Juncheng Shang and Strong Kirchheimer will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Champaign Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juncheng Shang who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Juncheng Shang is the pick to win this match.
Juncheng Shang -> 1.27
Strong Kirchheimer -> 3.48
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Prediction and head to head Juncheng Shang vs. Strong Kirchheimer
There is no head to head record between Juncheng Shang and Strong Kirchheimer since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Juncheng Shang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-24 | 25-10 | 8-7 | 2-3 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-23 | 21-14 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-24 | 17-8 | 15-10 | 7-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-5 | 6-3 | 12-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 187, Juncheng will start his run in the Champaign Challenger after he played his last match in the Knoxville Challenger where he lost 6-4 7-6(3) to Gerch in the 1st round on the 7th of November.
Shang has a compiled 40-23 win-loss record in 2022, 7-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Juncheng’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Naples,the Lexington Challenger and the Granby Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Shang has an overall 58-28 record. He has a positive 7-4 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Strong Kirchheimer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-28 | 12-16 | 2-4 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-29 | 19-16 | 2-4 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-30 | 17-12 | 7-11 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-21 | 12-15 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 459 (career-high), Strong reached the 1st round after defeating Tyler Zink w/o and Theo Arribage 6-4 2-1 ret..
In the qualifications against Arribage, the American had a free pass after Arribage retired on a 6-4 2-1 . scoreline.
The American’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Harlingen.
Strong has an overall 32-29 win-loss record in 2022, 8-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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