Matias Soto and Alafia Ayeni will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Cuernavaca Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on CANCHA 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matias Soto who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matias Soto is the pick to win this match.
Matias Soto -> 1.363
Alafia Ayeni -> 2.96
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Prediction and head to head Matias Soto vs. Alafia Ayeni
There is no head to head record between Matias Soto and Alafia Ayeni since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Matias Soto
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-9 | 5-4 | 7-5 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-19 | 4-4 | 14-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-7 | 7-3 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-9 | 6-3 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 422 (career-high), Soto got to the qualifications after beating Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Matias had a good straight sets win against Kaliyanda Poonacha (6-2 6-4). During the match, Soto scored 70 points vs Kaliyanda Poonacha’s 53. Soto was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Soto scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Matias Soto conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Soto put 67% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the 2nd serve. Matias broke Kaliyanda Poonacha 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Soto has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (81-52). 5-2 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Soto has a compiled33-19 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
Soto’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the San Luis Potosi Challenger.
Soto has an aggregate 12-6 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cuernavaca Challenger
The Chilean has never competed in this tournament before.
Alafia Ayeni
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-15 | 2-7 | 6-7 | 0-1 | 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. 587, Alafia reached the qualifications after beating Nathan Ponwith 7-65 6-3.
In the qualifications, Alafia had a good straight sets win against Ponwith (7-65 6-3). During the match Ayeni scored 66 points vs Ponwith’s 59. The American was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Ayeni bagged 15 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Alafia Ayeni was quite efficient on serve to win 85% (33/39) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Ponwith once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
The American has a composed 7-12 win-loss record in 2024, 1-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Soto | Ayeni |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 22 |
| Pts | 70-53 | 66-59 |
| Total Points | 123 | 125 |
| Winners | 31 | 33 |
| %Winners | 44% | 50% |
Both Soto and Ayeni 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, Soto and Ayeni have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Soto played 4 games less than Ayeni. Soto scored 31 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Alafia managed to score 33 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Soto | Ayeni |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 15 |
| 1st in | 44/66 | 39/66 |
| %1st in | 67% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 33/39 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 15/27 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 56% |
Soto fired 1 ace . Ayeni also fired 15 aces . Soto won 70% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Ayeni won 85% 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 | Soto | Ayeni |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 1 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 1/2 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Chilean broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Matias extremely effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. The American broke his opponent once with a 50% conversion rate. Ayeni was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Soto | |||
| Q1 Kaliyanda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 70-53 | 70-53 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 44/66 | 44/66 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 31/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 14/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Ayeni | |||
| Q1 Ponwith |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 66-59 | 66-59 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 15 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 39/66 | 39/66 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 33/39 | 33/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 15/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| 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 | |
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