Alex Rybakov and Ezekiel Clark will square off in the 1st round of the Champaign Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on THE SCHWARTZ COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Rybakov who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alex Rybakov is the pick to win this match.
Alex Rybakov -> 1.189
Ezekiel Clark -> 4.3

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Prediction and head to head Alex Rybakov vs. Ezekiel Clark

There is no head to head record between Alex Rybakov and Ezekiel Clark since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Alex Rybakov

Alex Rybakov

29 - 18win/loss

Hard
11-7
I Hard
6-3
Clay
12-8
Rank
575
High
289
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 29-20 11-8 12-8 6-4 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
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Ranked no. 576, Alex got to the 1st round after beating Drew Van Orderlain 6-3 7-6(2) and Zachary Viiala 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications, Alex had a good straight sets win against Viiala (6-3 6-4). During the match, Rybakov scored 61 points vs Viiala’s 49. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Rybakov managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alex Rybakov was very efficient on serve to win 79% (30/38) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Viiala twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alex started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Rybakov has positive record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (213-149). 5-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rybakov has a compiled 30-21 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Rybakov’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Sunrise.

The American has an overall 28-18 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Champaign Challenger

Champaign Challenger
Rybakov's Record

Ezekiel Clark

Ezekiel Clark

21 - 27win/loss

Hard
17-20
I Hard
4-7
Rank
780
High
469
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 21-27 17-20 0-0 4-7 0-0 0-0
2023 29-28 20-16 1-2 8-10 0-0 0-0
2022 43-33 37-22 5-5 1-6 0-0 0-0
2021 22-18 17-14 4-2 1-2 0-0 0-0
2020 2-3 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 818, Clark got to the 1st round after defeating Gabrielius Guzauskas 6-1 1-6 6-1 and Oliver Okonkwo 2-6 7-5 6-3.

In the qualifications against Okonkwo, Clark recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-3).During the match Clark scored less points (3) than Okonkwo. In fact, the world no. 576 won 85 points vs Okonkwo’s. That means that Clark was more focused during the important points. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about serving, Clark made 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ezekiel Clark lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Clark put 77% of his first serves in, winning 60% (45/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the 2nd serve. Ezekiel broke Okonkwo 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Daegu.

Ezekiel has an aggregate 21-26 win-loss record in 2024, 4-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Champaign Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022. See his history.

Champaign Challenger
Clark's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Rybakov
E.Clark
2h:55
2h:55
Time on court​
3h:36
3h:36
1h:20
1h:20
Last match​
!
2h:04
2h:04
2
2
Match played
2
2
41
41
Games Played​
50
50
4
4
Set played​​
6
6
142
142
Total points​
156
156
71
71
Avg point​
78
78
59
59
Winners
78
78
29.5
29.5
Avg Winners​
39
39
42%
42%
Ratio winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
5
5
4
4
Avg Aces
2.5
2.5
3
3
Double Faults
8
8
1.5
1.5
Avg Double Faults
4
4
59/76
59/76
1st won total​
78/120
78/120
!
78%
78%
1st won %
65%
65%
26/38
26/38
2nd won total​
25/49
25/49
!
68%
68%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
5/23
5/23
BP won
8/13
8/13
2.5/11.5
2.5/11.5
Avg BP won
4/6.5
4/6.5
!
22%
22%
Won
!
62%
62%
2
2
Conceded
19
19
1
1
Avg Conceded
9.5
9.5
1
1
Broken
6
6
!
0.5
0.5
Avg Broken
3
3
1
1
Saved
13
13
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Rybakov Clark
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 6
Tot Games 41 50
Pts 142-114 156-149
Total Points 256 305
Winners 59 78
%Winners 42% 50%

Both Rybakov and Clark played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ezekiel Clark lost 2 sets while Alex Rybakov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Rybakov has played 2 set(s) less than Clark (4 vs 6). Therefore, Rybakov played 9 games less than Clark. The American scored 59 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Ezekiel recorded 78 winners (50%).

Serve Performance

Serve Rybakov Clark
Aces 8 5
Avg per match 4 2.5
1st in 76/114 120/169
%1st in 67% 71%
1st pts 59/76 78/120
%1st pts 78% 65%
2nd pts 26/38 25/49
%2nd pts 68% 51%

Rybakov recorded 8 aces (4 per match). Clark struck 5 aces (2.5 per match). Rybakov won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Clark won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Rybakov Clark
Won 5 8
Converted 5/23 8/13
% Converted 22% 62%
Conceded 2 19
Saved 1 13
% Saved 50% 68%
Times Broken 1 6

Alex broke his opponents 5 times with a 22% conversion rate. Rybakov conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. Clark conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.

Rybakov
Q1
Van Orderlain		 Q3
Viiala		 Total
Score 6-3 7-62 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 22 19 41
pts 81-65 61-49 142-114
Total points 146 110 256
Winners 29 30 59
%Winners 36% 49% 42%
SERVE
Aces 3 5 8
Double Faults 2 1 3
1st in 38/60 38/54 76/114
% 1st in 63% 70% 67%
1st pts 29/38 30/38 59/76
% 1st pts 76% 79% 78%
2nd pts 15/22 11/16 26/38
% 2nd pts 68% 69% 68%
Breaks
Won 3 2 5
Converted 3/13 2/10 5/23
Converted % 23% 20% 22%
Conceded 1 1 2
Saved 0/1 1/1 1
Saved % 0% 100% 50%
Times Broken 1 0 1
Clark
Q1
Guzauskas		 Q3
Okonkwo		 Total
Score 6-1 1-6 6-1 2-6 7-5 6-3
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 21 29 50
pts 71-61 85-88 156-149
Total points 132 173 305
Winners 33 45 78
%Winners 46% 53% 50%
SERVE
Aces 2 3 5
Double Faults 6 2 8
1st in 45/72 75/97 120/169
% 1st in 63% 77% 71%
1st pts 33/45 45/75 78/120
% 1st pts 73% 60% 65%
2nd pts 12/27 13/22 25/49
% 2nd pts 44% 59% 51%
Breaks
Won 4 4 8
Converted 4/7 4/6 8/13
Converted % 57% 67% 62%
Conceded 7 12 19
Saved 5/7 8/12 13
Saved % 71% 67% 69%
Times Broken 2 4 6

Tennis Scores in Champaign Challenger

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