Strong Kirchheimer and Darian King will square off in the qualifications of the Winston-Salem for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 pm on COURT 4. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Darian King who should win in 3 sets.
Darian King -> 1.53
Strong Kirchheimer -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Strong Kirchheimer vs. Darian King
This will be the 2nd time that Strong Kirchheimer and Darian King clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for King (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, King won 6-2 6-7(3) 6-4 in the quarter in M15 Ithaca back in January 2023.
Strong Kirchheimer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-27 | 12-16 | 2-4 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-29 | 19-16 | 2-4 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-30 | 17-12 | 7-11 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-21 | 12-15 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 427, Strong reached the qualifications after beating Adam Walton 7-5 6-3.
In the qualifications, Kirchheimer had a good straight sets win against Walton (7-5 6-3). During the match, Kirchheimer scored 77 points vs Walton’s 63. Strong was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kirchheimer blasted 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Strong Kirchheimer lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kirchheimer put 67% of his first serves in, winning 68% (32/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the 2nd serve. Kirchheimer broke Walton 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Kirchheimer has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 56% of his matches (223-172). 11-10 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kirchheimer has a composed113-93 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
The American’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Montreal and M15 South Bend.
Kirchheimer has an overall 24-19 win-loss record in 2023, 11-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Winston-Salem
Darian King
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-10 | 17-7 | 10-0 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 14-9 | 11-5 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-14 | 6-7 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 570, Darian reached the qualifications after beating Ulises Blanch 2-6 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications against Blanch, The Barbadian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-3). During the match King scored 85 points vs Blanch’s 79. King was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, King made 3 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Darian King lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, King put 75% of his first serves in, winning 68% (39/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the 2nd serve. King broke Blanch 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
The Barbadian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Ithaca,M15 Rochester and M15 Pittsburgh.
Darian has an overall 29-5 win-loss record in 2023, 15-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kirchheimer | King |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 27 |
| Pts | 77-63 | 85-79 |
| Total Points | 140 | 164 |
| Winners | 32 | 39 |
| %Winners | 42% | 46% |
Both Kirchheimer and King played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Darian King conceded 1 set while Strong Kirchheimer hasn’t lost a set so far. Kirchheimer has played 1 set(s) less than King (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kirchheimer played 6 games less than King. The American scored 32 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Darian bagged 39 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kirchheimer | King |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 47/70 | 57/76 |
| %1st in | 67% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 32/47 | 39/57 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 11/19 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 58% |
Kirchheimer blasted 6 aces . King blasted 3 aces . Kirchheimer won 68% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, King won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kirchheimer | King |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 25% | 38% |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 86% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Kirchheimer surrendered his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. The Barbadian broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Barbadian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kirchheimer | |||
| Q1 Walton | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 77-63 | 77-63 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/70 | 47/70 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 32/47 | 32/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 16/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| King | |||
| Q1 Blanch | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 85-79 | 85-79 | |
| Total points | 164 | 164 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 57/76 | 57/76 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 39/57 | 39/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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