Alex Rybakov and Rafael Jodar will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Columbus Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 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 Rafael Jodar who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Rafael Jodar is the pick to win this match.
Rafael Jodar -> 1.35
Alex Rybakov -> 2.99

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Prediction and head to head Alex Rybakov vs. Rafael Jodar

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

Alex Rybakov

Ranked no. 315, Rybakov reached the 2^nd round after defeating Moerani Bouzige 6-1 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Bouzige (6-1 6-2). During the match, Rybakov scored 59 points vs Bouzige’s 34. Rybakov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Rybakov struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alex Rybakov was pretty efficient on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alex broke Bouzige 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Rybakov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (253-168). 15-3 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rybakov has a composed 46-25 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Alex’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Montreal,M25 Bakersfield,M25 Pensacola,M25 Tulsa and M25 Dallas.

The American has a compiled 43-20 win-loss record in 2025, 15-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Rafael Jodar

Ranked no. 325 (career-high), the Spaniard reached the 2^nd round after beating Nicolas Mejia 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Mejia (6-3 6-2). During the match Jodar scored 64 points vs Mejia’s 40. Rafael was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.

About the serving games, Jodar managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Rafael Jodar was very efficient on serve to win 76% (19/25) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Rafael broke Mejia 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

His best result of the year was winning the title the Hersonissos 3 Challenger where he overcame Dan Added in the final 6-4 6-2.

The Spaniard has a composed 24-9 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rybakov	Jodar
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	17
Pts	59-34	64-40
Total Points	93	104
Winners	26	19
%Winners	44%	30%

Both Rybakov and Jodar played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rybakov and Jodar have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Rybakov played 2 games less than Jodar. Rybakov scored 26 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Rafael managed to score 19 winners (30%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rybakov	Jodar
Aces	4	2
Avg per match	4	2
1st in	33/48	25/49
%1st in	69%	51%
1st pts	26/33	19/25
%1st pts	79%	76%
2nd pts	9/15	15/24
%2nd pts	60%	63%

Rybakov made 4 aces . Jodar fired 2 aces . Rybakov won 79% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Jodar won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rybakov	Jodar
Won	4	5
Converted	4/7	5/11
% Converted	57%	45%
Conceded	1	4
Saved	1	3
% Saved	100%	75%
Times Broken	0	1

Alex broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Rybakov had a solid display on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Spaniard broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Jodar conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Rybakov
	R1 Bouzige	Total
Score	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	59-34	59-34
Total points	93	93
Winners	26	26
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	33/48	33/48
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	26/33	26/33
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	9/15	9/15
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/7	4/7
Converted %	57%	57%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Jodar
	R1 Mejia	Total
Score	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	64-40	64-40
Total points	104	104
Winners	19	19
%Winners	30%	30%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	25/49	25/49
% 1st in	51%	51%
1st pts	19/25	19/25
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	15/24	15/24
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/11	5/11
Converted %	45%	45%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

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