Samuel Vincent Ruggeri and Alexey Zakharov will play each other in the 1st round of the Bengaluru Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Samuel Vincent Ruggeri who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Samuel Vincent Ruggeri is the pick to win this match.
Samuel Vincent Ruggeri -> 1.56
Alexey Zakharov -> 2.33
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Prediction and head to head Samuel Vincent Ruggeri vs. Alexey Zakharov
There is no head to head record between Samuel Vincent Ruggeri and Alexey Zakharov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Samuel Vincent Ruggeri
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-14 | 10-5 | 14-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-29 | 25-11 | 22-14 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 55-28 | 29-10 | 26-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-24 | 18-13 | 15-9 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 308 (career-high), Vincent Ruggeri reached the 1st round after beating Mukund Sasikumar 6-4 6-3 and Kris Van Wyk 6-0 6-2.
In the qualifications, Vincent Ruggeri had a good straight sets win against Van Wyk (6-0 6-2). During the match, Vincent Ruggeri scored 55 points vs Van Wyk’s 31. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Vincent Ruggeri recorded 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Samuel Vincent Ruggeri conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Vincent Ruggeri put 53% of his first serves in, winning 84% (21/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Samuel broke Van Wyk 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Vincent Ruggeri started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 59% of the points he played.
Vincent Ruggeri has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 64% of his matches (152-86). 7-2 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vincent Ruggeri has an aggregate79-36 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
The Italian has an overall 13-5 win-loss record in 2024, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bengaluru Challenger
Samuel has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexey Zakharov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-8 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-8 | 21-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 673, Zakharov reached the 1st round after defeating Jakob Schnaitter 7-5 2-6 6-1 and Vadym Ursu 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, Zakharov had a good straight sets win against Ursu (6-4 6-3). During the match Zakharov scored 66 points vs Ursu’s 56. Alexey was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Zakharov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexey Zakharov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zakharov put 60% of his first serves in, winning 64% (23/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Ursu 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zakharov started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Zakharov has an aggregate 9-4 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vincent Ruggeri | Zakharov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 46 |
| Pts | 122-86 | 153-134 |
| Total Points | 208 | 287 |
| Winners | 43 | 57 |
| %Winners | 35% | 37% |
Both Vincent Ruggeri and Zakharov played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Alexey Zakharov conceded 1 set while Samuel Vincent Ruggeri hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Vincent Ruggeri has played 1 set(s) less than Zakharov (4 vs 5). Therefore, Vincent Ruggeri played 13 games less than Zakharov. Samuel scored 43 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Zakharov scored 57 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vincent Ruggeri | Zakharov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 51/100 | 84/150 |
| %1st in | 51% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 43/51 | 57/84 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 29/49 | 36/66 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 55% |
Vincent Ruggeri managed to score 9 aces (4.5 per match). Zakharov bagged 4 aces (2 per match). Vincent Ruggeri won 84% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Zakharov won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vincent Ruggeri | Zakharov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 9 |
| Converted | 8/14 | 9/18 |
| % Converted | 57% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 13 |
| Saved | 6 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 54% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 |
The Italian broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Samuel very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 6 break points. Zakharov broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vincent Ruggeri | ||||
| Q1 Kumar Mukund |
Q3 Van Wyk |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 14 | 33 | |
| pts | 67-55 | 55-31 | 122-86 | |
| Total points | 122 | 86 | 208 | |
| Winners | 22 | 21 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 38% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 26/53 | 25/47 | 51/100 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 53% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 21/25 | 43/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 11/22 | 29/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 50% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/7 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 71% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 2/2 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zakharov | ||||
| Q1 Schnaitter |
Q3 Ursu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 2-6 6-1 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 19 | 46 | |
| pts | 87-78 | 66-56 | 153-134 | |
| Total points | 165 | 122 | 287 | |
| Winners | 34 | 23 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 35% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 48/90 | 36/60 | 84/150 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 60% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 34/48 | 23/36 | 57/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 64% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/42 | 13/24 | 36/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 54% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 5/9 | 9/18 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 56% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 3/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 50% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
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