Ergi Kirkin and Stefano Napolitano will square off in the qualifications of the Roseto Degli Abruzzi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefano Napolitano who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefano Napolitano is the pick to win this match.
Stefano Napolitano -> 1.5
Ergi Kirkin -> 2.46
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Prediction and head to head Ergi Kirkin vs. Stefano Napolitano
There is no head to head record between Ergi Kirkin and Stefano Napolitano since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Ergi Kirkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-17 | 11-4 | 25-12 | 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. 399, Kirkin reached the qualifications after defeating Filip Bergevi 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, Ergi had a good straight sets win against Bergevi (6-2 6-1). During the match, Kirkin scored 62 points vs Bergevi’s 36. Ergi was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kirkin fired 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 63% of his first serves in, winning 73% (22/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. The Turk broke Bergevi 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Kirkin has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (170-126). 2-3 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kirkin has a compiled114-73 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Kirkin has an aggregate 7-7 win-loss record in 2023, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi Challenger
Kirkin has never competed in this tournament before.
Stefano Napolitano
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-12 | 9-3 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-23 | 9-6 | 38-13 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-24 | 1-1 | 20-15 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-17 | 1-2 | 1-9 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 564, the Italian got to the qualifications after defeating Stefano Travaglia 6-3 4-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, Stefano defeated Travaglia (6-3 4-6 6-2). During the match Napolitano scored 94 points vs Travaglia’s 81. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Napolitano blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Stefano Napolitano lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Napolitano put 50% of his first serves in, winning 67% (34/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (28/50) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Travaglia 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
The Italian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Monastir.
The Italian has a compiled 11-6 win-loss record in 2023, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kirkin | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 27 |
| Pts | 62-36 | 94-81 |
| Total Points | 98 | 175 |
| Winners | 22 | 34 |
| %Winners | 35% | 36% |
Both Kirkin and Napolitano played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Stefano Napolitano conceded 1 set while Ergi Kirkin hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kirkin has played 1 set(s) less than Napolitano (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kirkin played 12 games less than Napolitano. The Turk scored 22 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Napolitano blasted 34 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kirkin | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 30/48 | 51/101 |
| %1st in | 63% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 34/51 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 28/50 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 56% |
Kirkin scored 2 aces . Napolitano struck 2 aces . Kirkin won 73% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Napolitano won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kirkin | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 55% | 63% |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 |
| Saved | 8 | 6 |
| % Saved | 89% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Kirkin broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Ergi dropped his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. Napolitano broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Stefano conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kirkin | |||
| Q1 Bergevi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 62-36 | 62-36 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 30/48 | 30/48 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 22/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Napolitano | |||
| Q1 Travaglia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 94-81 | 94-81 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 51/101 | 51/101 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 34/51 | 34/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/50 | 28/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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