Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Ergi Kirkin will play each other in the 1st round of the Sibiu Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2 pm on Court 5. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves is the pick to win this match.
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves -> 1.4
Ergi Kirkin -> 2.86
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Prediction and head to head Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves vs. Ergi Kirkin
There is no head to head record between Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Ergi Kirkin since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
Ranked no. 354, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves will start his run in the Sibiu Challenger after he played his last match in the Iasi Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-7(5) 6-2 to Andujar in the quarter the 18th of September.
The Brazilian has a 9-5 win-loss record in 2020, 9-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves’s best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in the Punta Del Este Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Brazilian has an overall 164-93 record. He has positive 142-78 record on clay.
Last year in the Sibiu Challenger
The Brazilian didn’t play in the Sibiu Challenger in 2019.
Ergi Kirkin
Ranked no. 515, Kirkin got to the 1st round after defeating David Poljak 7-66 6-2 and Vladyslav Orlov 2-6 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications against Orlov, Ergi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-1). During the match Kirkin scored 83 points vs Orlov’s 80. Ergi was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Kirkin scored 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve 6 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 56% of his first serves in, winning 56% (29/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (20/41) on the 2nd serve. Ergi broke Orlov 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kirkin has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Turk’s best result of the current season was reaching the semi-finals in M15 Sharm El Sheikh.
Ergi has a 8-5 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Sibiu Challenger
Ergi didn’t compete in the Sibiu Challenger in 2019.
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Sibiu Challenger
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Vladyslav OrlovOrlov (2-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Elmar EjupovicEjupovic – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (6-4 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Mathieu PerchicotPerchicot – Benjamin LockLock (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
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