Louis Wessels and Alex Rybakov will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Merida Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 5:00 pm on CANCHA MERIDA. 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 -> 1.87
Louis Wessels -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Louis Wessels vs. Alex Rybakov
This will be the 2nd time that Louis Wessels and Alex Rybakov clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Wessels (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Wessels won 7-6(2) 4-6 6-4 in the semifinal in M25 Marburg back in 2023.
Louis Wessels
7 - 7win/loss
431
267
LWLWLLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-18 | 3-1 | 9-13 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 2023 | 37-36 | 4-4 | 26-18 | 3-10 | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| 2022 | 46-34 | 7-4 | 39-27 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-23 | 0-1 | 32-19 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 379, Wessels will start his run in the Merida Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Feira De Santana where he lost 6-1 7-5 to Popko in the semifinal on the 16th of March.
Wessels has a composed 7-6 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Wessels’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Feira de Santana.
Talking about his overall career, Wessels has an overall 249-191 record. He has a positive 188-122 record on clay.
Previously in the Merida Challenger
The German has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 540, Rybakov will start his run in the Merida Challenger after he played his last match in the Santa Cruz De La Sierra Challenger where he lost 6-1 4-6 ret. to Villanueva in the qualifications on the 4th of March.
Rybakov has an aggregate 13-7 win-loss record in 2024, 10-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The American’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Sunrise.
In terms of his career, The American has an overall 205-146 record. He has a positive 111-68 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Emiliano AguileraAguilera (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Alafia AyeniAyeni (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Federico GaioGaio (6-4 4-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi – Aidan MayoMayo (6-2 3-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Facundo MenaMena – Antoine BellierBellier (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rodrigo Pacheco MendezRodrigo – James Kent TrotterJames (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoMurkel – Ozan BarisOzan (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Elmar EjupovicEjupovic – Trey HilderbrandHilderbrand (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz – Nick HardtHardt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- David PichlerPichler – Christian LangmoLangmo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Louis WesselsWessels (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Thomas FancuttFancutt – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alan Fernando Rubio FierrosFernando Rubio Fierros – Juan Hernandez SerranoHernandez Serrano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Jacob BrummBrumm (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan – Dan MartinMartin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Preston BrownBrown – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
