Alex Bolt and Ajeet Rai will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Sydney Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Bolt who should win in 2 sets.
Alex Bolt -> 1.26
Ajeet Rai -> 3.55
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Prediction and head to head Alex Bolt vs. Ajeet Rai
This will be the 2nd time that Alex Bolt and Ajeet Rai fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bolt (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Bolt won 6-3 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in M25 Mildura back in March 2024.
Alex Bolt
43 - 22win/loss
160
125
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-25 | 26-20 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 21-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-22 | 22-17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-10 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-18 | 7-6 | 0-7 | 2-2 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-12 | 12-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 178, Bolt will start his run in the Sydney Challenger after he played his last match in the Hangzhou Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-4 to Cazaux in the 1st round on the 8th of October.
The Australian has a composed 43-22 win-loss record in 2024, 22-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Alex’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Burnie 1 Challenger,M25 Traralgon,M25 Mildura and M25 Swan Hill.
Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 334-244 record. He has a positive 206-161 record on hard.
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
Ajeet Rai
26 - 28win/loss
578
417
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-30 | 24-22 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-28 | 19-24 | 4-2 | 1-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-25 | 38-24 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-19 | 22-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-5 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 617, Ajeet will start his run in the Sydney Challenger after he played his last match in the Playford Challenger where he lost 3-6 6-2 6-2
to Matsuda in the 1st round on the 22nd of October.The Kiwi has an overall 26-28 win-loss record in 2024, 22-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Kiwi’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Hong Kong.
In terms of his career, Rai has an overall 168-134 record. He has a positive 144-113 record on hard.
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022 and 2023. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Sydney Challenger
- Hikaru ShiraishiShiraishi – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tibo ColsonColson – Shintaro ImaiImai (6-3 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matthew DellavedovaDellavedova – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alex BoltBolt – Ajeet RaiRai (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc PolmansPolmans – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Omar JasikaJasika – Takuya KumasakaKumasaka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jake DelaneyDelaney – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandre BakshiBakshi – Yuki MochizukiMochizuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian LangmoLangmo – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Blake EllisEllis – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Masamichi ImamuraImamura – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Ryuki MatsudaMatsuda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze – Dane SweenySweeny (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Seita WatanabeWatanabe – Blake MottMott (0-0) – H2H and prediction