Ergi Kirkin and Bruno Kuzuhara will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Santos Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am 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 -> 1.53
Bruno Kuzuhara -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Ergi Kirkin vs. Bruno Kuzuhara
This will be the 2nd time that Ergi Kirkin and Bruno Kuzuhara face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kirkin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Kirkin won 3-6 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Porto Alegre Challenger back in May 2024.
Ergi Kirkin
28 - 11win/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. 251 (career-high), the Turk reached the 2nd round after beating Jose Pereira 5-7 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round against Pereira, The Turk recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-1). During the match, Kirkin scored 100 points vs Pereira’s 88. The Turk was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kirkin managed to score 4 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 40% of his first serves in, winning 79% (30/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (27/56) on the 2nd serve. The Turk broke Pereira 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Kirkin has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (238-155). 16-5 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kirkin has a composed167-90 record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Porto Alegre Challenger where he defeated Daniel Dutra Da Silva in the final 6-3 7-5.
Kirkin has a composed 28-10 win-loss record in 2024, 16-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santos Challenger
Kirkin has never competed in this tournament before.
Bruno Kuzuhara
15 - 12win/loss
530
394
LLWLLLLLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-32 | 12-16 | 15-11 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-30 | 13-6 | 28-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-23 | 8-13 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-13 | 6-6 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 469, Kuzuhara got to the 2nd round after beating Facundo Mena 6-3 7-65.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Mena (6-3 7-65). During the match Kuzuhara scored 66 points vs Mena’s 54. Kuzuhara was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Kuzuhara struck 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Bruno Kuzuhara lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kuzuhara put 69% of his first serves in, winning 72% (31/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (7/19) on the 2nd serve. The American was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Mena 4 times.
Bruno has a compiled 14-12 win-loss record in 2024, 11-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kirkin | Kuzuhara |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 22 |
| Pts | 100-88 | 66-54 |
| Total Points | 188 | 120 |
| Winners | 30 | 31 |
| %Winners | 30% | 47% |
Both Kirkin and Kuzuhara played 1 match. At the moment, Ergi Kirkin conceded 1 set while Bruno Kuzuhara hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kirkin has played 1 set more than Kuzuhara (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kirkin played 6 games more than Kuzuhara. Kirkin scored 30 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Bruno bagged 31 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kirkin | Kuzuhara |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 38/94 | 43/62 |
| %1st in | 40% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 31/43 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 27/56 | 7/19 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 37% |
Kirkin scored 4 aces . Kuzuhara struck 3 aces . Kirkin won 79% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Kuzuhara won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 37% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kirkin | Kuzuhara |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 4/4 |
| % Converted | 60% | 100% |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 57% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Kirkin broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Turk lost his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Kuzuhara conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kirkin | |||
| R1 Pereira |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 100-88 | 100-88 | |
| Total points | 188 | 188 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 38/94 | 38/94 | |
| % 1st in | 40% | 40% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 30/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/56 | 27/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| 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 | |
| Kuzuhara | |||
| R1 Mena |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 66-54 | 66-54 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 43/62 | 43/62 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 31/43 | 31/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/19 | 7/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 37% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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