Ergi Kirkin and Cezar Cretu will play each other in the qualifications of the Zadar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ergi Kirkin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ergi Kirkin is the pick to win this match.
Ergi Kirkin -> 1.64
Cezar Cretu -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Ergi Kirkin vs. Cezar Cretu
There is no head to head record between Ergi Kirkin and Cezar Cretu since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Ergi Kirkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-15 | 11-4 | 19-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-26 | 3-4 | 39-15 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 3-5 | 27-19 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-27 | 4-8 | 29-16 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-8 | 14-3 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 357, Ergi reached the qualifications after defeating Admir Kalender 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, Kirkin had a good straight sets win against Kalender (6-3 6-1). During the match, Kirkin scored 67 points vs Kalender’s 45. Kirkin was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kirkin scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 55% of his first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the 2nd serve. The Turk broke Kalender 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Kirkin has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (131-88). 9-5 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kirkin has an overall86-48 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Ergi’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Rovinj.
Ergi has a compiled 9-6 win-loss record in 2022, 9-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Ergi has never competed in this tournament before.
Cezar Cretu
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-11 | 0-0 | 23-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-22 | 13-9 | 42-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 60-26 | 0-0 | 60-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-19 | 0-3 | 41-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-9 | 14-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 551 (career-high), Cezar got to the qualifications after beating Dragos Nicolae Madaras 6-2 4-6 7-66.
In the qualifications, Cretu defeated Nicolae Madaras (6-2 4-6 7-66). During the match Cretu scored 118 points vs Nicolae Madaras’s 110. Cretu was quite aggressive to blast 48 winners.
About the serving games, Cretu blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Cezar Cretu lost the serve 5 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Cretu put 67% of his first serves in, winning 69% (48/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (15/35) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Nicolae Madaras 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Cretu’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya.
Cretu has an overall 18-5 win-loss record in 2022, 18-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kirkin | Cretu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 31 |
| Pts | 67-45 | 118-110 |
| Total Points | 112 | 228 |
| Winners | 23 | 48 |
| %Winners | 34% | 41% |
Both Kirkin and Cretu played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Cezar Cretu dropped 1 set while Ergi Kirkin hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kirkin has played 1 set(s) less than Cretu (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kirkin played 15 games less than Cretu. Kirkin scored 23 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Cretu scored 48 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kirkin | Cretu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4 |
| 1st in | 33/60 | 70/105 |
| %1st in | 55% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 23/33 | 48/70 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 15/35 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 43% |
Kirkin scored 1 ace . Cretu also struck 4 aces . Kirkin won 70% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Cretu won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kirkin | Cretu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 45% | 46% |
| Conceded | 7 | 12 |
| Saved | 6 | 7 |
| % Saved | 86% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
Kirkin broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Kirkin surrendered his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. The Romanian broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Cretu conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kirkin | |||
| Q1 Kalender |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 67-45 | 67-45 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/60 | 33/60 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 23/33 | 23/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Cretu | |||
| Q1 Nicolae |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 118-110 | 118-110 | |
| Total points | 228 | 228 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 70/105 | 70/105 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 48/70 | 48/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/35 | 15/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 7/12 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 58% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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