Zizou Bergs and Ergi Kirkin will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Heilbronn Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:30 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zizou Bergs who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zizou Bergs is the pick to win this match.
Zizou Bergs -> 1.42
Ergi Kirkin -> 2.78
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Prediction and head to head Zizou Bergs vs. Ergi Kirkin
This will be the 2nd time that Zizou Bergs and Ergi Kirkin square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kirkin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kirkin won 6-4 7-5 in the 1st round in Turkey F1 (Antalya) back in 2018.
Zizou Bergs
Ranked no. 264 (career high), Bergs got to the qualifications after defeating Daniel Masur 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Masur (6-1 6-3). During the match Bergs scored 62 points vs Masur’s 41. Zizou was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bergs scored 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Zizou Bergs was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (29/39) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zizou broke Masur 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Bergs has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 67% of his matches (156-78). 2-2 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bergs has a 63-39 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
Bergs’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger and the Lille Challenger.
The Belgian has a 21-7 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Heilbronn Challenger
Bergs has never competed in this tournament before.
Ergi Kirkin
Ranked no. 401, Ergi reached the qualifications after beating Mikael Torpegaard 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications, Kirkin had a good straight sets win against Torpegaard (6-4 6-1). During the match Kirkin scored 65 points vs Torpegaard’s 53. Kirkin was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Kirkin scored 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 57% of his first serves in, winning 72% (28/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. The Turk broke Torpegaard 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
The Turk has a 11-10 win-loss record in 2021, 6-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bergs | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 |
| Pts | 62-41 | 65-53 |
| Total Points | 103 | 118 |
| Winners | 29 | 28 |
| %Winners | 47% | 43% |
Both Bergs and Kirkin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bergs and Kirkin have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bergs played 1 game less than Kirkin. Zizou scored 29 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Ergi recorded 28 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bergs | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 3 |
| 1st in | 39/57 | 39/68 |
| %1st in | 68% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 29/39 | 28/39 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 14/29 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 48% |
Bergs bagged 7 aces . Kirkin struck 3 aces . Bergs won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Kirkin won 72% of the points behind 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 | Bergs | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 67% | 57% |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Belgian broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Zizou quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points. Kirkin broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Turk conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bergs | |||
| Q1 Masur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 62-41 | 62-41 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 39/57 | 39/57 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 29/39 | 29/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kirkin | |||
| Q1 Torpegaard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 65-53 | 65-53 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 39/68 | 39/68 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 28/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 14/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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