Oleksii Krutykh and Christopher Heyman will face off in the qualifications of the Murcia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on PISTA 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Oleksii Krutykh who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Oleksii Krutykh is the pick to win this match.
Oleksii Krutykh -> 1.44
Christopher Heyman -> 2.71
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Prediction and head to head Oleksii Krutykh vs. Christopher Heyman
There is no head to head record between Oleksii Krutykh and Christopher Heyman since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Oleksii Krutykh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-40 | 12-8 | 29-31 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-32 | 13-8 | 15-16 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 49-27 | 2-3 | 44-20 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-25 | 8-3 | 32-20 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 13-7 | 7-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 387, the Ukrainian got to the qualifications after beating Benjamin Winter Lopez 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, Oleksii had a good straight sets win against Winter Lopez (6-3 6-3). During the match, Krutykh scored 83 points vs Winter Lopez’s 70. Krutykh was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Krutykh recorded 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Oleksii Krutykh lost the serve once and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Krutykh put 66% of his first serves in, winning 63% (31/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the 2nd serve. Oleksii broke Winter Lopez 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Krutykh has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 65% of his matches (75-40). 11-3 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Krutykh has an overall50-27 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.
Krutykh’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Antalya.
Krutykh has a composed 12-3 win-loss record in 2022, 11-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Krutykh has never competed in this tournament before.
Christopher Heyman
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-16 | 3-2 | 16-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-23 | 4-5 | 23-13 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 16-9 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 8-1 |
| 2019 | 47-22 | 7-4 | 25-11 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
Ranked no. 425, Heyman reached the qualifications after defeating Ryan Nijboer 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications, Heyman had a good straight sets win against Nijboer (6-4 6-1). During the match Heyman scored 64 points vs Nijboer’s 44. Heyman was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Heyman recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Christopher Heyman was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (26/35) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Christopher broke Nijboer 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
The Belgian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Vale do Lobo.
Christopher has a compiled 5-4 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Krutykh | Heyman |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 |
| Pts | 83-70 | 64-44 |
| Total Points | 153 | 108 |
| Winners | 31 | 26 |
| %Winners | 37% | 41% |
Both Krutykh and Heyman played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Krutykh and Heyman have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Krutykh played 1 game more than Heyman. The Ukrainian scored 31 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Heyman fired 26 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Krutykh | Heyman |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 49/74 | 35/55 |
| %1st in | 66% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 31/49 | 26/35 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 14/20 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 70% |
Krutykh blasted 2 aces . Heyman scored 2 aces . Krutykh won 63% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Heyman won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Krutykh | Heyman |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 44% | 50% |
| Conceded | 10 | 1 |
| Saved | 9 | 1 |
| % Saved | 90% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Oleksii broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Ukrainian conceded his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded. The Belgian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Heyman was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Krutykh | |||
| Q1 Winter |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 83-70 | 83-70 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 49/74 | 49/74 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 31/49 | 31/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 14/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 9/10 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 90% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Heyman | |||
| Q1 Nijboer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 64-44 | 64-44 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 35/55 | 35/55 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 26/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 14/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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