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.
As 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
5 - 4win/loss
528
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
Alafia Ayeni
| 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).
H2H Performance in the tournament
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
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