Kris Van Wyk and Olaf Pieczkowski will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Chennai Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Olaf Pieczkowski who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Olaf Pieczkowski is the pick to win this match.
Olaf Pieczkowski -> 1.66
Kris Van Wyk -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Kris Van Wyk vs. Olaf Pieczkowski
There is no head to head record between Kris Van Wyk and Olaf Pieczkowski since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Kris Van Wyk
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 65-39 | 64-38 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-32 | 54-30 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-17 | 52-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 416, the South African got to the qualifications after defeating Adil Kalyanpur 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications, Van Wyk had a good straight sets win against Kalyanpur (6-1 6-4). During the match, Van Wyk scored 61 points vs Kalyanpur’s 40. The South African was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Van Wyk recorded 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Kris Van Wyk was extremely efficient on serve to win 92% (23/25) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Van Wyk broke Kalyanpur 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Van Wyk has a solid win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 68% of his matches (111-52). 4-3 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Van Wyk has a composed110-50 record in the last 3 years on hard.
Kris has a compiled 4-3 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chennai Challenger
The South African has never competed in this tournament before.
Olaf Pieczkowski
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-27 | 17-14 | 16-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 23-10 | 12-9 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-14 | 9-11 | 6-3 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 524, Pieczkowski got to the qualifications after defeating Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, Pieczkowski had a good straight sets win against Kumar Sinha (6-3 6-1). During the match Pieczkowski scored 60 points vs Kumar Sinha’s 42. Olaf was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Pieczkowski managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Olaf Pieczkowski was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Olaf broke Kumar Sinha 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Pieczkowski has an aggregate 5-2 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Wyk | Pieczkowski |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 16 |
| Pts | 61-40 | 60-42 |
| Total Points | 101 | 102 |
| Winners | 23 | 23 |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% |
Both Van Wyk and Pieczkowski 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, Van Wyk and Pieczkowski have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Van Wyk played 1 game more than Pieczkowski. The South African scored 23 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Pieczkowski scored 23 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Wyk | Pieczkowski |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 25/43 | 29/52 |
| %1st in | 58% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 23/25 | 23/29 |
| %1st pts | 92% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 13/23 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 57% |
Van Wyk blasted 5 aces . Pieczkowski struck 2 aces . Van Wyk won 92% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Pieczkowski won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van Wyk | Pieczkowski |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 44% | 67% |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 |
| Saved | 2 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The South African broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Kris pretty solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Pieczkowski broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Pieczkowski was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.
| Van Wyk | |||
| Q1 Kalyanpur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-40 | 61-40 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 25/43 | 25/43 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 23/25 | 23/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Pieczkowski | |||
| Q1 Kumar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 60-42 | 60-42 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 29/52 | 29/52 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 23/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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