ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Carlos Taberner, Jozef Kovalik, Joao Menezes and Facundo Bagnis are going to compete on Wednesday at the Istanbul Challenger on COURT 1.
Carlos Taberner vs. Jozef Kovalik
Head to head 1-1
Carlos Taberner will play Jozef Kovalik in the 2nd round for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 1.
Carlos Taberner: ranking and results
Ranked no. 143, Taberner reached the 2nd round after defeating Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-4 6-2.
Carlos has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Istanbul Challenger Taberner didn’t play in the Istanbul Challenger in 2020.
Jozef Kovalik: ranking and results
Ranked no. 131, Jozef reached the 2nd round after beating Altug Celikbilek 7-5 2-6 6-4.
The Slovakian has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Istanbul Challenger Kovalik didn’t compete in the Istanbul Challenger in 2020.
Head to head analysis
This will be the 3rd time that Carlos Taberner and Jozef Kovalik play each other. Their current record is 1-1 for Taberner and Kovalik (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time they locked horns, Taberner won 7-6(3) 6-1 in the quarter in the Maia Challenger back in 2020.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Taberner who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Carlos Taberner is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Taberner -> 1.63
Jozef Kovalik -> 2.22
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Joao Menezes vs. Ergi Kirkin
Head to head 0-0
Joao Menezes will fight against Ergi Kirkin in the 2nd round for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 1.
Joao Menezes: ranking and results
Ranked no. 193, the Brazilian reached the 2nd round after defeating Marsel Ilhan 7-62 6-4, Roberto Cid Subervi 7-66 6-2 and Daniel Elahi Galan 7-65 6-3.
Joao has a 4-1 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Istanbul Challenger The Brazilian didn’t compete in the Istanbul Challenger in 2020.
Ergi Kirkin: ranking and results
Ranked no. 449, the Turk reached the 2nd round after defeating Paolo Lorenzi 6-4 6-2.
Ergi has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Istanbul Challenger The Turk lost in the 1st round 6-2 6-4 to Ilya Ivashka.
Head to head analysis
There is no head to head record between Joao Menezes and Ergi Kirkin since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joao Menezes who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Joao Menezes is the pick to win this match.
Joao Menezes -> 1.35
Ergi Kirkin -> 3.1
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Facundo Bagnis vs. Zhizhen Zhang
Head to head 0-0
Facundo Bagnis will play Zhizhen Zhang in the 1st round for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1.
Facundo Bagnis: ranking and results
Ranked no. 125, Facundo will start his run in Istanbul Challenger after he played his last match in Doha where he lost 7-66 7-5 to Ramanathan in the qualifications on the 10th of January.
The Argentine has a 0-1 win-loss record in 2021, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
Last year in the Istanbul Challenger Bagnis didn’t play in the Istanbul Challenger in 2020.
Zhizhen Zhang: ranking and results
Ranked no. 169, Zhizhen will start his run in Istanbul Challenger after he played his last match in Doha where he lost 6-1 4-6 6-1 to Torpegaard in the qualifications on the 12th of January.
Zhizhen has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2021, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.
Last year in the Istanbul Challenger Zhizhen didn’t compete in the Istanbul Challenger in 2020.
Head to head analysis
There is no head to head record between Facundo Bagnis and Zhizhen Zhang since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zhizhen Zhang who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zhizhen Zhang is the pick to win this match.
Zhizhen Zhang -> 2.7
Facundo Bagnis -> 1.44
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Last Results
These are the last results of the The Istanbul Challenger
- Joao MenezesMenezes – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (7-65 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (6-4 3-2 ret.) – Score progression – Stats
- Antoine HoangHoang – Emilio GomezGomez (6-73 6-2 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
- Federico GaioGaio – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Blaz RolaRola (6-4 2-1 ret.) – Score progression – Stats
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Cem IlkelIlkel (3-6 6-4 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Lukas RosolRosol (6-4 7-63) – Score progression – Stats
- Go SoedaSoeda – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-3 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-4 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (6-4 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (7-5 7-65) – Score progression – Stats
- Mohamed SafwatSafwat – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-4 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (7-5 2-6 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Danilo PetrovicPetrovic (6-4 7-66) – Score progression – Stats
Upcoming matches
These are the upcoming matches of the The Istanbul Challenger
- Go SoedaSoeda – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Antoine HoangHoang (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Federico GaioGaio – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Joao MenezesMenezes – Ergi KirkinKirkin (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Jozef KovalikKovalik (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Denis IstominIstomin (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Benjamin BonziBonzi (2-0) – H2H – Prediction
