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.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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

Kris Van Wyk

4 - 3win/loss

Hard
4-3
I Hard
0-0
Rank
387
High
365
WLWLWWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 35-20 35-20 0-0 0-0 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.

Chennai Challenger
Van Wyk's Record

Olaf Pieczkowski

Olaf Pieczkowski

5 - 2win/loss

Hard
5-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
549
High
514
WWWLLLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 15-15 11-10 4-4 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).

Chennai Challenger
Pieczkowski's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

K.Van Wyk
O.Pieczkowski
1h:09
1h:09
Time on court​
1h:11
1h:11
1h:09
1h:09
Last match​
1h:11
1h:11
1
1
Match played
1
1
17
17
Games Played​
16
16
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
61
61
Total points​
60
60
61
61
Avg point​
60
60
23
23
Winners
23
23
23
23
Avg Winners​
23
23
38%
38%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
2
2
5
5
Avg Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
4
4
2
2
Avg Double Faults
4
4
23/25
23/25
1st won total​
23/29
23/29
!
92%
92%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
10/18
10/18
2nd won total​
13/23
13/23
56%
56%
2nd won %
57%
57%
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
BP won
4/6
4/6
4/9
4/9
Avg BP won
4/6
4/6
44%
44%
Won
!
67%
67%
2
2
Conceded
6
6
2
2
Avg Conceded
6
6
0
0
Broken
0
0
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0
0
2
2
Saved
6
6

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

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