Alex Rybakov and Bruno Kuzuhara will square off in the qualifications of the Sarasota Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 5:00 pm on NICK BOLLETTIERI COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Rybakov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Rybakov is the pick to win this match.
Alex Rybakov -> 1.139
Bruno Kuzuhara -> 5.1
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Prediction and head to head Alex Rybakov vs. Bruno Kuzuhara
There is no head to head record between Alex Rybakov and Bruno Kuzuhara since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
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. 378, Rybakov got to the qualifications after defeating Lawrence Sciglitano 6-0 6-0.
In the qualifications, Rybakov had a good straight sets win against Sciglitano (6-0 6-0). During the match, Rybakov scored 51 points vs Sciglitano’s 15. Alex was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rybakov scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Alex Rybakov was extremely effective on serve to win 86% (18/21) of his 1st serve and 100% (6/6) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alex broke Sciglitano 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Rybakov has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (166-110). 1-0 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Rybakov has a composed 88-48 record in the last years on clay.
Alex has an aggregate 5-6 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sarasota Challenger
Bruno Kuzuhara
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-19 | 7-7 | 15-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-30 | 13-6 | 28-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-23 | 8-13 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-13 | 6-6 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 616, Kuzuhara reached the qualifications after beating Moez Echargui 7-64 7-63.
In the qualifications, Bruno had a good straight sets win against Echargui (7-64 7-63). During the match Kuzuhara scored 81 points vs Echargui’s 74. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Kuzuhara scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Bruno Kuzuhara lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kuzuhara put 71% of his first serves in, winning 68% (39/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. Kuzuhara broke Echargui 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Kuzuhara’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Naples.
The American has a composed 9-9 win-loss record in 2023, 9-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sarasota Challenger
Kuzuhara has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rybakov | Kuzuhara |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 12 | 26 |
| Pts | 51-15 | 81-74 |
| Total Points | 66 | 155 |
| Winners | 18 | 39 |
| %Winners | 35% | 48% |
Both Rybakov and Kuzuhara played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rybakov and Kuzuhara have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Rybakov played 14 games less than Kuzuhara. Rybakov scored 18 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Bruno blasted 39 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rybakov | Kuzuhara |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 21/27 | 57/80 |
| %1st in | 78% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 18/21 | 39/57 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 6/6 | 12/23 |
| %2nd pts | 100% | 52% |
Rybakov struck 1 ace . Kuzuhara also struck 2 aces . Rybakov won 86% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 100% of the points. On the other side, Kuzuhara won 68% of the points on 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 | Rybakov | Kuzuhara |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 50% | 60% |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 |
| Saved | 0 | 6 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The American broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Bruno broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Bruno conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rybakov | |||
| Q1 Sciglitano |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 12 | |
| pts | 51-15 | 51-15 | |
| Total points | 66 | 66 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 21/27 | 21/27 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 18/21 | 18/21 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/6 | 6/6 | |
| % 2nd pts | 100% | 100% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kuzuhara | |||
| Q1 Echargui |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 81-74 | 81-74 | |
| Total points | 155 | 155 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 57/80 | 57/80 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 39/57 | 39/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 12/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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