Kevin King and Thiago Agustin Tirante will square off in the 2nd round of the Salinas Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kevin King who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kevin King is the pick to win this match.
Kevin King -> 1.89
Thiago Agustin Tirante -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Kevin King vs. Thiago Agustin Tirante
There is no head to head record between Kevin King and Thiago Agustin Tirante since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Kevin King
Ranked no. 316, Kevin got to the 2nd round after defeating Alejandro Tabilo 3-6 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round against Tabilo, King recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-1). During the match King scored 92 points vs Tabilo’s 80. King was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, King bagged 3 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Kevin King lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, King put 60% of his first serves in, winning 67% (35/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Kevin broke Tabilo 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
King has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (231-164). 4-3 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, King has a 150-97 record in the last years on hard.
The American has a 4-4 win-loss record in 2021, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Salinas Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Thiago Agustin Tirante
Ranked no. 391, Thiago got to the 2nd round after defeating Vladyslav Orlov 6-2 6-74 6-3.
In the 1st round, Agustin defeated Orlov (6-2 6-74 6-3). During the match Agustin scored 98 points vs Orlov’s 81. Agustin was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Agustin managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Thiago Agustin Tirante lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Agustin put 63% of his first serves in, winning 70% (37/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Thiago broke Orlov 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).
Agustin has a 4-3 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | King | Agustin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 30 |
| Pts | 92-80 | 98-81 |
| Total Points | 172 | 179 |
| Winners | 35 | 37 |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% |
Both King and Agustin played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Kevin King dropped 1 set, while Thiago Agustin Tirante surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, King and Agustin have played the same amount of sets 3. However, King played 4 games less than Agustin. Kevin scored 35 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine blasted 37 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | King | Agustin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 7 |
| 1st in | 52/86 | 53/84 |
| %1st in | 60% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 35/52 | 37/53 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 15/31 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 48% |
King scored 3 aces . Agustin scored 7 aces . King won 67% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Agustin won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | King | Agustin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 7/12 |
| % Converted | 50% | 58% |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 40% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Kevin broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. King surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Thiago broke his opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| King | |||
| R1 Tabilo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 92-80 | 92-80 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 52/86 | 52/86 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 35/52 | 35/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 17/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Agustin | |||
| R1 Orlov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-74 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 98-81 | 98-81 | |
| Total points | 179 | 179 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 53/84 | 53/84 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 37/53 | 37/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 15/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
LLWLWLLLLL Tennis Scores in Salinas Challenger
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Diego HidalgoHidalgo (6-3 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Emilio GomezGomez (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Skander MansouriMansouri (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Tak Khunn WangKhunn Wang – Marek GengelGengel (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-2 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo – Nick ChappellChappell (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Vladyslav OrlovOrlov (6-2 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (4-6 6-1 7-67) – See score progression
- Jelle SelsSels – Cayetano MarchMarch (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Kevin KingKing – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (3-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Shuichi SekiguchiSekiguchi – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-1 7-65) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Jesper De JongDe Jong (7-63 7-63) – See score progression
- Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-2 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Skander MansouriMansouri (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo – Nick ChappellChappell (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Jc AragoneAragone (6-2 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Emilio GomezGomez (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Diego HidalgoHidalgo (6-3 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Tak Khunn WangKhunn Wang – Marek GengelGengel (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Shuichi SekiguchiSekiguchi – Nicolas JarryJarry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jelle SelsSels – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Nicolas MejiaMejia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven – Aziz DougazDougaz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Tak Khunn WangKhunn Wang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Kevin KingKing (0-0) – H2H and prediction
