Strong Kirchheimer and Luke Johnson will play each other in the qualifications of the Rome Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Strong Kirchheimer who should win in 3 sets.
Strong Kirchheimer -> 1.44
Luke Johnson -> 2.64
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Prediction and head to head Strong Kirchheimer vs. Luke Johnson
There is no head to head record between Strong Kirchheimer and Luke Johnson since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Strong Kirchheimer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-23 | 12-14 | 2-4 | 2-5 | 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. 440, the American will start his run in the Rome Challenger after he played his last match in the Cleveland Challenger where he lost 7-6(9) 7-6(1) to Wu in the 2nd round on the 2nd of February.
The American has a composed 5-3 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Kirchheimer has an overall 204-156 record. He has a positive 37-28 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
Luke Johnson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 2-8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-19 | 8-9 | 13-6 | 6-2 | 0-1 | 4-1 |
| 2020 | 20-12 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 20-23 | 9-14 | 3-3 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 896, Johnson will start his run in the Rome Challenger after he played his last match in the Knoxville Challenger where he lost 7-6(2) 7-5 to Kingsley in the qualifications on the 6th
of November.This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.
In terms of his career, Johnson has an overall 152-124 record. He has a positive 27-25 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Luke has never competed in this tournament before.
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- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Ulises BlanchBlanch (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Luke JohnsonJohnson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex RybakovRybakov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alfredo PerezPerez – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nathan PonwithPonwith – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gabriel DecampsDecamps – Daniel CukiermanCukierman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Colin MarkesMarkes – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Keegan SmithSmith – Benjamin SigouinSigouin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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