Edas Butvilas and Jerome Kym will square off in the quarter of the Porto Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:30 pm on Court 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jerome Kym who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jerome Kym is the pick to win this match.
Jerome Kym -> 1.71
Edas Butvilas -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Edas Butvilas vs. Jerome Kym
There is no head to head record between Edas Butvilas and Jerome Kym since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Edas Butvilas
36 - 26win/loss
203
194
WWLWLLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36-26 | 24-11 | 12-11 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 32-32 | 20-12 | 2-10 | 10-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 54-26 | 28-12 | 26-11 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 9-9 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 203, Edas reached the quarter after beating Michael Geerts 6-4 6-1 and Moez Echargui 6-1 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Butvilas had a good straight sets win against Echargui (6-1 7-5). During the match, Butvilas scored 71 points vs Echargui’s 50. Butvilas was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Butvilas scored just 1 ace during the match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Edas Butvilas was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Butvilas broke Echargui 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
ATP Porto Challenger - Edas Butvilas's projected path
Butvilas has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 57% of his matches (159-122). 24-11 on hard in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Butvilas has an aggregate87-47 record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Lexington Challenger where he defeated Andre Ilagan in the final 6-2 1-6 7-6(6).
Butvilas has a composed 36-26 win-loss record in 2026, 24-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
Jerome Kym
22 - 16win/loss
286
123
WWLLWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22-16 | 4-3 | 11-7 | 4-4 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 24-20 | 6-3 | 17-13 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 59-20 | 14-4 | 37-11 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-9 | 0-0 | 18-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
| 2022 | 41-22 | 17-5 | 12-9 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
Ranked no. 286, Jerome reached the quarter after defeating Tiago Torres 3-6 7-5 6-1 and Toby Samuel 6-2 4-6 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Jerome defeated Samuel (6-2 4-6 6-2). During the match Kym scored 86 points vs Samuel’s 73. Jerome was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Kym managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jerome Kym lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kym put 67% of his first serves in, winning 75% (42/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. Jerome broke Samuel 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
ATP Porto Challenger - Jerome Kym's projected path
Kym’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Hagen Challenger.
Jerome has an overall 22-16 win-loss record in 2026, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Kym has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Butvilas | Kym |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 54 |
| Pts | 137-91 | 182-154 |
| Total Points | 228 | 336 |
| Winners | 55 | 80 |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% |
Both Butvilas and Kym played 2 matches. At the moment, Jerome Kym conceded 2 sets while Edas Butvilas hasn’t dropped a set so far. Butvilas has played 2 set(s) less than Kym (4 vs 6). Therefore, Butvilas played 18 games less than Kym. Butvilas scored 55 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Jerome fired 80 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Butvilas | Kym |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 10.5 |
| 1st in | 74/115 | 105/171 |
| %1st in | 64% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 55/74 | 80/105 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 23/41 | 30/66 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 45% |
Butvilas made 8 aces (4 per match). Kym recorded 21 aces (10.5 per match). Butvilas won 74% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Kym won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Butvilas | Kym |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 10 |
| Converted | 9/20 | 10/19 |
| % Converted | 45% | 53% |
| Conceded | 7 | 15 |
| Saved | 5 | 10 |
| % Saved | 71% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Butvilas broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Lithuanian lost his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Jerome conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Butvilas | |||
| R2 Echargui |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 71-50 | 71-50 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 30/56 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 23/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 15/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 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 | |
| Kym | ||||
| R1 Torres |
R2 Samuel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 6-1 | 6-2 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 26 | 54 | |
| pts | 96-81 | 86-73 | 182-154 | |
| Total points | 177 | 159 | 336 | |
| Winners | 38 | 42 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 49% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 13 | 8 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 49/87 | 56/84 | 105/171 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 67% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 38/49 | 42/56 | 80/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 75% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/38 | 12/28 | 30/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 43% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/8 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 63% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5/7 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 71% | 134% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
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