Andy Murray and Nick Kyrgios will face off in the semifinal of the Mercedes Cup for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Nick Kyrgios who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nick Kyrgios is the pick to win this match.
Nick Kyrgios -> 1.75
Andy Murray -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Andy Murray vs. Nick Kyrgios
This will be the 7th time that Andy Murray and Nick Kyrgios square off. The head to head is 5-1 for Murray (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on grass.
The last time that they played, Kyrgios won 2-6 7-6(4) 7-5 in the 1st round in London Queens Club back in 2018.
Andy Murray
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-13 | 5-6 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-18 | 13-10 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 11-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-20 | 12-11 | 2-0 | 5-5 | 10-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-16 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 12-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-4 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 68, Andy reached the semifinal after beating Christopher O Connell 6-4 6-3, Alexander Bublik 6-3 7-64 and Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-64 6-3.
In the quarter, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Tsitsipas (7-64 6-3). During the match, Murray scored 66 points vs Tsitsipas’s 60. The Brit was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Murray bagged 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Andy Murray was very effective on serve to win 82% (37/45) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brit broke Tsitsipas once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Andy hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Murray has an impressive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 77% of his matches (337-103). 6-1 on grass in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Murray has a compiled 55-10 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
Murray’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Sydney.
Murray has an overall 18-9 win-loss record in 2022, 6-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Stuttgart
The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.
Nick Kyrgios
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-10 | 23-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 12-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-8 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 78, the Australian reached the semifinal after defeating Jiri Lehecka 7-63 6-3, Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-74 6-4 6-3 and Marton Fucsovics 7-63 3-0 ret..
In the quarter, Kyrgios had a good straight sets win against Fucsovics (7-63 3-0 ret.). During the match Kyrgios scored 51 points vs Fucsovics’s 38. Kyrgios was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Kyrgios scored 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nick Kyrgios was quite effective on serve to win 85% (22/26) of his 1st serve and 78% (14/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kyrgios broke Fucsovics once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Kyrgios’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Houston.
Nick has an aggregate 12-4 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Murray | Kyrgios |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 63 | 70 |
| Pts | 216-184 | 228-184 |
| Total Points | 400 | 412 |
| Winners | 100 | 111 |
| %Winners | 46% | 49% |
Both Murray and Kyrgios played 3 matches. At the moment, Nick Kyrgios surrendered 1 set while Andy Murray hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Murray has played 2 set(s) less than Kyrgios (6 vs 8). Therefore, Murray played 7 games less than Kyrgios. The Brit scored 100 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian recorded 111 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Murray | Kyrgios |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 44 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 14.7 |
| 1st in | 127/203 | 132/199 |
| %1st in | 63% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 100/127 | 111/132 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 42/76 | 46/67 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 69% |
Murray bagged 18 aces (6 per match). Kyrgios struck 44 aces (14.7 per match). Murray won 79% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Kyrgios won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Murray | Kyrgios |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 5 |
| Converted | 8/21 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 38% | 38% |
| Conceded | 10 | 3 |
| Saved | 7 | 3 |
| % Saved | 70% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
The Brit broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Brit surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Kyrgios was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Murray | |||||
| R1 O |
R2 Bublik |
1/4 Tsitsipas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 7-64 | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 | 22 | 63 | |
| pts | 72-59 | 78-65 | 66-60 | 216-184 | |
| Total points | 131 | 143 | 126 | 400 | |
| Winners | 23 | 40 | 37 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 51% | 56% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 26/53 | 56/82 | 45/68 | 127/203 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 68% | 66% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 23/26 | 40/56 | 37/45 | 100/127 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 71% | 82% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 14/26 | 15/23 | 42/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 54% | 65% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 3/5 | 1/4 | 8/21 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 60% | 25% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 5/7 | 1/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 71% | 100% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Kyrgios | |||||
| R1 Lehecka |
R2 Basilashvili |
1/4 Fucsovics |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-3 | 6-74 6-4 6-3 | 7-63 3-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 32 | 16 | 70 | |
| pts | 76-61 | 101-85 | 51-38 | 228-184 | |
| Total points | 137 | 186 | 89 | 412 | |
| Winners | 40 | 49 | 22 | 111 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 49% | 43% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 18 | 20 | 6 | 44 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 47/70 | 59/85 | 26/44 | 132/199 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 69% | 59% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 40/47 | 49/59 | 22/26 | 111/132 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 83% | 85% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 18/26 | 14/18 | 46/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 69% | 78% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 3/8 | 1/2 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 38% | 50% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | – | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
L Tennis Scores in Stuttgart
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Oscar OtteOtte – Benjamin BonziBonzi (w/o) – See score progression
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (7-63 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Tim Puetz/Michael VenusPuetz/Michael Venus – Benjamin Bonzi/Arthur RinderknechBonzi/Arthur Rinderknech (7-66 3-6 10-7) – See score progression
- Hubert Hurkacz/Mate PavicHurkacz/Mate Pavic – Petros Tsitsipas/Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas/Stefanos Tsitsipas (4-6 7-63 10-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andy MurrayMurray – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (5-1) – H2H and prediction
- Oscar OtteOtte – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-2) – H2H and prediction
