Bruno Kuzuhara and Alex Rybakov will face off in the qualifications of the Tallahassee Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 5. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.5
Bruno Kuzuhara -> 2.47
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Prediction and head to head Bruno Kuzuhara vs. Alex Rybakov
This will be the 2nd time that Bruno Kuzuhara and Alex Rybakov play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rybakov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Rybakov won 5-7 6-3 6-4 in the qualifications in the Sarasota Challenger back in 2023.
Bruno Kuzuhara
12 - 9win/loss
417
414
LWLWLLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-19 | 7-7 | 15-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-30 | 13-6 | 28-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-23 | 8-13 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-13 | 6-6 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 468 (career-high), Kuzuhara got to the qualifications after defeating Axel Nefve 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Nefve (6-4 6-3). During the match, Kuzuhara scored 64 points vs Nefve’s 56. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kuzuhara bagged 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Bruno Kuzuhara lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kuzuhara put 67% of his first serves in, winning 59% (22/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Nefve 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Kuzuhara has a winning match record in the last 4 years having won 54% of his matches (89-75). 8-6 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kuzuhara has a composed58-45 record in the last 4 years on clay.
Bruno has a compiled 11-9 win-loss record in 2024, 8-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tallahassee Challenger
Alex Rybakov
15 - 10win/loss
604
289
LLWLLWLLWL | 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. 543, Alex got to the qualifications after defeating Rei Sakamoto 4-6 6-3 6-0.
In the qualifications against Sakamoto, Rybakov recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-0). During the match Rybakov scored 91 points vs Sakamoto’s 67. Alex was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Rybakov made 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Alex Rybakov was very effective on serve to win 79% (41/52) of his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alex broke Sakamoto 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Sunrise.
The American has an aggregate 15-9 win-loss record in 2024, 12-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tallahassee Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021, 2022 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kuzuhara | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 25 |
| Pts | 64-56 | 91-67 |
| Total Points | 120 | 158 |
| Winners | 22 | 41 |
| %Winners | 34% | 45% |
Both Kuzuhara and Rybakov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Alex Rybakov dropped 1 set while Bruno Kuzuhara hasn’t lost a set so far. Kuzuhara has played 1 set(s) less than Rybakov (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kuzuhara played 6 games less than Rybakov. The American scored 22 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Rybakov recorded 41 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kuzuhara | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5 |
| 1st in | 37/55 | 52/86 |
| %1st in | 67% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 22/37 | 41/52 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 18/34 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 53% |
Kuzuhara fired 2 aces . Rybakov blasted 5 aces . Kuzuhara won 59% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Rybakov won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kuzuhara | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 38% | 67% |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 |
| Saved | 5 | 7 |
| % Saved | 71% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Kuzuhara broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Bruno conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kuzuhara | |||
| Q1 Nefve |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 64-56 | 64-56 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/55 | 37/55 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 22/37 | 22/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 12/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Rybakov | |||
| Q1 Sakamoto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 91-67 | 91-67 | |
| Total points | 158 | 158 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 52/86 | 52/86 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 41/52 | 41/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/34 | 18/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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