Sebastian Ofner and Koray Kirci will play each other in the quarter of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Ofner who should win in 2 sets.
Sebastian Ofner -> 1.138
Koray Kirci -> 5.4
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Ofner vs. Koray Kirci
There is no head to head record between Sebastian Ofner and Koray Kirci since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Sebastian Ofner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-25 | 6-8 | 8-13 | 1-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 60-31 | 12-10 | 37-13 | 7-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-18 | 4-4 | 21-12 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-24 | 4-6 | 4-8 | 7-6 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-17 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 209, the Austrian reached the quarter after beating Sarp Agabigun 6-2 6-4 and Illya Marchenko 6-1 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Marchenko (6-1 7-5). During the match, Ofner scored 70 points vs Marchenko’s 50. Sebastian was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ofner bagged 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Sebastian Ofner lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Ofner put 67% of his first serves in, winning 80% (32/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. The Austrian broke Marchenko 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ofner hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Ofner has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (235-180). 4-3 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Ofner has a compiled77-45 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
Ofner’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Prague 1 Challenger.
The Austrian has an overall 26-16 win-loss record in 2022, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Koray Kirci
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-23 | 7-10 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 14-21 | 10-14 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-27 | 6-4 | 15-22 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-20 | 0-2 | 16-16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Koray got to the quarter after defeating Aleksandre Metreveli 6-79 6-4 6-2 and Fernando Verdasco 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Kirci had a good straight sets win against Verdasco (6-4 6-3). During the match Kirci scored 61 points vs Verdasco’s 47. Kirci was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Kirci scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Koray Kirci was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (26/32) 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. Kirci broke Verdasco 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Koray has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Koray has an aggregate 16-20 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ofner | Kirci |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 50 |
| Pts | 134-93 | 165-139 |
| Total Points | 227 | 304 |
| Winners | 56 | 69 |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% |
Both Ofner and Kirci played 2 matches. At the moment, Koray Kirci lost 1 set while Sebastian Ofner hasn’t lost a set so far. Ofner has played 1 set(s) less than Kirci (4 vs 5). Therefore, Ofner played 13 games less than Kirci. Sebastian scored 56 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Koray made 69 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ofner | Kirci |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 68/107 | 83/148 |
| %1st in | 64% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 56/68 | 69/83 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 21/39 | 38/65 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 58% |
Ofner scored 14 aces (7 per match). Kirci bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Ofner won 82% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Kirci won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ofner | Kirci |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/19 | 7/13 |
| % Converted | 42% | 54% |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 71% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Sebastian broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Ofner conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Koray broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Turk conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ofner | ||||
| R1 Agabigun | R2 Marchenko | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 | 37 | |
| pts | 64-43 | 70-50 | 134-93 | |
| Total points | 107 | 120 | 227 | |
| Winners | 24 | 32 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 46% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 28/47 | 40/60 | 68/107 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 67% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 32/40 | 56/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 80% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 10/20 | 21/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 50% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/9 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 44% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 1/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 50% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Kirci | ||||
| R1 Metreveli | R2 Verdasco | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-79 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 19 | 50 | |
| pts | 104-92 | 61-47 | 165-139 | |
| Total points | 196 | 108 | 304 | |
| Winners | 43 | 26 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 43% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 51/93 | 32/55 | 83/148 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 58% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 43/51 | 26/32 | 69/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 81% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/42 | 15/23 | 38/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 65% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/4 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 75% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Koray KirciKirci – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Harold MayotMayot – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-0) – H2H and prediction