Denis Yevseyev and Koray Kirci will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:30 am on CENTER 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 Denis Yevseyev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Yevseyev is the pick to win this match.
Denis Yevseyev -> 1.141
Koray Kirci -> 5.1
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Prediction and head to head Denis Yevseyev vs. Koray Kirci
There is no head to head record between Denis Yevseyev and Koray Kirci since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Denis Yevseyev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-37 | 14-14 | 12-13 | 7-8 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-36 | 23-16 | 16-14 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 39-31 | 11-9 | 12-12 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 36-30 | 4-5 | 22-15 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-14 | 10-9 | 2-1 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 271, the Kazakhstani got to the 2nd round after defeating Norbert Gombos 4-6 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round against Gombos, The Kazakhstani recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-2). During the match, Yevseyev scored 90 points vs Gombos’s 72. The Kazakhstani was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Yevseyev fired 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Denis Yevseyev was very efficient on serve to win 78% (28/36) of his 1st serve and 55% (22/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Kazakhstani broke Gombos 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Yevseyev has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (329-257). 18-12 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Yevseyev has a composed 164-117 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Astana Challenger where he beat Khumoun Sultanov in the final 7-5 2-6 6-4.
Yevseyev has a composed 36-27 win-loss record in 2023, 18-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Koray Kirci
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-23 | 7-10 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 14-21 | 10-14 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-27 | 6-4 | 15-22 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-20 | 0-2 | 16-16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 669, Koray reached the 2nd round after defeating Leo Borg 6-1 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Kirci defeated Borg (6-1 3-6 6-3). During the match Kirci scored 92 points vs Borg’s 78. Kirci was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Kirci made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Koray Kirci lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kirci put 59% of his first serves in, winning 67% (34/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (22/36) on the 2nd serve. Kirci broke Borg 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Koray has a compiled 11-15 win-loss record in 2023, 7-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Yevseyev | Kirci |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 |
| Pts | 90-72 | 92-78 |
| Total Points | 162 | 170 |
| Winners | 28 | 34 |
| %Winners | 31% | 37% |
Both Yevseyev and Kirci played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Denis Yevseyev surrendered 1 set, while Koray Kirci conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Yevseyev and Kirci have played the same amount of sets 3. They also played the same amount of games (25). The Kazakhstani scored 28 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The Turk made 34 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Yevseyev | Kirci |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 36/76 | 51/87 |
| %1st in | 47% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 34/51 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 22/40 | 22/36 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 61% |
Yevseyev made 5 aces . Kirci made 3 aces . Yevseyev won 78% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Kirci won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Yevseyev | Kirci |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 38% | 67% |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Denis broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani lost his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Turk broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Turk conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Yevseyev | |||
| R1 Gombos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 90-72 | 90-72 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/76 | 36/76 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 28/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/40 | 22/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kirci | |||
| R1 Borg |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 92-78 | 92-78 | |
| Total points | 170 | 170 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 51/87 | 51/87 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 34/51 | 34/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/36 | 22/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWLLLLL Tennis Scores in Istanbul Challenger
- Yshai OlielOliel – Marius CopilCopil (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Marsel IlhanIlhan (6-2 6-73 6-2) – See score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Aziz DougazDougaz (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Louis WesselsWessels (6-2 6-73 7-5) – See score progression
- Blaise BicknellBicknell – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-75 7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Bernard TomicTomic – Skander MansouriMansouri (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Lukas KleinKlein – Martin DammDamm (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Tuncay DuranDuran (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Koray KirciKirci – Leo BorgBorg (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Yanki ErelErel – Daniel CukiermanCukierman (6-2 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Cem IlkelIlkel (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Marek GengelGengel (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Johannus MondayMonday – Kacper ZukZuk (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Norbert GombosGombos (4-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Nick HardtHardt – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Koray KirciKirci (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Lukas KleinKlein (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nick HardtHardt – Bernard TomicTomic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yshai OlielOliel – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yanki ErelErel – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Harold MayotMayot – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
