Mate Valkusz and Ergi Kirkin will play each other in the 1st round of the Antalya Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:30 pm on CENTER. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mate Valkusz who should win in 2 sets.
Mate Valkusz -> 1.39
Ergi Kirkin -> 2.82
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Prediction and head to head Mate Valkusz vs. Ergi Kirkin
There is no head to head record between Mate Valkusz and Ergi Kirkin since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Mate Valkusz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-8 | 3-2 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-24 | 5-2 | 23-14 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 33-14 | 5-5 | 27-6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-9 | 4-2 | 27-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 244, Mate will start his run in the Antalya Challenger after he played his last match in the Rovereto Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Gojowczyk in the 1st round on the 20th of February.
Mate has a compiled 5-4 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
The Hungarian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Tenerife 1 Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Valkusz has an overall 173-74 record. He has a positive 133-42 record on clay.
Previously in the Antalya Challenger
The Hungarian has never competed in this tournament before.
Ergi Kirkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-30 | 18-5 | 29-20 | 2-5 | 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. 371, Ergi will start his run in the Antalya Challenger after he played his last match in the Vilnius Challenger where he lost 3-6 7-5 6-0
to Furness in the 2nd round on the 9th of February.The Turk has an aggregate 5-4 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
In terms of his career, The Turk has an overall 168-123 record. He has a positive 112-70 record on clay.
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