Aidan Mayo and Alafia Ayeni will face off in the 1st round of the Charlottesville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 9. 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 Aidan Mayo who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aidan Mayo is the pick to win this match.
Aidan Mayo -> 1.37
Alafia Ayeni -> 2.91
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Prediction and head to head Aidan Mayo vs. Alafia Ayeni
This will be the 2nd time that Aidan Mayo and Alafia Ayeni play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ayeni (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Ayeni won 7-6(1) 6-7(9) 6-4 in the qualifications in the Vancouver Challenger back in 2022.
Aidan Mayo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-16 | 3-8 | 4-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-28 | 24-15 | 2-5 | 20-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-25 | 27-19 | 4-4 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-8 | 9-6 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 376, Aidan reached the 1st round after defeating Douglas Yaffa 6-2 6-2 and Christian Harrison 2-6 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications against Harrison, Mayo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-2). During the match, Mayo scored 88 points vs Harrison’s 84. Aidan was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mayo struck 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Aidan Mayo lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Mayo put 55% of his first serves in, winning 73% (38/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (21/42) on the 2nd serve. Mayo broke Harrison 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mayo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Mayo has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 59% of his matches (90-62). 17-5 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mayo has an overall20-8 match record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Aidan’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Xalapa,M15 Tabasco and M25 Dallas.
Mayo has an overall 43-25 win-loss record in 2023, 17-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Charlottesville Challenger
The American 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. 581, Ayeni reached the 1st round after defeating Ezekiel Clark 6-4 6-3 and Evgeny Karlovskiy 7-62 6-4.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Karlovskiy (7-62 6-4). During the match Ayeni scored 70 points vs Karlovskiy’s 63. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Ayeni struck 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Alafia Ayeni was very efficient on serve to win 82% (32/39) of his 1st serve and 55% (18/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Karlovskiy twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.
Alafia’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Los Angeles.
The American has an aggregate 18-18 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Charlottesville Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mayo | Ayeni |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 42 |
| Pts | 161-133 | 141-127 |
| Total Points | 294 | 268 |
| Winners | 60 | 61 |
| %Winners | 37% | 43% |
Both Mayo and Ayeni played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Aidan Mayo lost 1 set while Alafia Ayeni hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Mayo has played 1 set more than Ayeni (5 vs 4). Therefore, Mayo played 2 games more than Ayeni. Mayo scored 60 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Ayeni blasted 61 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mayo | Ayeni |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 10 |
| 1st in | 80/142 | 76/142 |
| %1st in | 56% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 60/80 | 61/76 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 33/62 | 33/66 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 50% |
Mayo fired 12 aces (6 per match). Ayeni managed to score 20 aces (10 per match). Mayo won 75% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Ayeni won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mayo | Ayeni |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 5 |
| Converted | 9/19 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 47% | 38% |
| Conceded | 15 | 6 |
| Saved | 11 | 4 |
| % Saved | 73% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Mayo broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Mayo conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Alafia broke his opponents 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mayo | ||||
| Q1 Yaffa |
Q3 Harrison |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 2-6 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 28 | 44 | |
| pts | 73-49 | 88-84 | 161-133 | |
| Total points | 122 | 172 | 294 | |
| Winners | 22 | 38 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 43% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 28/48 | 52/94 | 80/142 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 55% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 38/52 | 60/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 73% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 21/42 | 33/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 50% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 4/7 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 57% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 6/9 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 67% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Ayeni | ||||
| Q1 Clark |
Q3 Karlovskiy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 7-62 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 23 | 42 | |
| pts | 71-64 | 70-63 | 141-127 | |
| Total points | 135 | 133 | 268 | |
| Winners | 29 | 32 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 46% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 15 | 5 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 37/70 | 39/72 | 76/142 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 32/39 | 61/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 82% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/33 | 18/33 | 33/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 55% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 2/3 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 67% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 3/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 75% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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