Strong Kirchheimer and Kenny de Schepper will face off in the qualifications of the Pau Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Strong Kirchheimer who should win in 3 sets.
Strong Kirchheimer -> 1.61
Kenny de Schepper -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Strong Kirchheimer vs. Kenny de Schepper
There is no head to head record between Strong Kirchheimer and Kenny de Schepper since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Strong Kirchheimer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-28 | 12-16 | 2-4 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-29 | 19-16 | 2-4 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-30 | 17-12 | 7-11 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-21 | 12-15 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 416, Kirchheimer got to the qualifications after beating Henri Squire 3-6 7-65 6-2.
In the qualifications against Squire, Strong recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-65 6-2). During the match, Kirchheimer scored 101 points vs Squire’s 91. Strong was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kirchheimer made 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Strong Kirchheimer was very effective on serve to win 73% (37/51) of his 1st serve and 61% (22/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Strong broke Squire 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Kirchheimer has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (240-186). 1-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kirchheimer has an overall52-37 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Kirchheimer has a compiled 3-4 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pau Challenger
Kirchheimer has never competed in this tournament before.
Kenny de Schepper
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-29 | 10-7 | 4-8 | 13-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 7-4 | 8-14 | 12-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-35 | 6-7 | 18-16 | 17-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-24 | 22-8 | 5-5 | 11-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-10 | 6-4 | 9-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 487, the French player reached the qualifications after beating Michael Geerts 3-6 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications against Geerts, Kenny recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-3). During the match de Schepper scored 90 points vs Geerts’s 82. De Schepper was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, de Schepper made 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Kenny de Schepper lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, de Schepper put 69% of his first serves in, winning 76% (44/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Kenny broke Geerts 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
The French player best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Bressuire.
Kenny has a composed 8-5 win-loss record in 2024, 7-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pau Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kirchheimer | de Schepper |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 26 |
| Pts | 101-91 | 90-82 |
| Total Points | 192 | 172 |
| Winners | 37 | 44 |
| %Winners | 37% | 49% |
Both Kirchheimer and de Schepper played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Strong Kirchheimer lost 1 set, while Kenny de Schepper dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kirchheimer and de Schepper have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Kirchheimer played 4 games more than de Schepper. Kirchheimer scored 37 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The French player fired 44 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kirchheimer | de Schepper |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 11 |
| 1st in | 51/87 | 58/84 |
| %1st in | 59% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 37/51 | 44/58 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 22/36 | 12/26 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 46% |
Kirchheimer made 9 aces . de Schepper managed to score 11 aces . Kirchheimer won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, de Schepper won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kirchheimer | de Schepper |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/11 |
| % Converted | 36% | 27% |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 57% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Kirchheimer broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. De Schepper broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. De Schepper conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kirchheimer | |||
| Q1 Squire | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 101-91 | 101-91 | |
| Total points | 192 | 192 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 51/87 | 51/87 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 37/51 | 37/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/36 | 22/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| de Schepper | |||
| Q1 Geerts | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 90-82 | 90-82 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 58/84 | 58/84 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 44/58 | 44/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 12/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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