Kyle Kang and Thai Kwiatkowski will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Tallahassee Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thai Kwiatkowski who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Thai Kwiatkowski is the pick to win this match.
Thai Kwiatkowski -> 1.53
Kyle Kang -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Kyle Kang vs. Thai Kwiatkowski
There is no head to head record between Kyle Kang and Thai Kwiatkowski since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Kyle Kang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-14 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-15 | 7-6 | 16-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 14-18 | 9-10 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 677, Kang got to the 2nd round after defeating Colin Sinclair 3-6 7-66 6-4.
In the 1st round against Sinclair, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-66 6-4). During the match, Kang scored 105 points vs Sinclair’s 102. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kang recorded 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Kyle Kang lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kang put 61% of his first serves in, winning 80% (44/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (16/35) on the 2nd serve. Kang broke Sinclair twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Kang has a winning match record in the last 4 years having won 52% of his matches (30-28). 9-4 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kang has a composed14-9 match record in the last 4 years on clay.
Kyle’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Naples and M25 Bakersfield.
Kyle has an overall 13-7 win-loss record in 2023, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tallahassee Challenger
Kang has never competed in this tournament before.
Thai Kwiatkowski
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-19 | 19-8 | 1-7 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-24 | 23-15 | 7-3 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-24 | 5-9 | 9-6 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-9 | 11-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 846, the American got to the 2nd round after defeating Dominik Koepfer 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Koepfer, Kwiatkowski recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Kwiatkowski scored 90 points vs Koepfer’s 89. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Kwiatkowski bagged 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Thai Kwiatkowski was very effective on serve to win 71% (41/58) of his 1st serve and 53% (20/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Thai broke Koepfer 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Thai’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Sunrise.
Kwiatkowski has a compiled 8-4 win-loss record in 2023, 6-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kang | Kwiatkowski |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 28 |
| Pts | 105-102 | 90-89 |
| Total Points | 207 | 179 |
| Winners | 44 | 41 |
| %Winners | 42% | 46% |
Both Kang and Kwiatkowski played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Kyle Kang conceded 1 set, while Thai Kwiatkowski dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kang and Kwiatkowski have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Kang played 4 games more than Kwiatkowski. Kyle scored 44 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Kwiatkowski made 41 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kang | Kwiatkowski |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5 |
| 1st in | 55/90 | 58/96 |
| %1st in | 61% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 44/55 | 41/58 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 16/35 | 20/38 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 53% |
Kang blasted 2 aces . Kwiatkowski managed to score 5 aces . Kang won 80% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Kwiatkowski won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kang | Kwiatkowski |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/10 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 20% | 43% |
| Conceded | 5 | 11 |
| Saved | 3 | 9 |
| % Saved | 60% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Kyle broke his opponent twice with a 20% conversion rate. Kyle lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Kwiatkowski broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Thai conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kang | |||
| R1 Sinclair |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-66 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 105-102 | 105-102 | |
| Total points | 207 | 207 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 55/90 | 55/90 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 44/55 | 44/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/35 | 16/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/10 | 2/10 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kwiatkowski | |||
| R1 Koepfer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 90-89 | 90-89 | |
| Total points | 179 | 179 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 58/96 | 58/96 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 41/58 | 41/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/38 | 20/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 9/11 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 82% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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