Keegan Smith and Patrick Kypson will play each other in the 1st round of the Rome Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 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 Patrick Kypson who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Patrick Kypson is the pick to win this match.
Patrick Kypson -> 1.87
Keegan Smith -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Keegan Smith vs. Patrick Kypson
There is no head to head record between Keegan Smith and Patrick Kypson since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Keegan Smith
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-13 | 17-11 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-26 | 31-20 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-24 | 26-14 | 3-4 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-5 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-4 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 410, Keegan reached the 1st round after beating Benjamin Sigouin 6-3 6-4 and Donald Young 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, Keegan had a good straight sets win against Young (6-4 6-3). During the match, Smith scored 62 points vs Young’s 49. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Smith fired 7 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Keegan Smith was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (29/41) of his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Young 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Smith has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (100-59). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Smith has a composed16-12 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
The American has a compiled 3-3 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome 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. 526, the American got to the 1st round after defeating Keshav Chopra 6-3 6-4 and Alex Rybakov 4-6 7-63 7-5.
In the qualifications against Rybakov, Patrick recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-63 7-5). During the match Kypson scored 110 points vs Rybakov’s 103. Patrick was exceptionally aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about serving, Kypson made 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Patrick Kypson lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kypson put 63% of his first serves in, winning 82% (51/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (18/36) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Rybakov twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Patrick started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Patrick has a compiled 3-2 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Smith | Kypson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 54 |
| Pts | 128-98 | 176-155 |
| Total Points | 226 | 331 |
| Winners | 58 | 79 |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% |
Both Smith and Kypson played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Patrick Kypson lost 1 set while Keegan Smith hasn’t dropped a set so far. Smith has played 1 set(s) less than Kypson (4 vs 5). Therefore, Smith played 16 games less than Kypson. Keegan scored 58 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Patrick bagged 79 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Smith | Kypson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 7 |
| 1st in | 84/113 | 95/152 |
| %1st in | 74% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 58/84 | 79/95 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 31/57 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 54% |
Smith struck 14 aces (7 per match). Kypson recorded 14 aces (7 per match). Smith won 69% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Kypson won 83% of the points on 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 | Smith | Kypson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 4 |
| Converted | 7/10 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 70% | 40% |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 71% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Smith broke his opponents 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Smith conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Kypson conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Smith | ||||
| Q1 Sigouin |
Q3 Young |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 38 | |
| pts | 66-49 | 62-49 | 128-98 | |
| Total points | 115 | 111 | 226 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 47% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 43/59 | 41/54 | 84/113 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 76% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 29/43 | 29/41 | 58/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 71% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 7/13 | 18/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 54% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/5 | 7/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 80% | 70% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 2/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Kypson | ||||
| Q1 Chopra |
Q3 Rybakov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 4-6 7-63 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 35 | 54 | |
| pts | 66-52 | 110-103 | 176-155 | |
| Total points | 118 | 213 | 331 | |
| Winners | 28 | 51 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 46% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 33/54 | 62/98 | 95/152 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 51/62 | 79/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 82% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 18/36 | 31/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 50% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/6 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 33% | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Aleksandar VukicAleksandar – Ulises BlanchUlises (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Alex MichelsenAlex – Dominik KoepferDominik (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
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- Ryan HarrisonHarrison – Elmar EjupovicEjupovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Aziz DougazDougaz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nathan PonwithPonwith – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Gabriel DecampsDecamps – Daniel CukiermanCukierman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Keegan SmithSmith (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alastair GrayGray – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (0-0) – H2H and prediction
