ayeni won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Holmgren | Ayeni |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 9 |
| Converted | 15/32 | 9/27 |
| % Converted | 47% | 33% |
| Conceded | 18 | 28 |
| Saved | 11 | 22 |
| % Saved | 61% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 6 |
The Dane broke his opponents 15 times with a 47% conversion rate. August surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 9 times with a 33% conversion rate. Ayeni conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Holmgren | |||||
| Q1 Kumar |
Q3 Damm |
R1 Svajda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 3-6 7-5 7-68 | 3-6 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 34 | 22 | 73 | |
| pts | 63-41 | 114-113 | 77-54 | 254-208 | |
| Total points | 104 | 227 | 131 | 462 | |
| Winners | 12 | 48 | 29 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 19% | 42% | 38% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 10 | 4 | 19 | |
| 1st in | 17/44 | 67/115 | 36/59 | 120/218 | |
| % 1st in | 39% | 58% | 61% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 12/17 | 48/67 | 29/36 | 89/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 72% | 81% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 23/48 | 14/23 | 53/98 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 48% | 61% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 4/10 | 5/13 | 15/32 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 40% | 38% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 | 4 | 18 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 6/10 | 3/4 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 60% | 75% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| Ayeni | |||||
| Q1 Blumberg |
Q3 Kypson |
R1 Pervolarakis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 7-5 | 6-76 6-3 7-65 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 35 | 21 | 85 | |
| pts | 94-90 | 118-114 | 70-59 | 282-263 | |
| Total points | 184 | 232 | 129 | 545 | |
| Winners | 49 | 60 | 32 | 141 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 51% | 46% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 12 | 1 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 4 | 11 | 20 | |
| 1st in | 65/98 | 75/123 | 45/69 | 185/290 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 61% | 65% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 49/65 | 60/75 | 32/45 | 141/185 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 80% | 71% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/33 | 23/48 | 9/24 | 47/105 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 48% | 38% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/10 | 5/9 | 9/27 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 20% | 56% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 9 | 9 | 28 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8/9 | 6/9 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 89% | 67% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
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