Alafia Ayeni and Kiranpal Pannu will square off in the qualifications of the Newport Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alafia Ayeni who should win in 3 sets.
Alafia Ayeni -> 1.41
Kiranpal Pannu -> 2.73
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Prediction and head to head Alafia Ayeni vs. Kiranpal Pannu
There is no head to head record between Alafia Ayeni and Kiranpal Pannu since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Alafia Ayeni
10 - 12win/loss
731
395
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-21 | 9-9 | 6-7 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-34 | 30-24 | 6-8 | 0-2 | 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 |
Ranked no. 582, the American reached the qualifications after beating Gage Brymer 7-6(6) 6-4.
In the qualifications, Ayeni had a good straight sets win against Brymer (7-66 6-4). During the match, Ayeni scored 81 points vs Brymer’s 71. Alafia was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ayeni struck 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alafia Ayeni was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (37/47) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Brymer once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Ayeni has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (187-175). 1-0 on grass in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ayeni has a compiled 1-3 record in the last years on grass.
Ayeni has an aggregate 9-12 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Newport Challenger
Ayeni has never competed in this tournament before.
Kiranpal Pannu
9 - 15win/loss
853
437
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-15 | 6-9 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-29 | 23-18 | 7-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 14-15 | 5-7 | 1-2 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-25 | 20-8 | 17-10 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-14 | 12-9 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 771, the Kiwi got to the qualifications after beating Pranav Kumar 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Kiranpal had a good straight sets win against Kumar (6-3 6-4). During the match Pannu scored 70 points vs Kumar’s 53. Kiranpal was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Pannu scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Kiranpal Pannu was extremely effective on serve to win 85% (29/34) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Pannu broke Kumar twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
The Kiwi’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Huamantla.
The Kiwi has an overall 9-14 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ayeni | Pannu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 19 |
| Pts | 81-71 | 70-53 |
| Total Points | 152 | 123 |
| Winners | 37 | 29 |
| %Winners | 46% | 41% |
Both Ayeni and Pannu 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, Ayeni and Pannu have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ayeni played 4 games more than Pannu. Alafia scored 37 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Pannu made 29 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ayeni | Pannu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4 |
| 1st in | 47/74 | 34/57 |
| %1st in | 64% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 37/47 | 29/34 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 13/23 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 57% |
Ayeni managed to score 8 aces . Pannu managed to score 4 aces . Ayeni won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Pannu won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ayeni | Pannu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 2 |
| Converted | 1/4 | 2/7 |
| % Converted | 25% | 29% |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | 0% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Alafia broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. Ayeni was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Pannu broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Kiranpal was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Ayeni | |||
| Q1 Brymer | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 81-71 | 81-71 | |
| Total points | 152 | 152 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 47/74 | 47/74 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 37/47 | 37/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 1/4 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Pannu | |||
| Q1 Kumar | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 70-53 | 70-53 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/57 | 34/57 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 29/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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