H2H, prediction of Daniel Cukierman vs Alafia Ayeni in Kigali 2 Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 7th March 2024

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Prediction and head to head Daniel Cukierman vs. Alafia Ayeni

Daniel Cukierman and Alafia Ayeni will play each other in the 2nd round of the Kigali 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniel Cukierman who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Daniel Cukierman is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Cukierman -> 1.54
Alafia Ayeni -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Daniel Cukierman vs. Alafia Ayeni

There is no head to head record between Daniel Cukierman and Alafia Ayeni since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Daniel Cukierman

Daniel Cukierman
Daniel Cukierman

5 - 4win/loss

Hard
2-2
I Hard
0-1
Clay
3-1
Rank
528
High
339
LLWLWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 21-18 5-5 16-11 0-2 0-0 0-0
2023 34-25 17-11 6-5 11-9 0-0 0-0
2022 49-28 39-14 5-7 5-6 0-1 0-0
2021 23-13 3-4 20-8 0-1 0-0 0-0
2020 16-7 9-6 1-0 6-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 460, the Israeli reached the 2nd round after beating Ernest Habiyambere 6-2 6-0.

In the 1st round, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Habiyambere (6-2 6-0). During the match, Cukierman scored 50 points vs Habiyambere’s 16. The Israeli was quite aggressive to blast 16 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cukierman wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Daniel Cukierman was exceptionally effective on serve to win 80% (16/20) of his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Daniel broke Habiyambere 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).

Cukierman has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (199-122). 2-1 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Cukierman has an overall34-23 record in the last 9 years on clay.

The Israeli has an overall 4-4 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kigali 2 Challenger

Cukierman
Kigali 2 Challenger
Cukierman's Record

Alafia Ayeni

Alafia Ayeni
Alafia Ayeni

4 - 9win/loss

Hard
0-4
I Hard
0-1
Clay
4-4
Rank
474
High
395
LLLWWWLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 28-29 22-19 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
2020 5-7 3-3 0-1 1-1 0-0 1-2

Ranked no. 607, Ayeni got to the 2nd round after defeating Jaycer Lyeons 6-4 6-3.

In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Lyeons (6-4 6-3). During the match Ayeni scored 67 points vs Lyeons’s 60. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Ayeni managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Alafia Ayeni lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Ayeni put 66% of his first serves in, winning 65% (24/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Lyeons 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Alafia has an aggregate 4-8 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Ayeni
Kigali 2 Challenger
Ayeni's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

D.Cukierman
A.Ayeni
0h:46
0h:46
Time on court​
!
1h:19
1h:19
!
0h:46
0h:46
Last match​
1h:19
1h:19
1
1
Match played
1
1
14
14
Games Played​
19
19
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
50
50
Total points​
67
67
50
50
Avg point​
67
67
16
16
Winners
24
24
16
16
Avg Winners​
24
24
32%
32%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
4
4
0
0
Avg Aces
4
4
0
0
Double Faults
5
5
0
0
Avg Double Faults
5
5
16/20
16/20
1st won total​
24/37
24/37
!
80%
80%
1st won %
65%
65%
9/13
9/13
2nd won total​
9/19
9/19
!
69%
69%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
6/8
6/8
BP won
5/13
5/13
6/8
6/8
Avg BP won
5/13
5/13
!
75%
75%
Won
38%
38%
2
2
Conceded
5
5
2
2
Avg Conceded
5
5
1
1
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
1
1
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Cukierman Ayeni
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 14 19
Pts 50-16 67-60
Total Points 66 127
Winners 16 24
%Winners 32% 36%

Both Cukierman and Ayeni played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Cukierman and Ayeni have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Cukierman played 5 games less than Ayeni. The Israeli scored 16 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 24 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Cukierman Ayeni
Aces 0 4
Avg per match 0 4
1st in 20/33 37/56
%1st in 61% 66%
1st pts 16/20 24/37
%1st pts 80% 65%
2nd pts 9/13 9/19
%2nd pts 69% 47%

Cukierman didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Ayeni struck 4 aces . Cukierman won 80% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Ayeni won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Cukierman Ayeni
Won 6 5
Converted 6/8 5/13
% Converted 75% 38%
Conceded 2 5
Saved 1 3
% Saved 50% 60%
Times Broken 1 2

Cukierman broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Cukierman dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Alafia broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Alafia conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Cukierman
R1
Habiyambere
Total
Score 6-2 6-0
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 14 14
pts 50-16 50-16
Total points 66 66
Winners 16 16
%Winners 32% 32%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 20/33 20/33
% 1st in 61% 61%
1st pts 16/20 16/20
% 1st pts 80% 80%
2nd pts 9/13 9/13
% 2nd pts 69% 69%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/8 6/8
Converted % 75% 75%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1
Ayeni
R1
Lyeons
Total
Score 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 67-60 67-60
Total points 127 127
Winners 24 24
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 37/56 37/56
% 1st in 66% 66%
1st pts 24/37 24/37
% 1st pts 65% 65%
2nd pts 9/19 9/19
% 2nd pts 47% 47%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/13 5/13
Converted % 38% 38%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 3/5 3
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 2 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Cukierman
LLWLWLWWWW
Ayeni
LLLWWWLLWL
2024 2023 2022
20 - 17
28 - 29
4-5
Hard
22-19
16-11
Clay
6-8

Tennis Scores in Kigali 2 Challenger

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