Ergi Kirkin and Neil Oberleitner will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ergi Kirkin who should win in 3 sets.
Ergi Kirkin -> 1.46
Neil Oberleitner -> 2.57
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Prediction and head to head Ergi Kirkin vs. Neil Oberleitner
There is no head to head record between Ergi Kirkin and Neil Oberleitner since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Ergi Kirkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-28 | 17-4 | 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. 341, Ergi got to the qualifications after defeating Matthias Ujvary 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Ergi had a good straight sets win against Ujvary (6-2 6-2). During the match, Kirkin scored 69 points vs Ujvary’s 47. Kirkin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kirkin scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 57% of his first serves in, winning 63% (25/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Kirkin broke Ujvary 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Kirkin has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (206-138). 37-14 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kirkin has an aggregate149-84 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Turk’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Doboj,M15 Belgrade and M25 Tainan.
Ergi has a compiled 43-19 win-loss record in 2023, 37-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger
Ergi has never competed in this tournament before.
Neil Oberleitner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-30 | 2-3 | 33-17 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2023 | 37-30 | 10-8 | 15-15 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 8-2 |
| 2022 | 30-31 | 14-15 | 16-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-25 | 17-12 | 10-11 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-14 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 524, Oberleitner reached the qualifications after beating Jacopo Berrettini 6-1 7-62.
In the qualifications, Neil had a good straight sets win against Berrettini (6-1 7-62). During the match Oberleitner scored 79 points vs Berrettini’s 59. The Austrian was pretty aggressive to blast 17 winners.
About the serving games, Oberleitner made 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Neil Oberleitner was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (17/24) of his 1st serve and 64% (21/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Oberleitner broke Berrettini 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Neil’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Foncenex and M15 Osijek.
The Austrian has an overall 31-20 win-loss record in 2023, 15-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kirkin | Oberleitner |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 |
| Pts | 69-47 | 79-59 |
| Total Points | 116 | 138 |
| Winners | 25 | 17 |
| %Winners | 36% | 22% |
Both Kirkin and Oberleitner played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kirkin and Oberleitner have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kirkin played 4 games less than Oberleitner. Kirkin scored 25 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian made 17 winners (22%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kirkin | Oberleitner |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 40/70 | 24/57 |
| %1st in | 57% | 42% |
| 1st pts | 25/40 | 17/24 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 21/33 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 64% |
Kirkin managed to score 1 ace . Oberleitner also fired 2 aces . Kirkin won 63% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Oberleitner won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kirkin | Oberleitner |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 60% | 40% |
| Conceded | 10 | 2 |
| Saved | 8 | 0 |
| % Saved | 80% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Turk broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Kirkin conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Austrian broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Oberleitner conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kirkin | |||
| Q1 Ujvary | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 69-47 | 69-47 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 40/70 | 40/70 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 25/40 | 25/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 15/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Oberleitner | |||
| Q1 Berrettini | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 79-59 | 79-59 | |
| Total points | 138 | 138 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 22% | 22% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 24/57 | 24/57 | |
| % 1st in | 42% | 42% | |
| 1st pts | 17/24 | 17/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 21/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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