Ergi Kirkin and Stefanos Sakellaridis will play each other in the 2nd round of the Concepcion Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on CANCHA 3. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ergi Kirkin is the pick to win this match.
Ergi Kirkin -> 1.34
Stefanos Sakellaridis -> 3.08
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Prediction and head to head Ergi Kirkin vs. Stefanos Sakellaridis
There is no head to head record between Ergi Kirkin and Stefanos Sakellaridis since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Ergi Kirkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-30 | 18-5 | 29-20 | 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. 299, the Turk got to the 2nd round after beating Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Turk had a good straight sets win against Emanuel Ambrogi (6-4 6-2). During the match, Kirkin scored 69 points vs Emanuel Ambrogi’s 54. The Turk was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kirkin scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 46% of his first serves in, winning 68% (21/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (18/37) on the 2nd serve. Kirkin broke Emanuel Ambrogi 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Kirkin has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (232-154). 10-4 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kirkin has a compiled161-89 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Turk’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Doha and M15 Torello.
Kirkin has a composed 22-9 win-loss record in 2024, 10-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Concepcion Challenger
Kirkin has never competed in this tournament before.
Stefanos Sakellaridis
22 - 13win/loss
484
392
LWWLWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-29 | 35-25 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 66-52 | 35-26 | 30-23 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 66-49 | 23-13 | 38-33 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-36 | 5-1 | 29-35 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-14 | 0-3 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 429, the Greek reached the 2nd round after defeating Ignacio Carou 6-3 4-0 ret., Gabriel Decamps 6-4 6-4 and Gonzalo Villanueva 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Stefanos had a good straight sets win against Villanueva (6-3 6-4). During the match Sakellaridis scored 63 points vs Villanueva’s 48. Stefanos was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Sakellaridis fired 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Stefanos Sakellaridis was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (27/33) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Sakellaridis broke Villanueva 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Stefanos’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat and M15 Hinode.
Stefanos has a compiled 22-13 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kirkin | Sakellaridis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 52 |
| Pts | 69-54 | 190-138 |
| Total Points | 123 | 328 |
| Winners | 21 | 72 |
| %Winners | 30% | 38% |
Kirkin played 1 match while Sakellaridis competed in 3 matches. Sakellaridis started his run from the qualifications while Kirkin had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Kirkin has played 5 set(s) less than Sakellaridis (2 vs 7). Therefore, Kirkin played 34 games less than Sakellaridis. Kirkin scored 21 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Sakellaridis managed to score 72 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kirkin | Sakellaridis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 31/68 | 100/161 |
| %1st in | 46% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 21/31 | 72/100 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 18/37 | 35/61 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 57% |
Kirkin fired 1 ace . Sakellaridis also fired 19 aces (6.3 per match). Kirkin won 68% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Sakellaridis won 72% 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 | Kirkin | Sakellaridis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 12 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 12/24 |
| % Converted | 60% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 10 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 57% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Kirkin broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Ergi surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The Greek broke his opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. Stefanos conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kirkin | |||
| R1 Emanuel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 69-54 | 69-54 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 31/68 | 31/68 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 21/31 | 21/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/37 | 18/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Sakellaridis | |||||
| Q1 Carou |
Q3 Decamps |
R1 Villanueva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-0 ret. | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 20 | 19 | 52 | |
| pts | 52-31 | 75-59 | 63-48 | 190-138 | |
| Total points | 83 | 134 | 111 | 328 | |
| Winners | 16 | 29 | 27 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 39% | 43% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 12 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 19/35 | 48/73 | 33/53 | 100/161 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 66% | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 16/19 | 29/48 | 27/33 | 72/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 60% | 82% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/16 | 11/25 | 11/20 | 35/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 81% | 44% | 55% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 6/11 | 3/6 | 12/24 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 55% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/9 | 0/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 56% | 0% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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