Alex Rybakov and Moerani Bouzige will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Columbus Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 8:00 pm on COURT 1. 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.
Alex Rybakov -> 1.38
Moerani Bouzige -> 2.85
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Prediction and head to head Alex Rybakov vs. Moerani Bouzige
This will be the 2nd time that Alex Rybakov and Moerani Bouzige face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Rybakov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Rybakov won 6-7(4) 7-6(5) 3-0 ret. in the qualifications in the Tyler Challenger back in June 2025.
Alex Rybakov
43 - 20win/loss
280
261
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47-26 | 24-13 | 8-6 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 315, Rybakov will start his run in the Columbus Challenger after he played his last match in the Salem Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Svajda in the 2nd round on the 10th of September.
The American has a compiled 42-20 win-loss record in 2025, 14-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Rybakov’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Montreal,M25 Bakersfield,M25 Pensacola,M25 Tulsa and M25 Dallas.
Talking about his overall career, Rybakov has an overall 263-179 record. He has a positive 45-25 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
Moerani Bouzige
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35-35 | 35-34 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-33 | 42-32 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-36 | 33-27 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-19 | 13-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-4 | 21-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 333, Moerani will start his run in the Columbus Challenger after he played his last match in the Salem Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-4 to Pinnington in the 1st round on the 9th of September.
Bouzige has a composed 29-27 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.
Moerani’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Noumea Challenger and M25 Santo Domingo.
In terms of his career, Moerani has an overall 188-157 record. He has a flat 0-0 record on indoor hard courts.
Tennis Scores in Columbus Challenger
- Michael ZhengZheng – Garrett JohnsJohns (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Philip SekulicSekulic (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alfredo PerezPerez – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (4-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Patrick MaloneyMaloney – Petr BrunclikBrunclik (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick MaloneyMaloney – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tyler ZinkZink – (2-1) – H2H and prediction