Joao Menezes and Ergi Kirkin will square off in the 1st round of the Heilbronn Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Joao Menezes who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Joao Menezes is the pick to win this match.
Joao Menezes -> 1.61
Ergi Kirkin -> 2.26
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Â
Prediction and head to head Joao Menezes vs. Ergi Kirkin
This will be the 2nd time that Joao Menezes and Ergi Kirkin play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kirkin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Kirkin won 6-2 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in the Istanbul Challenger back in January 2021.
Joao Menezes
Ranked no. 196, Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes reached the 1st round after defeating Nicola Kuhn 6-1 6-4.
Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (197-139). 8-11 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes has a 123-87 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Joao has a 12-16 win-loss record in 2021, 8-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Heilbronn Challenger
Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes has never competed in this tournament before.
Ergi Kirkin
Ranked no. 402, the Turk got to the 1st round after beating Mikael Torpegaard 6-4 6-1 and Zizou Bergs 2-6 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Bergs, Kirkin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-4).-91) than Bergs. In fact, the world no. 196 won 91 points vs Bergs’s. That means that Kirkin was more focused during the important points. Kirkin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Kirkin managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 51% of his first serves in, winning 64% (34/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (29/51) on the 2nd serve. Kirkin broke Bergs twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Turk started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Kirkin has a 12-10 win-loss record in 2021, 7-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 44 |
| Pts | 69-54 | 156-145 |
| Total Points | 123 | 301 |
| Winners | 30 | 62 |
| %Winners | 43% | 40% |
Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes played 1 match while Kirkin competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Ergi Kirkin dropped 1 set while Joao Menezes hasn’t lost a set so far. Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes has played 3 set(s) less than Kirkin (2 vs 5). Therefore, Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes played 27 games less than Kirkin. Joao scored 30 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Turk bagged 62 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 43/67 | 92/172 |
| %1st in | 64% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 62/92 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 43/80 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 54% |
Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes blasted 1 ace . Kirkin also bagged 6 aces (3 per match). Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes won 70% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Kirkin won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/10 | 6/16 |
| % Converted | 30% | 38% |
| Conceded | 6 | 15 |
| Saved | 6 | 12 |
| % Saved | 100% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Joao pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points. Kirkin broke his opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Kirkin conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes | ||||
| Q1 Kuhn |
Q3 Janvier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 36 | |
| pts | 69-54 | – | 69-54 | |
| Total points | 123 | 0 | 123 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | ||
| %Winners | 43% | NAN% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1st in | 43/67 | / | 43/67 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | – | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | / | 30/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | – | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | / | 14/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | – | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | ||
| Converted | 3/10 | / | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | – | 30% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | ||
| Saved | 6/6 | 0/ | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kirkin | ||||
| Q1 Torpegaard |
Q3 Bergs |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 2-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 27 | 44 | |
| pts | 65-53 | 91-92 | 156-145 | |
| Total points | 118 | 183 | 301 | |
| Winners | 28 | 34 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 37% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 39/68 | 53/104 | 92/172 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 51% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 34/53 | 62/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 64% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 29/51 | 43/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 57% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 2/9 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 22% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 7/9 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 78% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
LWWLLW
LWWWWWWLWL Tennis Scores in Heilbronn Challenger
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-73 6-4 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (7-64 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sumit NagalNagal – Denis KudlaKudla (7-5 1-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Oscar OtteOtte – Jiri VeselyVesely (7-62 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Taro DanielDaniel – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (7-5 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-3 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Maxime JanvierJanvier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mats MoraingMoraing – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oscar OtteOtte – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (4-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dennis NovakNovak – Yannick MadenMaden (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Joao MenezesMenezes (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Antoine HoangHoang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
