Christopher Eubanks and Strong Kirchheimer will square off in the 2nd round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:30 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Christopher Eubanks who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Christopher Eubanks is the pick to win this match.
Christopher Eubanks -> 1.164
Strong Kirchheimer -> 4.9
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Prediction and head to head Christopher Eubanks vs. Strong Kirchheimer
This will be the 2nd time that Christopher Eubanks and Strong Kirchheimer clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Eubanks (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Eubanks won 7-6(4) 6-4 in the 2nd round in the New Haven Challenger back in 2019.
Christopher Eubanks
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-25 | 11-11 | 0-7 | 4-2 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-26 | 24-16 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 14-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-26 | 24-16 | 1-2 | 14-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-21 | 19-13 | 0-1 | 11-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-8 | 12-6 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 120 (career-high), the American got to the 2nd round after beating Nicolas Alvarez Varona 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Eubanks had a good straight sets win against Alvarez Varona (6-4 6-2). During the match, Eubanks scored 63 points vs Alvarez Varona’s 48. The American was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Eubanks struck 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Christopher Eubanks lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Eubanks put 77% of his first serves in, winning 75% (36/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Alvarez Varona 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Eubanks has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (165-127). 8-4 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Eubanks has an aggregate35-23 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Charlottesville Challenger.
Christopher has an overall 37-24 win-loss record in 2022, 8-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Strong Kirchheimer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-23 | 12-14 | 2-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-29 | 19-16 | 2-4 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-30 | 17-12 | 7-11 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-21 | 12-15 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 479, Kirchheimer reached the 2nd round after beating Enzo Wallart 6-2 1-0 ret., Patrick Maloney 7-63 6-4 and Gage Brymer 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, Strong had a good straight sets win against Brymer (6-3 6-1). During the match Kirchheimer scored 53 points vs Brymer’s 31. Kirchheimer was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Kirchheimer blasted 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Strong Kirchheimer was extremely effective on serve to win 92% (22/24) of his 1st serve and 83% (10/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kirchheimer broke Brymer 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Strong’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Harlingen.
Kirchheimer has a compiled 31-28 win-loss record in 2022, 7-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Eubanks | Kirchheimer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 48 |
| Pts | 63-48 | 167-123 |
| Total Points | 111 | 290 |
| Winners | 36 | 66 |
| %Winners | 57% | 40% |
Eubanks played 1 match while Kirchheimer competed in 3 matches. Kirchheimer started his run from the qualifications while Eubanks had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Eubanks has played 5 set(s) less than Kirchheimer (2 vs 7). Therefore, Eubanks played 30 games less than Kirchheimer. The American scored 36 winners (57% of the total points). On the other side, Strong struck 66 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Eubanks | Kirchheimer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 7.7 |
| 1st in | 48/62 | 83/132 |
| %1st in | 77% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 36/48 | 66/83 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 6/14 | 30/49 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 61% |
Eubanks scored 8 aces . Kirchheimer scored 23 aces (7.7 per match). Eubanks won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Kirchheimer won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Eubanks | Kirchheimer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 10 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 10/21 |
| % Converted | 67% | 48% |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 |
| Saved | 7 | 5 |
| % Saved | 88% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Eubanks broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Christopher lost his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Kirchheimer conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Eubanks | |||
| R1 Alvarez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 63-48 | 63-48 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 57% | 57% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 48/62 | 48/62 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 36/48 | 36/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kirchheimer | |||||
| Q1 Wallart |
Q3 Maloney |
R1 Brymer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 1-0 ret. | 7-63 6-4 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 9 | 23 | 16 | 48 | |
| pts | 38-25 | 76-67 | 53-31 | 167-123 | |
| Total points | 63 | 143 | 84 | 290 | |
| Winners | 8 | 36 | 22 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 21% | 47% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 12 | 10 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 13/26 | 46/70 | 24/36 | 83/132 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 66% | 67% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 8/13 | 36/46 | 22/24 | 66/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 78% | 92% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 12/24 | 10/12 | 30/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 50% | 83% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 2/6 | 4/9 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 33% | 44% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 75% | – | 142% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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