Ergi Kirkin and Juan Bautista Torres will fight against each other in the quarter of the Porto Alegre Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on QUADRA 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Bautista Torres who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Juan Bautista Torres is the pick to win this match.
Juan Bautista Torres -> 1.58
Ergi Kirkin -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Ergi Kirkin vs. Juan Bautista Torres
There is no head to head record between Ergi Kirkin and Juan Bautista Torres since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Ergi Kirkin
25 - 10win/loss
285
251
LLWWWWWWWL | 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, Kirkin got to the quarter after defeating Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 6-1 7-63 and Bruno Kuzuhara 3-6 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Kuzuhara, The Turk recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-2). During the match, Kirkin scored 99 points vs Kuzuhara’s 88. Ergi was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kirkin blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 57% of his first serves in, winning 81% (42/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (15/39) on the 2nd serve. Kirkin broke Kuzuhara 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Turk has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Kirkin has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (234-155). 12-5 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kirkin has an aggregate163-90 win-loss 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.
Ergi has an aggregate 24-10 win-loss record in 2024, 12-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Alegre Challenger
Kirkin has never competed in this tournament before.
Juan Bautista Torres
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 45-29 | 1-2 | 44-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-19 | 0-0 | 34-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 1-2 | 33-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-23 | 12-10 | 32-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 469, the Argentine got to the quarter after defeating Guilherme Clezar 6-2 6-0 and Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi 7-5 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Juan had a good straight sets win against Emanuel Ambrogi (7-5 6-0). During the match Bautista scored 73 points vs Emanuel Ambrogi’s 52. Bautista was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Bautista couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Juan Bautista Torres lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Bautista put 67% of his first serves in, winning 56% (20/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Emanuel Ambrogi 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Juan hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 61% of the points he played.
The Argentine has a compiled 12-11 win-loss record in 2024, 12-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kirkin | Bautista |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 32 |
| Pts | 179-157 | 141-92 |
| Total Points | 336 | 233 |
| Winners | 66 | 44 |
| %Winners | 37% | 31% |
Both Kirkin and Bautista played 2 matches. At the moment, Ergi Kirkin surrendered 1 set while Juan Bautista Torres hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kirkin has played 1 set more than Bautista (5 vs 4). Therefore, Kirkin played 15 games more than Bautista. The Turk scored 66 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Juan recorded 44 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kirkin | Bautista |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 88/164 | 72/105 |
| %1st in | 54% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 66/88 | 44/72 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 37/76 | 21/33 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 64% |
Kirkin made 8 aces (4 per match). Bautista blasted 6 aces (3 per match). Kirkin won 75% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Bautista won 61% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kirkin | Bautista |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 13 |
| Converted | 8/22 | 13/25 |
| % Converted | 36% | 52% |
| Conceded | 14 | 12 |
| Saved | 11 | 8 |
| % Saved | 79% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
The Turk broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. Ergi lost his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponents 13 times with a 52% conversion rate. Juan conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kirkin | ||||
| R1 Daniel |
R2 Kuzuhara |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-63 | 3-6 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 27 | 47 | |
| pts | 80-69 | 99-88 | 179-157 | |
| Total points | 149 | 187 | 336 | |
| Winners | 24 | 42 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 42% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/73 | 52/91 | 88/164 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 57% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 24/36 | 42/52 | 66/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 81% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/37 | 15/39 | 37/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 38% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/14 | 8/22 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 29% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 4/6 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 67% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Bautista | ||||
| R1 Clezar |
R2 Emanuel Ambrogi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 7-5 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 18 | 32 | |
| pts | 68-40 | 73-52 | 141-92 | |
| Total points | 108 | 125 | 233 | |
| Winners | 24 | 20 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 27% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/51 | 36/54 | 72/105 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 67% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 24/36 | 20/36 | 44/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 56% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 11/18 | 21/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 61% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 7/12 | 13/25 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 58% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 3/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 50% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
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