Alexander Weis and Ryan Nijboer will face off in the qualifications of the Rome Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. 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 Alexander Weis who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Weis is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Weis -> 1.58
Ryan Nijboer -> 2.27
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Weis vs. Ryan Nijboer
This will be the 3rd time that Alexander Weis and Ryan Nijboer fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Weis and Nijboer (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Weis won 7-6(3) 6-3 in the 2nd round in M15 Antalya back in 2022.
Alexander Weis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-20 | 0-0 | 18-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-37 | 0-2 | 51-33 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 58-30 | 2-3 | 55-24 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-31 | 0-0 | 49-30 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 348, Alexander reached the qualifications after beating Ergi Kirkin 6-2 5-7 7-5.
In the qualifications, Weis defeated Kirkin (6-2 5-7 7-5).During the match, Weis scored less points (3) than Kirkin. In fact, the world no. 348 won 97 points vs Kirkin’s. That means that Weis was more focused during the important points. Alexander was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Weis fired 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexander Weis lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Weis put 58% of his first serves in, winning 64% (38/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (23/43) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Kirkin 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Weis has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (256-194). 11-10 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Weis has a composed242-168 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Weis’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Antalya and M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
Weis has a compiled 11-14 win-loss record in 2023, 11-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Weis has never competed in this tournament before.
Ryan Nijboer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-20 | 8-3 | 18-14 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-32 | 12-9 | 41-21 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-23 | 1-6 | 22-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-28 | 9-13 | 18-13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-17 | 13-7 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-2 |
Ranked no. 634, Nijboer reached the qualifications after defeating Stefano Travaglia 7-64 2-6 7-5.
In the qualifications, Ryan defeated Travaglia (7-64 2-6 7-5). During the match Nijboer and Travaglia scored the same amount of points (113). However, the world no. 348 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Ryan was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.
About the serving games, Nijboer wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 7 double faults. Ryan Nijboer lost the serve 7 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Nijboer put 70% of his first serves in, winning 61% (46/76) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (13/33) on the 2nd serve. Nijboer broke Travaglia 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
The Dutch’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.
The Dutch has a compiled 11-9 win-loss record in 2023, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Weis | Nijboer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 33 |
| Pts | 97-100 | 113-113 |
| Total Points | 197 | 226 |
| Winners | 38 | 46 |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% |
Both Weis and Nijboer played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Alexander Weis conceded 1 set, while Ryan Nijboer dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Weis and Nijboer have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Weis played 1 game less than Nijboer. Weis scored 38 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Nijboer scored 46 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Weis | Nijboer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0 |
| 1st in | 59/102 | 76/109 |
| %1st in | 58% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 38/59 | 46/76 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 23/43 | 13/33 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 39% |
Weis blasted 2 aces . Nijboer didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Weis won 64% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Nijboer won 61% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Weis | Nijboer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 42% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 16 |
| Saved | 4 | 9 |
| % Saved | 57% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 7 |
Weis broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Alexander dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Nijboer broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Nijboer conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Weis | |||
| Q1 Kirkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 5-7 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 97-100 | 97-100 | |
| Total points | 197 | 197 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 59/102 | 59/102 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 38/59 | 38/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/43 | 23/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Nijboer | |||
| Q1 Travaglia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 2-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 113-113 | 113-113 | |
| Total points | 226 | 226 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 76/109 | 76/109 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 46/76 | 46/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/33 | 13/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 16 | |
| Saved | 9/16 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | |
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