Ergi Kirkin and Bruno Kuzuhara will square off in the 2^nd round of the Porto Alegre Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on QUADRA CENTRAL. 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.

As per the initial odds, Ergi Kirkin is the pick to win this match.
Ergi Kirkin -> 1.58
Bruno Kuzuhara -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Ergi Kirkin vs. Bruno Kuzuhara

There is no head to head record between Ergi Kirkin and Bruno Kuzuhara since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Ergi Kirkin

Ranked no. 299, the Turk reached the 2^nd round after defeating Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 6-1 7-6³.

In the 1^st round, Kirkin had a good straight sets win against Daniel Vallejo (6-1 7-6³). During the match, Kirkin scored 80 points vs Daniel Vallejo’s 69. Kirkin was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kirkin bagged 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 49% of his first serves in, winning 67% (24/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (22/37) on the 2nd serve. Ergi broke Daniel Vallejo 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Kirkin has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (233-155). 11-5 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kirkin has an aggregate162-90 match record in the last 9 years on clay.

Kirkin’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Doha and M15 Torello.

Kirkin has a compiled 23-10 win-loss record in 2024, 11-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Porto Alegre Challenger

Kirkin has never competed in this tournament before.

Bruno Kuzuhara

Ranked no. 462 (career-high), Kuzuhara got to the 2^nd round after defeating Igor Gimenez 7-6⁵ 7-5.

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Gimenez (7-6⁵ 7-5). During the match Kuzuhara scored 92 points vs Gimenez’s 89. Kuzuhara was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Kuzuhara scored 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Bruno Kuzuhara lost the serve 5 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kuzuhara put 63% of his first serves in, winning 54% (28/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Gimenez 6 times after converting 32% of his break points (6/19).

The American has a composed 13-11 win-loss record in 2024, 10-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kirkin	Kuzuhara
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	25
Pts	80-69	92-89
Total Points	149	181
Winners	24	28
%Winners	30%	30%

Both Kirkin and Kuzuhara played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kirkin and Kuzuhara have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kirkin played 5 games less than Kuzuhara. The Turk scored 24 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Bruno fired 28 winners (30%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kirkin	Kuzuhara
Aces	3	3
Avg per match	3	3
1st in	36/73	52/82
%1st in	49%	63%
1st pts	24/36	28/52
%1st pts	67%	54%
2nd pts	22/37	17/30
%2nd pts	59%	57%

Kirkin made 3 aces . Kuzuhara fired 3 aces . Kirkin won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Kuzuhara won 54% 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	Kuzuhara
Won	4	6
Converted	4/8	6/19
% Converted	50%	32%
Conceded	8	6
Saved	7	1
% Saved	88%	17%
Times Broken	1	5

Kirkin broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Turk conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 6 times with a 32% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 17% of the break points that he conceded.

Kirkin
	R1 Daniel	Total
Score	6-1 7-63
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	80-69	80-69
Total points	149	149
Winners	24	24
%Winners	30%	30%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	36/73	36/73
% 1st in	49%	49%
1st pts	24/36	24/36
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	22/37	22/37
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	7/8	7
Saved %	88%	88%
Times Broken	1	1

Kuzuhara
	R1 Gimenez	Total
Score	7-65 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	25	25
pts	92-89	92-89
Total points	181	181
Winners	28	28
%Winners	30%	30%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	52/82	52/82
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	28/52	28/52
% 1st pts	54%	54%
2nd pts	17/30	17/30
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/19	6/19
Converted %	32%	32%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	1/6	1
Saved %	17%	17%
Times Broken	5	5

Tennis Scores in Porto Alegre Challenger

• Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Guilherme ClezarClezar (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara – Igor GimenezGimenez (7-6⁵ 7-5) – See score progression
• Kaichi UchidaUchida – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (6-3 4-6 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Ergi KirkinKirkin – Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo (6-1 7-6³) – See score progression
• Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (7-6³ 7-5) – See score progression
• Facundo MenaMena – Leonardo AboianAboian (3-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo – Dmitry PopkoPopko (7-6⁵ 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (6-2 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Luis Felipe MiguelFelipe Miguel (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Gonzalo BuenoBueno – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (7-6⁵ 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Nicolas ZanellatoZanellato – Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis (6-3 6-7⁶ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi – Hady HabibHabib (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Mateus AlvesAlves – Gustavo Ribeiro De AlmeidaRibeiro De Almeida (7-6¹ 6-0) – See score progression
• Karue SellSell – Calvin HemeryHemery (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (7-5 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias – Valerio AboianAboian (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (13-1) – H2H and prediction
• Facundo MenaMena – Kaichi UchidaUchida (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karue SellSell – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ergi KirkinKirkin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mateus De Carvalho CardosoDe Carvalho Cardoso – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo – Roberto CidCid (0-0) – H2H and prediction