Ergi Kirkin and Juan Bautista Torres will fight against each other in the quarter of the Porto Alegre Challenger for the 1^st 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

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 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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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