Alafia Ayeni and Leonid Sheyngezikht will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Kigali 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alafia Ayeni who should win in 3 sets.
Alafia Ayeni -> 1.43
Leonid Sheyngezikht -> 2.69
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Prediction and head to head Alafia Ayeni vs. Leonid Sheyngezikht
This will be the 2nd time that Alafia Ayeni and Leonid Sheyngezikht play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sheyngezikht (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Sheyngezikht won 6-4 6-2 in the qualifications in M15 St. Petersburg back in 2021.
Alafia Ayeni
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-20 | 6-8 | 6-7 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-34 | 30-24 | 6-8 | 0-2 | 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 |
Ranked no. 618, Alafia reached the qualifications after defeating Akram El Sallaly 6-4 2-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, The American defeated El Sallaly (6-4 2-6 6-3). During the match, Ayeni scored 78 points vs El Sallaly’s 75. Ayeni was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ayeni scored 2 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Alafia Ayeni lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ayeni put 67% of his first serves in, winning 77% (43/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. The American broke El Sallaly twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Ayeni has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 51% of his matches (144-136). 2-2 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Ayeni has a compiled13-13 record in the last 9 years on clay.
The American has a composed 2-7 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kigali 1 Challenger
Ayeni has never competed in this tournament before.
Leonid Sheyngezikht
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51-24 | 13-4 | 38-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 13-18 | 1-6 | 12-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-31 | 10-12 | 22-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-24 | 2-5 | 36-18 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-21 | 12-9 | 14-7 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 899, Sheyngezikht reached the qualifications after beating Junior Hakizumwami 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Bulgarian had a good straight sets win against Hakizumwami (6-1 6-1). During the match Sheyngezikht scored 54 points vs Hakizumwami’s 26. Sheyngezikht was exceptionally aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Sheyngezikht made 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Leonid Sheyngezikht was very efficient on serve to win 90% (18/20) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Bulgarian broke Hakizumwami 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Sheyngezikht has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ayeni | Sheyngezikht |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 14 |
| Pts | 78-75 | 54-26 |
| Total Points | 153 | 80 |
| Winners | 43 | 18 |
| %Winners | 55% | 33% |
Both Ayeni and Sheyngezikht played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Alafia Ayeni lost 1 set while Leonid Sheyngezikht hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ayeni has played 1 set more than Sheyngezikht (3 vs 2). Therefore, Ayeni played 13 games more than Sheyngezikht. Ayeni scored 43 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, The Bulgarian made 18 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ayeni | Sheyngezikht |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 56/83 | 20/38 |
| %1st in | 67% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 43/56 | 18/20 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 90% |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 11/18 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 61% |
Ayeni managed to score 2 aces . Sheyngezikht fired 2 aces . Ayeni won 77% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Sheyngezikht won 90% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ayeni | Sheyngezikht |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/3 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 67% | 71% |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Ayeni broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Alafia surrendered his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Bulgarian broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Leonid was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Ayeni | |||
| Q1 El Sallaly | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 78-75 | 78-75 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 56/83 | 56/83 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 43/56 | 43/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 12/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Sheyngezikht | |||
| Q1 Hakizumwami | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 54-26 | 54-26 | |
| Total points | 80 | 80 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 20/38 | 20/38 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 18/20 | 18/20 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 11/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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