Aleksandar Vukic and Patrick Kypson will face off in the 2nd round of the Champaign Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 5:00 pm 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 Aleksandar Vukic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Vukic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Vukic -> 1.52
Patrick Kypson -> 2.46
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Vukic vs. Patrick Kypson
There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Vukic and Patrick Kypson since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Aleksandar Vukic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-23 | 5-9 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-33 | 34-20 | 9-4 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-25 | 14-15 | 4-5 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-26 | 8-5 | 10-11 | 11-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 10-4 | 9-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 141, Aleksandar got to the 2nd round after defeating Aidan Mchugh 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Vukic had a good straight sets win against Mchugh (6-2 6-4). During the match, Vukic scored 65 points vs Mchugh’s 50. Vukic was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Vukic recorded 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Aleksandar Vukic was very effective on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Vukic broke Mchugh 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Vukic has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (224-165). 9-3 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Vukic has a composed40-25 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Aleksandar’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Bengalaru 2 Challenger and the Calgary Challenger.
The Australian has an overall 24-22 win-loss record in 2022, 9-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Patrick Kypson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-16 | 5-6 | 4-7 | 5-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-21 | 10-11 | 17-6 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-14 | 13-7 | 2-2 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-11 | 4-2 | 20-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-9 | 7-6 | 5-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 558, Kypson got to the 2nd round after defeating Tyler Bowers 6-2 6-2, Evan Zhu 7-60 6-3 and Inaki Montes-De La Torre 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Kypson had a good straight sets win against Montes-De La Torre (6-1 6-4). During the match Kypson scored 61 points vs Montes-De La Torre’s 46. Patrick was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Kypson blasted 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Patrick Kypson lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kypson put 59% of his first serves in, winning 69% (22/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Montes-De La Torre 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Kypson’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Champaign,M25 Edwardsville and Augustin.
Patrick has an aggregate 26-13 win-loss record in 2022, 11-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vukic | Kypson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 55 |
| Pts | 65-50 | 188-134 |
| Total Points | 115 | 322 |
| Winners | 25 | 89 |
| %Winners | 38% | 47% |
Vukic played 1 match while Kypson competed in 3 matches. Kypson started his run from the qualifications while Vukic had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Vukic has played 4 set(s) less than Kypson (2 vs 6). Therefore, Vukic played 37 games less than Kypson. The Australian scored 25 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Kypson recorded 89 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vukic | Kypson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 31/57 | 112/162 |
| %1st in | 54% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 89/112 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 27/50 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 54% |
Vukic struck 7 aces . Kypson recorded 8 aces (2.7 per match). Vukic won 81% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Kypson won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vukic | Kypson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 10 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 10/14 |
| % Converted | 50% | 71% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Aleksandar had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 4 break points. Kypson broke his opponents 10 times with a 71% conversion rate. Patrick conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vukic | |||
| R1 Mchugh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 65-50 | 65-50 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 31/57 | 31/57 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 25/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 14/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kypson | |||||
| Q1 Bowers |
Q3 Zhu |
R1 Montes-De La Torre |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-60 6-3 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 22 | 17 | 55 | |
| pts | 55-30 | 72-58 | 61-46 | 188-134 | |
| Total points | 85 | 130 | 107 | 322 | |
| Winners | 25 | 42 | 22 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 58% | 36% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 30/43 | 50/65 | 32/54 | 112/162 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 77% | 59% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 42/50 | 22/32 | 89/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 84% | 69% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 8/15 | 10/22 | 27/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 53% | 45% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 1/3 | 5/6 | 10/14 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 33% | 83% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 33% | 233% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWLLWLWL Tennis Scores in Champaign Challenger
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Aidan MchughMchugh (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Inaki Montes-De La TorreMontes-De La Torre (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Lucas GerchGerch – Nick ChappellChappell (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Hunter HeckHeck (6-71 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Mathis DebruDebru (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Benjamin LockLock (3-6 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Juncheng ShangShang (7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – Paul JubbJubb (1-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Denis KudlaKudla (7-61 7-66) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Adam WaltonWalton (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Evan ZhuZhu – Alexander PetrovPetrov (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Karlis OzolinsOzolins (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Alafia AyeniAyeni (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Ezekiel ClarkClark (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Stefan KozlovKozlov (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas GerchGerch – Steve JohnsonJohnson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evan ZhuZhu – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – August HolmgrenHolmgren (0-0) – H2H and prediction
