Lukas Klein and Ergi Kirkin will play each other in the 2nd round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:30 am on GRAND TARABYA COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lukas Klein who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lukas Klein is the pick to win this match.
Lukas Klein -> 1.35
Ergi Kirkin -> 3.02
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Prediction and head to head Lukas Klein vs. Ergi Kirkin
This will be the 2nd time that Lukas Klein and Ergi Kirkin fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Klein (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Klein won 6-3 6-4 in the qualifications in the Eckental Challenger back in 2020.
Lukas Klein
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-12 | 13-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-29 | 9-8 | 15-12 | 11-6 | 1-2 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 44-22 | 5-0 | 27-17 | 8-3 | 3-1 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 28-22 | 0-2 | 23-17 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-15 | 1-1 | 4-5 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 155, Lukas got to the 2nd round after defeating Martin Damm 6-4 4-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Slovakian defeated Damm (6-4 4-6 7-5). During the match, Klein and Damm scored the same amount of points (110). However, the world no. 155 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Lukas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, Klein fired 3 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Lukas Klein lost the serve 4 times and he saved 14 break points. Furthermore, Klein put 66% of his first serves in, winning 61% (46/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the 2nd serve. Lukas broke Damm 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Klein has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (277-169). 4-4 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Klein has an aggregate79-34 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Klein’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Prague 1 Challenger and the Prostejov Challenger.
Lukas has a composed 22-23 win-loss record in 2023, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
The Slovakian has never competed in this tournament before.
Ergi Kirkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-18 | 11-4 | 25-13 | 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. 368, Kirkin reached the 2nd round after defeating Marek Gengel 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, Ergi had a good straight sets win against Gengel (6-1 6-2). During the match Kirkin scored 51 points vs Gengel’s 28. Ergi was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Kirkin fired 4 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Ergi Kirkin was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (19/25) of his 1st serve and 81% (13/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kirkin broke Gengel 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Ergi’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Doboj,M15 Belgrade and M25 Tainan.
Ergi has an overall 42-17 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Klein | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 15 |
| Pts | 110-110 | 51-28 |
| Total Points | 220 | 79 |
| Winners | 46 | 19 |
| %Winners | 42% | 37% |
Both Klein and Kirkin played 1 match. At the moment, Lukas Klein dropped 1 set while Ergi Kirkin hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Klein has played 1 set more than Kirkin (3 vs 2). Therefore, Klein played 17 games more than Kirkin. Klein scored 46 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Ergi made 19 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Klein | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 75/114 | 25/41 |
| %1st in | 66% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 46/75 | 19/25 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 13/16 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 81% |
Klein blasted 3 aces . Kirkin scored 4 aces . Klein won 61% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Kirkin won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 81% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Klein | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 45% | 57% |
| Conceded | 18 | 0 |
| Saved | 14 | 0 |
| % Saved | 78% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
The Slovakian broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Slovakian dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Kirkin broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Kirkin was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Klein | |||
| R1 Damm |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 110-110 | 110-110 | |
| Total points | 220 | 220 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 75/114 | 75/114 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 46/75 | 46/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 20/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 18 | 18 | |
| Saved | 14/18 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Kirkin | |||
| R1 Gengel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 51-28 | 51-28 | |
| Total points | 79 | 79 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 25/41 | 25/41 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 19/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/16 | 13/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 81% | 81% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWWLWWL 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
- 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
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Cem IlkelIlkel (7-5 6-4) – 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
