Mukund Sasikumar and Strong Kirchheimer will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Little Rock Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mukund Sasikumar who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mukund Sasikumar is the pick to win this match.
Mukund Sasikumar -> 1.77
Strong Kirchheimer -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Mukund Sasikumar vs. Strong Kirchheimer
There is no head to head record between Mukund Sasikumar and Strong Kirchheimer since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Mukund Sasikumar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-17 | 21-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-31 | 21-25 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-35 | 33-21 | 6-7 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-32 | 25-24 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-9 | 4-4 | 0-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 431, Sasi got to the qualifications after defeating Michail Pervolarakis 6-4 7-67.
In the qualifications, Sasi had a good straight sets win against Pervolarakis (6-4 7-67). During the match, Kumar Mukund scored 76 points vs Pervolarakis’s 71. Sasi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kumar Mukund recorded 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Mukund Sasikumar was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (30/37) of his 1st serve and 56% (22/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Sasi was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Pervolarakis twice.
Kumar Mukund has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 54% of his matches (270-231). 6-6 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kumar Mukund has an overall199-148 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Indian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Forli 1 Challenger.
Kumar Mukund has an overall 16-13 win-loss record in 2022, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
Strong Kirchheimer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-16 | 9-8 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-29 | 19-16 | 2-4 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-30 | 17-12 | 7-11 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-21 | 12-15 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 564, the American got to the qualifications after beating Jc Aragone 3-6 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications against Aragone, Strong recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Kirchheimer scored 95 points vs Aragone’s 91. Strong was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Kirchheimer wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Strong Kirchheimer lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kirchheimer put 69% of his first serves in, winning 65% (44/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Aragone 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
The American has an overall 10-12 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kumar Mukund | Kirchheimer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 27 |
| Pts | 76-71 | 95-91 |
| Total Points | 147 | 186 |
| Winners | 30 | 44 |
| %Winners | 39% | 46% |
Both Kumar Mukund and Kirchheimer played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Strong Kirchheimer lost 1 set while Mukund Sasikumar hasn’t lost a set so far. Kumar Mukund has played 1 set(s) less than Kirchheimer (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kumar Mukund played 4 games less than Kirchheimer. Sasi scored 30 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Kirchheimer made 44 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kumar Mukund | Kirchheimer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 0 |
| 1st in | 37/76 | 68/98 |
| %1st in | 49% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 30/37 | 44/68 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 22/39 | 13/30 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 43% |
Kumar Mukund struck 4 aces . Kirchheimer didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kumar Mukund won 81% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Kirchheimer won 65% 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 | Kumar Mukund | Kirchheimer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/2 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 100% | 56% |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 |
| Saved | 4 | 6 |
| % Saved | 80% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Sasi broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. The Indian conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Strong broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kumar Mukund | |||
| Q1 Pervolarakis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 76-71 | 76-71 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 37/76 | 37/76 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 30/37 | 30/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/39 | 22/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kirchheimer | |||
| Q1 Aragone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 95-91 | 95-91 | |
| Total points | 186 | 186 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 68/98 | 68/98 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 44/68 | 44/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 13/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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