Christopher O Connell and Ergi Kirkin will play each other in the 2nd round of the Yokohama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:30 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Christopher O Connell who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Christopher O Connell is the pick to win this match.
Christopher O Connell -> 1.102
Ergi Kirkin -> 6.35
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Ergi Kirkin
There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Ergi Kirkin since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Christopher O Connell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-26 | 23-16 | 2-4 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-34 | 19-18 | 11-9 | 4-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 30-16 | 12-5 | 3-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-16 | 14-9 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-12 | 4-5 | 4-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 102, O Connell got to the 2nd round after defeating Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4 7-63.
In the 1st round, O Connell had a good straight sets win against Ramanathan (6-4 7-63). During the match, O Connell scored 81 points vs Ramanathan’s 65. O Connell was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, O Connell fired 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Christopher O Connell was quite effective on serve to win 89% (40/45) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Christopher broke Ramanathan once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
O Connell has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (313-177). 26-16 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, O Connell has an aggregate 132-85 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
O Connell’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Split Challenger and the Porto Challenger.
O Connell has an aggregate 43-24 win-loss record in 2022, 26-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokohama Challenger
Ergi Kirkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-29 | 18-5 | 29-19 | 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. 406, the Turk reached the 2nd round after defeating Shinji Hazawa 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Kirkin had a good straight sets win against Hazawa (6-4 6-2). During the match Kirkin scored 68 points vs Hazawa’s 57. Ergi was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Kirkin managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 57% of his first serves in, winning 81% (26/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Ergi broke Hazawa 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Kirkin’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Telfs.
Kirkin has a composed 32-25 win-loss record in 2022, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | O Connell | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 18 |
| Pts | 81-65 | 68-57 |
| Total Points | 146 | 125 |
| Winners | 40 | 26 |
| %Winners | 49% | 38% |
Both O Connell and Kirkin played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, O Connell and Kirkin have played the same amount of sets 2. However, O Connell played 5 games more than Kirkin. Christopher scored 40 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Kirkin blasted 26 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | O Connell | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 7 |
| 1st in | 45/69 | 32/56 |
| %1st in | 65% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 40/45 | 26/32 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 11/24 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 46% |
O Connell recorded 8 aces . Kirkin blasted 7 aces . O Connell won 89% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Kirkin won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | O Connell | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 4 |
| Converted | 1/2 | 4/12 |
| % Converted | 50% | 33% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Australian broke his opponent once with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Turk broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Kirkin conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| O Connell | |||
| R1 Ramanathan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 81-65 | 81-65 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 45/69 | 45/69 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 40/45 | 40/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 13/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 1/2 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kirkin | |||
| R1 Hazawa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 68-57 | 68-57 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 32/56 | 32/56 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 26/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 11/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWWWLL Tennis Scores in Yokohama Challenger
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-3 6-75 6-1) – See score progression
- Rimpei KawakamiKawakami – Tomoya FujiwaraFujiwara (6-76 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- John MillmanMillman – Taisei IchikawaIchikawa (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Jonathan MridhaMridha (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (7-67 0-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Ryota TanumaTanuma (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Jason JungJung – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Yunseong ChungChung – Masamichi ImamuraImamura (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Yuki MochizukiMochizuki (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Tatsuma ItoIto – Nam Hoang LyHoang Ly (4-6 6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Shinji HazawaHazawa (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Ryota TanumaTanuma (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Jonathan MridhaMridha (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (7-6(7) 0-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-3 6-7(5) 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – John MillmanMillman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Ergi KirkinKirkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yunseong ChungChung – Kaichi UchidaUchida (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Tatsuma ItoIto (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Jason JungJung (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rimpei KawakamiKawakami – Tung-Lin WuWu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
