Evan Furness and Ergi Kirkin will square off in the 2nd round of the Vilnius Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:30 pm on COURT 17. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Evan Furness who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Evan Furness is the pick to win this match.
Evan Furness -> 1.47
Ergi Kirkin -> 2.54
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Prediction and head to head Evan Furness vs. Ergi Kirkin
This will be the 2nd time that Evan Furness and Ergi Kirkin square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kirkin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Kirkin won 6-4 6-7(6) 7-5 in the qualifications in the Almaty 2 Challenger back in 2021.
Evan Furness
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-16 | 3-2 | 8-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-15 | 0-3 | 5-5 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-31 | 2-3 | 16-12 | 19-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 46-27 | 14-1 | 26-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 37-10 | 34-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 220, the French player got to the 2nd round after defeating Vit Kopriva 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Evan had a good straight sets win against Kopriva (6-4 6-2). During the match, Furness scored 56 points vs Kopriva’s 41. Furness was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Furness scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Evan Furness was pretty effective on serve to win 82% (18/22) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Evan broke Kopriva 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Furness has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (255-168). 3-2 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Furness has a composed64-63 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Furness has a compiled 3-5 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Vilnius Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Ergi Kirkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-16 | 11-4 | 21-11 | 1-1 | 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. 383, the Turk got to the 2nd round after defeating Julius Tverijonas 6-3 6-4, Vitaliy Sachko 6-2 6-4 and Mats Rosenkranz 7-5 6-74 7-62.
In the 1st round, Kirkin defeated Rosenkranz (7-5 6-74 7-62). During the match Kirkin scored 123 points vs Rosenkranz’s 118. Ergi was quite aggressive to blast 67 winners.
About the serving games, Kirkin made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve once and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 74% of his first serves in, winning 70% (67/96) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the 2nd serve. Kirkin broke Rosenkranz twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Kirkin has a compiled 5-3 win-loss record in 2023, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Furness | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 75 |
| Pts | 56-41 | 258-224 |
| Total Points | 97 | 482 |
| Winners | 18 | 122 |
| %Winners | 32% | 47% |
Furness played 1 match while Kirkin competed in 3 matches. Kirkin started his run from the qualifications while Furness had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Ergi Kirkin conceded 1 set while Evan Furness hasn’t dropped a set so far. Furness has played 5 set(s) less than Kirkin (2 vs 7). Therefore, Furness played 57 games less than Kirkin. The French player scored 18 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Turk made 122 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Furness | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 22/45 | 172/254 |
| %1st in | 49% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 18/22 | 122/172 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 41/82 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 50% |
Furness fired 4 aces . Kirkin struck 6 aces (2 per match). Furness won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Kirkin won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Furness | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 11 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 11/24 |
| % Converted | 67% | 46% |
| Conceded | 1 | 23 |
| Saved | 0 | 18 |
| % Saved | 0% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
Furness broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Ergi broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Turk conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Furness | |||
| R1 Kopriva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 56-41 | 56-41 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 22/45 | 22/45 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 18/22 | 18/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 14/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kirkin | |||||
| Q1 Tverijonas |
Q3 Sachko |
R1 Rosenkranz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | 7-5 6-74 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 | 38 | 75 | |
| pts | 62-50 | 73-56 | 123-118 | 258-224 | |
| Total points | 112 | 129 | 241 | 482 | |
| Winners | 21 | 34 | 67 | 122 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 47% | 54% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 31/58 | 45/66 | 96/130 | 172/254 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 68% | 74% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 21/31 | 34/45 | 67/96 | 122/172 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 76% | 70% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 9/21 | 20/34 | 41/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 43% | 59% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/10 | 2/4 | 11/24 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 40% | 50% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 12 | 23 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 6/7 | 11/12 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 86% | 92% | 203% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLLWWLLW Tennis Scores in Vilnius Challenger
- Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (2-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Laurent LokoliLokoli – Kacper ZukZuk (0-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Julian OcleppoOcleppo (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Alexander RitschardRitschard (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Dominic StrickerStricker (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (6-2 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Karol Drzewiecki/Szymon WalkowDrzewiecki/Szymon Walkow – Liam Broady/Charles BroomBroady/Charles Broom (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Daniel MasurMasur (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (6-4 7-61) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Vilius GaubasGaubas (4-6 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Evan FurnessFurness – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (7-5 6-74 7-62) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Edas ButvilasButvilas (1-6 7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Mats MoraingMoraing (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Dennis NovakNovak (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Elias YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Laurent LokoliLokoli (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Evan FurnessFurness – Ergi KirkinKirkin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Zdenek KolarKolar (2-0) – H2H and prediction
