Evgeny Donskoy and Alafia Ayeni will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT A. 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 Evgeny Donskoy who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Evgeny Donskoy is the pick to win this match.
Evgeny Donskoy -> 1.41
Alafia Ayeni -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Evgeny Donskoy vs. Alafia Ayeni
This will be the 2nd time that Evgeny Donskoy and Alafia Ayeni square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Donskoy (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Donskoy won 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Sultan Challenger back in 2019.
Evgeny Donskoy
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-12 | 12-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-31 | 39-17 | 3-4 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-22 | 6-12 | 4-7 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 19-28 | 8-8 | 2-7 | 7-9 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-16 | 7-9 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 387, Donskoy reached the 2nd round after defeating Natthasith Kunsuwan 6-3 6-3, Michael Vrbensky 7-5 6-4 and Paul Jubb 6-1 7-65.
In the 1st round, Donskoy had a good straight sets win against Jubb (6-1 7-65). During the match, Donskoy scored 78 points vs Jubb’s 59. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Donskoy scored 3 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Evgeny Donskoy was quite effective on serve to win 75% (27/36) of his 1st serve and 73% (16/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Donskoy broke Jubb 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Donskoy has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (281-255). 3-0 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Donskoy has a compiled 158-114 record in the last years on hard.
Evgeny has an overall 3-0 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger
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. 433, Ayeni reached the 2nd round after beating Giovanni Oradini 6-3 6-3, Ji Sung Nam 6-3 6-4 and Valentin Royer 6-4 3-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, The American defeated Royer (6-4 3-6 6-2). During the match Ayeni scored 80 points vs Royer’s 68. Ayeni was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Ayeni bagged 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alafia Ayeni was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (37/46) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Royer 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Alafia has an overall 3-0 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Donskoy | Ayeni |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 60 | 64 |
| Pts | 216-158 | 209-165 |
| Total Points | 374 | 374 |
| Winners | 83 | 105 |
| %Winners | 38% | 50% |
Both Donskoy and Ayeni played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Alafia Ayeni lost 1 set while Evgeny Donskoy hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Donskoy has played 1 set(s) less than Ayeni (6 vs 7). Therefore, Donskoy played 4 games less than Ayeni. Donskoy scored 83 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Ayeni made 105 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Donskoy | Ayeni |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 34 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 11.3 |
| 1st in | 104/165 | 126/190 |
| %1st in | 63% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 83/104 | 105/126 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 43/61 | 31/64 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 48% |
Donskoy bagged 15 aces (5 per match). Ayeni scored 34 aces (11.3 per match). Donskoy won 80% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Ayeni won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Donskoy | Ayeni |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 8 |
| Converted | 9/20 | 8/15 |
| % Converted | 45% | 53% |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 |
| Saved | 7 | 6 |
| % Saved | 88% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Russian broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Donskoy dropped his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Alafia broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Donskoy | |||||
| Q1 Kunsuwan |
Q3 Vrbensky |
R1 Jubb |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 7-5 6-4 | 6-1 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 22 | 20 | 60 | |
| pts | 63-45 | 75-54 | 78-59 | 216-158 | |
| Total points | 108 | 129 | 137 | 374 | |
| Winners | 30 | 26 | 27 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 35% | 35% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/55 | 30/52 | 36/58 | 104/165 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 58% | 62% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 26/30 | 27/36 | 83/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 87% | 75% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 16/22 | 16/22 | 43/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 73% | 73% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/6 | 3/9 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 50% | 33% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 100% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ayeni | |||||
| Q1 Oradini |
Q3 Sung Nam |
R1 Royer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 | 27 | 64 | |
| pts | 60-39 | 69-58 | 80-68 | 209-165 | |
| Total points | 99 | 127 | 148 | 374 | |
| Winners | 32 | 36 | 37 | 105 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 52% | 46% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 12 | 11 | 34 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 35/52 | 45/64 | 46/74 | 126/190 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 70% | 62% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 32/35 | 36/45 | 37/46 | 105/126 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 80% | 80% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 8/19 | 16/28 | 31/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 42% | 57% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 2/6 | 3/6 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 33% | 50% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 4/4 | 1/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 33% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWWWWLW Tennis Scores in Nonthaburi 1 Challenger
- Mats MoraingMoraing – Lucas PouillePouille (7-5 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Paul JubbJubb (6-1 7-65) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Thantub SuksumrarnSuksumrarn (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Henri SquireSquire – Gianluca MagerMager (6-3 6-76 6-3) – See score progression
- Dayne KellyKelly – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (5-7 7-63 7-67) – See score progression
- Alafia AyeniAyeni – Valentin RoyerRoyer (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Maximus JonesJones (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-4 6-75 6-2) – See score progression
- Marek GengelGengel – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (6-4 6-74 6-1) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Palaphoom KovapituktedKovapitukted (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Dan AddedAdded (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Dayne KellyKelly – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Thantub SuksumrarnSuksumrarn (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Alafia AyeniAyeni – Valentin RoyerRoyer (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Paul JubbJubb (6-1 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Mats MoraingMoraing – Lucas PouillePouille (7-5 6-7(5) 6-3) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Henri SquireSquire – Gianluca MagerMager (6-3 6-7(6) 6-3) – See score progression
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (5-7 7-6(3) 7-6(7)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Dayne KellyKelly – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Mats MoraingMoraing (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Dennis NovakNovak (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alafia AyeniAyeni – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Henri SquireSquire – Marek GengelGengel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
