John Sperle and Ergi Kirkin will face off in the qualifications of the Meerbusch Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on VOBA MEERBUSCH COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ergi Kirkin who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ergi Kirkin is the pick to win this match.
Ergi Kirkin -> 1.222
John Sperle -> 3.92
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Prediction and head to head John Sperle vs. Ergi Kirkin
This will be the 2nd time that John Sperle and Ergi Kirkin square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kirkin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Kirkin won 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2 in the qualifications in the Hamburg Challenger back in 2022.
John Sperle
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-26 | 6-8 | 33-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-26 | 10-7 | 32-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-21 | 1-2 | 24-16 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 20-18 | 4-5 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, the German reached the qualifications after defeating Tommaso Compagnucci 6-2 4-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Sperle defeated Compagnucci (6-2 4-6 6-4). During the match, Sperle scored 93 points vs Compagnucci’s 85. John was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sperle scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. John Sperle lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Sperle put 68% of his first serves in, winning 59% (38/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (20/30) on the 2nd serve. Sperle broke Compagnucci 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Sperle has a winning match record in the last 3 years having won 58% of his matches (74-54). 23-12 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Sperle has a composed63-41 win-loss record in the last 3 years on clay.
Sperle has a compiled 27-15 win-loss record in 2023, 23-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Meerbusch Challenger
Ergi Kirkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-29 | 18-5 | 29-19 | 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. 442, Ergi got to the qualifications after beating Marcelo Zormann 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, Ergi had a good straight sets win against Zormann Da Silva (6-3 6-1). During the match Kirkin scored 61 points vs Zormann Da Silva’s 40. Kirkin was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Kirkin scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 72% of his first serves in, winning 68% (23/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. The Turk broke Zormann Da Silva 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Ergi’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Doboj and M15 Belgrade.
The Turk has a compiled 31-15 win-loss record in 2023, 26-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Meerbusch Challenger
Ergi has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sperle | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 16 |
| Pts | 93-85 | 61-40 |
| Total Points | 178 | 101 |
| Winners | 38 | 23 |
| %Winners | 41% | 38% |
Both Sperle and Kirkin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, John Sperle lost 1 set while Ergi Kirkin hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Sperle has played 1 set more than Kirkin (3 vs 2). Therefore, Sperle played 12 games more than Kirkin. John scored 38 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Kirkin blasted 23 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sperle | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 64/94 | 34/47 |
| %1st in | 68% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 38/64 | 23/34 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 20/30 | 6/13 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 46% |
Sperle recorded 1 ace . Kirkin also fired 1 ace . Sperle won 59% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Kirkin won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sperle | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 56% | 60% |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 57% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Sperle broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Sperle lost his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Kirkin broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Turk conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sperle | |||
| Q1 Compagnucci |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 93-85 | 93-85 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 64/94 | 64/94 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 38/64 | 38/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/30 | 20/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Kirkin | |||
| Q1 Zormann Da Silva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 61-40 | 61-40 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 34/47 | 34/47 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 23/34 | 23/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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