Mert Alkaya and Colin Sinclair will face off in the 1st round of the Samsun Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mert Alkaya who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mert Alkaya is the pick to win this match.
Mert Alkaya -> 1.176
Colin Sinclair -> 4.25
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Prediction and head to head Mert Alkaya vs. Colin Sinclair
There is no head to head record between Mert Alkaya and Colin Sinclair since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Mert Alkaya
35 - 20win/loss
317
295
WWWWLLLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43-26 | 36-20 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 55-24 | 55-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-21 | 20-7 | 15-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-17 | 10-5 | 21-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 298 (career-high), Alkaya will start his run in the Samsun Challenger after he played his last match in the Segovia Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-2 to Pavlovic in the quarter on the 24th of July.
Mert has a composed 35-20 win-loss record in 2026, 32-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Alkaya’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.
Talking about his overall career, The Turk has an overall 201-141 record. He has a positive 120-56 record on hard.
Previously in the Samsun Challenger
Alkaya has never competed in this tournament before.
Colin Sinclair
31 - 17win/loss
485
340
LWLWWLLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42-26 | 25-22 | 5-1 | 3-2 | 9-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 26-26 | 23-25 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 22-17 | 18-15 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-32 | 31-25 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-22 | 22-14 | 7-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 511, the Australian will start his run in the Samsun Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Brisbane where he lost 7-6(5) 7-6(1) to Hulme in the quarter on the 17th of July.
Colin has a composed 31-17 win-loss record in 2026, 14-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Colin’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Wodonga and M25 Anning.
In terms of his career, Colin has an overall 293-202 record. He has a positive 176-134 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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- Ergi KirkinKirkin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dan AddedAdded – Lucas PoullainPoullain (1-1) – H2H and prediction
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