Ergi Kirkin and Luca Van Assche will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Blois Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 Luca Van Assche who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Van Assche is the pick to win this match.
Luca Van Assche -> 1.88
Ergi Kirkin -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Ergi Kirkin vs. Luca Van Assche
There is no head to head record between Ergi Kirkin and Luca Van Assche since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Ergi Kirkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-30 | 18-5 | 29-20 | 2-5 | 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. 312, Kirkin got to the qualifications after defeating Vincent Stouff 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Turk had a good straight sets win against Stouff (6-3 6-3). During the match, Kirkin scored 73 points vs Stouff’s 57. The Turk was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kirkin bagged 7 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Ergi Kirkin was very effective on serve to win 77% (33/43) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kirkin was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Stouff 3 times.
Kirkin has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (143-97). 21-12 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kirkin has a compiled98-55 record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Turk’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Rovinj and the Shymkent 1 Challenger.
Kirkin has a compiled 21-15 win-loss record in 2022, 21-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Blois Challenger
Ergi has never competed in this tournament before.
Luca Van Assche
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-38 | 15-15 | 8-10 | 10-11 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-30 | 1-7 | 15-11 | 15-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 55-31 | 0-1 | 40-20 | 15-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-22 | 3-2 | 8-7 | 15-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 383, Luca reached the qualifications after defeating Alexis Galarneau 1-6 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Galarneau, Luca recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Van scored 85 points vs Galarneau’s 84. Luca was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Van struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Luca Van Assche lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Van put 62% of his first serves in, winning 64% (34/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (19/32) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Galarneau 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Luca’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15+H Bagnoles de l’Orne.
Luca has a compiled 17-14 win-loss record in 2022, 10-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kirkin | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 26 |
| Pts | 73-57 | 85-84 |
| Total Points | 130 | 169 |
| Winners | 33 | 34 |
| %Winners | 45% | 40% |
Both Kirkin and Van played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Luca Van Assche dropped 1 set while Ergi Kirkin hasn’t lost a set so far. Kirkin has played 1 set(s) less than Van (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kirkin played 8 games less than Van. Ergi scored 33 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Luca made 34 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kirkin | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 3 |
| 1st in | 43/70 | 53/85 |
| %1st in | 61% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 33/43 | 34/53 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 19/32 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 59% |
Kirkin blasted 7 aces . Van made 3 aces . Kirkin won 77% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Van won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kirkin | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 100% | 38% |
| Conceded | 7 | 12 |
| Saved | 7 | 9 |
| % Saved | 100% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Ergi broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Kirkin extremely effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 7 break points. Luca broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kirkin | |||
| Q1 Stouff |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 73-57 | 73-57 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 43/70 | 43/70 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 33/43 | 33/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 14/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Van | |||
| Q1 Galarneau |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 85-84 | 85-84 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 53/85 | 53/85 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 34/53 | 34/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 19/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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