Gonzalo Villanueva and Alex Rybakov will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on CANCHA 7. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Rybakov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Rybakov is the pick to win this match.
Alex Rybakov -> 1.74
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Gonzalo Villanueva vs. Alex Rybakov
There is no head to head record between Gonzalo Villanueva and Alex Rybakov since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Gonzalo Villanueva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-19 | 0-0 | 25-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-40 | 5-4 | 39-36 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-33 | 1-5 | 31-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-29 | 5-10 | 23-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 433, Villanueva got to the qualifications after beating Marcelo Zormann 4-2 ret..
In the qualifications against Zormann Da Silva, Gonzalo had a free pass after Zormann Da Silva retired on a 4-2 . scoreline.
Villanueva has positive record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (335-242). 12-5 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Villanueva has an aggregate 321-218 record in the last years on clay.
Villanueva’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Punta del Este.
The Argentine has a composed 12-5 win-loss record in 2024, 12-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger
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. 551, the American got to the qualifications after defeating Ignacio Carou 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications, Alex had a good straight sets win against Carou (6-1 6-4). During the match Rybakov scored 61 points vs Carou’s 44. Alex was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Rybakov fired 2 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Alex Rybakov was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (25/33) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Rybakov broke Carou 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Alex’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Sunrise.
Alex has a compiled 13-6 win-loss record in 2024, 10-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Villanueva | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 6 | 17 |
| Pts | 18-13 | 61-44 |
| Total Points | 31 | 105 |
| Winners | 8 | 25 |
| %Winners | 44% | 41% |
Both Villanueva and Rybakov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Villanueva and Rybakov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Villanueva played 11 games less than Rybakov. Villanueva scored 8 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Alex recorded 25 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Villanueva | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 8/13 | 33/58 |
| %1st in | 62% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 8/8 | 25/33 |
| %1st pts | 100% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 4/5 | 14/25 |
| %2nd pts | 80% | 56% |
Villanueva recorded 1 ace . Rybakov also blasted 2 aces . Villanueva won 100% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 80% of the points. On the other side, Rybakov won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Villanueva | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 4 |
| Converted | 1/2 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 67% |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Argentine broke his opponent once with a 50% conversion rate. The Argentine pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Alex broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Rybakov conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Villanueva | |||
| Q1 Zormann Da Silva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 6 | 6 | |
| pts | 18-13 | 18-13 | |
| Total points | 31 | 31 | |
| Winners | 8 | 8 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 8/13 | 8/13 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 8/8 | 8/8 | |
| % 1st pts | 100% | 100% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 80% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 1/2 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Rybakov | |||
| Q1 Carou |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-44 | 61-44 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 33/58 | 33/58 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 25/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 14/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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