Thomas Fancutt and Leonid Sheyngezikht will play each other in the qualifications of the Kigali 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:30 am on COURT 3. 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 Thomas Fancutt who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Thomas Fancutt is the pick to win this match.
Thomas Fancutt -> 1.65
Leonid Sheyngezikht -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Thomas Fancutt vs. Leonid Sheyngezikht
There is no head to head record between Thomas Fancutt and Leonid Sheyngezikht since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Thomas Fancutt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-9 | 2-4 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-20 | 18-17 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 8-1 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 34-23 | 28-18 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-18 | 16-15 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 600, Fancutt got to the qualifications after defeating Etienne Niyigena 6-0 6-2.
In the qualifications, Fancutt had a good straight sets win against Niyigena (6-0 6-2). During the match, Fancutt scored 59 points vs Niyigena’s 31. Fancutt was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Fancutt made 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Thomas Fancutt was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 56% (5/9) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Niyigena 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Fancutt has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 53% of his matches (167-146). 2-1 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Fancutt has a composed24-20 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Australian has an overall 4-6 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kigali 2 Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Leonid Sheyngezikht
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 7-8 | 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 |
| 2020 | 11-12 | 4-7 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 899, Leonid got to the qualifications after beating Claude Ishimwe 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications, Leonid had a good straight sets win against Ishimwe (6-1 6-3). During the match Sheyngezikht scored 67 points vs Ishimwe’s 42. Sheyngezikht was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Sheyngezikht bagged 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Leonid Sheyngezikht was very efficient on serve to win 78% (21/27) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Sheyngezikht broke Ishimwe 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Sheyngezikht has an overall 2-1 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fancutt | Sheyngezikht |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 16 |
| Pts | 59-31 | 67-42 |
| Total Points | 90 | 109 |
| Winners | 22 | 21 |
| %Winners | 37% | 31% |
Both Fancutt and Sheyngezikht played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Fancutt and Sheyngezikht have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Fancutt played 2 games less than Sheyngezikht. The Australian scored 22 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Leonid recorded 21 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fancutt | Sheyngezikht |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 28/37 | 27/51 |
| %1st in | 76% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 21/27 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 5/9 | 13/24 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 54% |
Fancutt recorded 5 aces . Sheyngezikht managed to score 2 aces . Fancutt won 79% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Sheyngezikht won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fancutt | Sheyngezikht |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 60% | 50% |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Thomas broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Bulgarian broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sheyngezikht conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fancutt | |||
| Q1 Niyigena |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 59-31 | 59-31 | |
| Total points | 90 | 90 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/37 | 28/37 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 22/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Sheyngezikht | |||
| Q1 Ishimwe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 67-42 | 67-42 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 27/51 | 27/51 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 21/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 13/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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