Gian Marco Moroni and Ergi Kirkin will clash against each other in the quarter of the Rome 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:30 am on CAMPO CENTRALE. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gian Marco Moroni who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gian Marco Moroni is the pick to win this match.
Gian Marco Moroni -> 1.25
Ergi Kirkin -> 3.95
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Prediction and head to head Gian Marco Moroni vs. Ergi Kirkin
There is no head to head record between Gian Marco Moroni and Ergi Kirkin since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Gian Marco Moroni
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-12 | 7-5 | 6-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-26 | 4-6 | 16-18 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-27 | 2-3 | 25-20 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-10 | 5-4 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 178 (career-high), Gian reached the quarter after beating Gilles Simon 6-1 6-4 and Denis Yevseyev 6-0 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Gian had a good straight sets win against Yevseyev (6-0 6-1). During the match, Marco Moroni scored 51 points vs Yevseyev’s 22. Gian was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Marco Moroni couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Gian Marco Moroni lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Marco Moroni put 68% of his first serves in, winning 68% (19/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the 2nd serve. Marco Moroni broke Yevseyev 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 64% of the points he played.
Marco Moroni has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 55% of his matches (196-160). 4-7 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Marco Moroni has an aggregate164-123 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Gian has an aggregate 10-13 win-loss record in 2022, 4-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome 1 Challenger
Ergi Kirkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-16 | 11-4 | 22-11 | 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. 343, Ergi reached the quarter after beating John Echeverria 6-2 6-1, Ernests Gulbis 6-3 6-3, Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 6-4 7-63 and Leandro Riedi 2-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Riedi, Ergi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Kirkin scored 91 points vs Riedi’s 88. Kirkin was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Kirkin made 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 61% of his first serves in, winning 64% (30/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Kirkin broke Riedi 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
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 55% of the points he played.
Kirkin’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Rovinj.
Ergi has a composed 17-10 win-loss record in 2022, 17-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Marco Moroni | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 83 |
| Pts | 116-64 | 285-233 |
| Total Points | 180 | 518 |
| Winners | 44 | 89 |
| %Winners | 38% | 31% |
Marco Moroni played 2 matches while Kirkin competed in 4 matches. Kirkin started his run from the qualifications while Marco Moroni had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Ergi Kirkin lost 1 set while Gian Marco Moroni hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Marco Moroni has played 5 set(s) less than Kirkin (4 vs 9). Therefore, Marco Moroni played 53 games less than Kirkin. Gian scored 44 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Turk struck 89 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Marco Moroni | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 3.8 |
| 1st in | 64/96 | 124/241 |
| %1st in | 67% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 44/64 | 89/124 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 72/117 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 62% |
Marco Moroni managed to score 1 ace (0.5 per match). Kirkin also blasted 15 aces (3.8 per match). Marco Moroni won 69% points on his first serve. He very solid 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 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Marco Moroni | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 16 |
| Converted | 11/16 | 16/30 |
| % Converted | 69% | 53% |
| Conceded | 9 | 16 |
| Saved | 6 | 9 |
| % Saved | 67% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 7 |
Marco Moroni broke his opponents 11 times with a 69% conversion rate. Gian lost his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Kirkin broke his opponents 16 times with a 53% conversion rate. Ergi conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Marco Moroni | ||||
| R1 Simon |
R2 Yevseyev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 13 | 30 | |
| pts | 65-42 | 51-22 | 116-64 | |
| Total points | 107 | 73 | 180 | |
| Winners | 25 | 19 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 37% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/55 | 28/41 | 64/96 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 68% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 19/28 | 44/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 68% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 8/13 | 18/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 62% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 6/9 | 11/16 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 67% | 69% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 2/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Kirkin | ||||||
| Q1 Echeverria |
Q3 Gulbis |
R1 Stebe |
R2 Riedi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 7-63 | 2-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 83 | |
| pts | 54-30 | 68-53 | 72-62 | 91-88 | 285-233 | |
| Total points | 84 | 121 | 134 | 179 | 518 | |
| Winners | 12 | 24 | 23 | 30 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 22% | 35% | 32% | 33% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 14/40 | 33/61 | 30/63 | 47/77 | 124/241 | |
| % 1st in | 35% | 54% | 48% | 61% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 12/14 | 24/33 | 23/30 | 30/47 | 89/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 73% | 77% | 64% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/26 | 17/28 | 21/33 | 14/30 | 72/117 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 61% | 64% | 47% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/5 | 3/8 | 6/10 | 16/30 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 60% | 38% | 60% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/3 | 3/5 | 3/8 | 9 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 60% | 38% | 99% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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