Ergi Kirkin and Joel Schwaerzler will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Skopje Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 5. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joel Schwaerzler who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Joel Schwaerzler is the pick to win this match.
Joel Schwaerzler -> 1.5
Ergi Kirkin -> 2.47
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Prediction and head to head Ergi Kirkin vs. Joel Schwaerzler
There is no head to head record between Ergi Kirkin and Joel Schwaerzler since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Ergi Kirkin
29 - 11win/loss
306
251
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | 47-28 | 16-4 | 29-19 | 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. 258, the Turk reached the 2nd round after beating Luka Mikrut 6-4 7-68.
In the 1st round, Ergi had a good straight sets win against Mikrut (6-4 7-68). During the match, Kirkin scored 94 points vs Mikrut’s 81. Ergi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kirkin managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 51% of his first serves in, winning 64% (25/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (22/37) on the 2nd serve. The Turk broke Mikrut 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Kirkin has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (239-156). 17-6 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kirkin has an aggregate168-91 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Porto Alegre Challenger where he beat Daniel Dutra Da Silva in the final 6-3 7-5.
Kirkin has a composed 29-11 win-loss record in 2024, 17-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Skopje Challenger
The Turk has never competed in this tournament before.
Joel Schwaerzler
15 - 9win/loss
330
330
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 25-23 | 3-3 | 21-16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 6-9 | 1-2 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 664 (career-high), Joel reached the 2nd round after defeating Sergey Fomin 5-7 7-5 3-0 ret..
In the 1st round against Fomin, the Austrian had a free pass after Fomin retired on a 5-7 7-5 3-0 . scoreline.
The Austrian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya.
Joel has a composed 15-9 win-loss record in 2024, 12-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Kirkin | Schwaerzler |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
Tot Games | 23 | 27 |
Pts | 94-81 | 105-94 |
Total Points | 175 | 199 |
Winners | 25 | 32 |
%Winners | 27% | 30% |
Both Kirkin and Schwaerzler played 1 match. At the moment, Joel Schwaerzler lost 1 set while Ergi Kirkin hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kirkin has played 2 set(s) less than Schwaerzler (2 vs 4). Therefore, Kirkin played 4 games less than Schwaerzler. Kirkin scored 25 winners (27% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian scored 32 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Kirkin | Schwaerzler |
---|---|---|
Aces | 3 | 9 |
Avg per match | 3 | 9 |
1st in | 39/76 | 45/78 |
%1st in | 51% | 58% |
1st pts | 25/39 | 32/45 |
%1st pts | 64% | 71% |
2nd pts | 22/37 | 18/33 |
%2nd pts | 59% | 55% |
Kirkin bagged 3 aces . Schwaerzler recorded 9 aces . Kirkin won 64% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Schwaerzler won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Kirkin | Schwaerzler |
---|---|---|
Won | 4 | 5 |
Converted | 4/10 | 5/19 |
% Converted | 40% | 26% |
Conceded | 6 | 6 |
Saved | 3 | 3 |
% Saved | 50% | 50% |
Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The Turk broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Ergi surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Schwaerzler broke his opponent 5 times with a 26% conversion rate. Schwaerzler conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
Kirkin | |||
R1 Mikrut |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 7-68 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
pts | 94-81 | 94-81 | |
Total points | 175 | 175 | |
Winners | 25 | 25 | |
%Winners | 27% | 27% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 39/76 | 39/76 | |
% 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
1st pts | 25/39 | 25/39 | |
% 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
2nd pts | 22/37 | 22/37 | |
% 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Schwaerzler | |||
R1 Fomin |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 5-7 7-5 3-0 ret. | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
pts | 105-94 | 105-94 | |
Total points | 199 | 199 | |
Winners | 32 | 32 | |
%Winners | 30% | 30% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 9 | 9 | |
Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
1st in | 45/78 | 45/78 | |
% 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
1st pts | 32/45 | 32/45 | |
% 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
2nd pts | 18/33 | 18/33 | |
% 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 5 | 5 | |
Converted | 5/19 | 5/19 | |
Converted % | 26% | 26% | |
Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Skopje Challenger
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrew PaulsonPaulson – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler – Sergey FominFomin (5-7 7-5 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Neil OberleitnerOberleitner – Bor ArtnakArtnak (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Ryan NijboerNijboer (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Ryan SeggermanSeggerman – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Mirza BasicBasic – Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri (7-67 6-1) – See score progression
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Luka MikrutMikrut (6-4 7-68) – See score progression
- Alexander WeisWeis – Johan NiklesNikles (3-6 7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Matej DodigDodig – Alexis GautierGautier (7-5 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Federico CinaCina (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski – Orlando LuzLuz (6-75 7-69 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-1 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander WeisWeis – Johan NiklesNikles (3-6 7-6(3) 6-4) – See score progression
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Ryan SeggermanSeggerman – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Mirza BasicBasic – Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri (7-6(7) 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrew PaulsonPaulson – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Luka MikrutMikrut (6-4 7-6(8)) – See score progression
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- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Neil OberleitnerOberleitner – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ryan SeggermanSeggerman – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-0) – H2H and prediction