John Sperle and Ergi Kirkin will play each other in the qualifications of the Hamburg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ergi Kirkin who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ergi Kirkin is the pick to win this match.
Ergi Kirkin -> 1.21
John Sperle -> 4.05
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Â
Prediction and head to head John Sperle vs. Ergi Kirkin
There is no head to head record between John Sperle and Ergi Kirkin since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
John Sperle
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-26 | 6-8 | 33-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-26 | 10-7 | 32-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-21 | 1-2 | 24-16 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 20-18 | 4-5 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, John got to the qualifications after beating Martin Krumich 3-6 7-66 6-4.
In the qualifications against Krumich, The German recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-66 6-4). During the match, Sperle scored 118 points vs Krumich’s 115. John was very aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sperle blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. John Sperle lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sperle put 73% of his first serves in, winning 62% (52/84) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. John broke Krumich 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Sperle has a winning match record in the last 2 years having won 56% of his matches (45-35). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Sperle has an aggregate1-0 record in the last 2 years on indoor hard courts.
The German has a compiled 25-17 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hamburg Challenger
Sperle has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 417, Kirkin got to the qualifications after defeating Tim Sandkaulen 2-6 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications against Sandkaulen, The Turk recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-2).During the match Kirkin scored less points (2) than Sandkaulen. In fact, the world no. won 83 points vs Sandkaulen’s. That means that Kirkin was more focused during the important points. Ergi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Kirkin made 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 76% of his first serves in, winning 62% (39/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the 2nd serve. Kirkin broke Sandkaulen 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Ergi’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Telfs.
Ergi has a composed 30-24 win-loss record in 2022, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sperle | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 28 |
| Pts | 118-115 | 83-85 |
| Total Points | 233 | 168 |
| Winners | 52 | 39 |
| %Winners | 44% | 47% |
Both Sperle and Kirkin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. John Sperle surrendered 1 set, while Ergi Kirkin lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Sperle and Kirkin have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Sperle played 4 games more than Kirkin. John scored 52 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Ergi recorded 39 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sperle | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 6 |
| 1st in | 84/115 | 63/83 |
| %1st in | 73% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 52/84 | 39/63 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 11/20 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 55% |
Sperle blasted 2 aces . Kirkin bagged 6 aces . Sperle won 62% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Kirkin won 62% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sperle | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 33% | 56% |
| Conceded | 11 | 8 |
| Saved | 6 | 4 |
| % Saved | 55% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 |
The German broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. The German surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. Ergi broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Kirkin conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sperle | |||
| Q1 Krumich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-66 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 118-115 | 118-115 | |
| Total points | 233 | 233 | |
| Winners | 52 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 84/115 | 84/115 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 52/84 | 52/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 14/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Kirkin | |||
| Q1 Sandkaulen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 83-85 | 83-85 | |
| Total points | 168 | 168 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 63/83 | 63/83 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 39/63 | 39/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
LWLWWWLLWL
LLWWWWWWWL
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alexey VatutinVatutin – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan LamasineLamasine – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kai WehneltWehnelt – Jeremy JahnJahn (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicola KuhnKuhn – Mats MoraingMoraing (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Hazem NaowNaow – Julian LenzLenz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kacper ZukZuk – Jelle SelsSels (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Henri SquireSquire (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Alexander RitschardRitschard (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Matteo MartineauMartineau (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrew PaulsonPaulson – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
