Ergi Kirkin and Edas Butvilas will face off in the 2^nd round of the Blois Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:30 am on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Edas Butvilas who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Edas Butvilas is the pick to win this match.
Edas Butvilas -> 1.55
Ergi Kirkin -> 2.35

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Prediction and head to head Ergi Kirkin vs. Edas Butvilas

There is no head to head record between Ergi Kirkin and Edas Butvilas since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Ergi Kirkin

Ranked no. 254, Ergi reached the 2^nd

round after beating Carlos Taberner 6-7⁴ 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Taberner, The Turk recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁴ 6-4 6-2). During the match, Kirkin scored 101 points vs Taberner’s 79. The Turk was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kirkin made 8 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Ergi Kirkin was pretty effective on serve to win 86% (37/43) of his 1st serve and 71% (27/38) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kirkin broke Taberner 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Kirkin has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (242-160). 20-10 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kirkin has an overall171-95 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Porto Alegre Challenger where he beat Daniel Dutra Da Silva in the final 6-3 7-5.

Ergi has an overall 32-15 win-loss record in 2024, 20-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Blois Challenger

Edas Butvilas

Ranked no. 449 (career-high), Edas reached the 2^nd round after defeating Thomas Yaka Kofi Setodji 6-1 6-7⁷ 6-1, Norbert Gombos 7-6⁵ 6-4 and Nicolas Alvarez Varona 6-7⁹ 7-6⁹ 2-0 ret..

In the 1^st round against Alvarez Varona, the Lithuanian had a free pass after Alvarez Varona retired on a 6-7⁹ 7-6⁹ 2-0 . scoreline.

The Lithuanian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Heraklion,M15 Kursumlijska Banja and M25 La Nucia.

The Lithuanian has an overall 32-13 win-loss record in 2024, 21-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kirkin	Butvilas
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	9
Tot Games	31	78
Pts	101-79	277-240
Total Points	180	517
Winners	37	129
%Winners	37%	47%

Kirkin played 1 match while Butvilas competed in 3 matches. Butvilas started his run from the qualifications while Kirkin had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Ergi Kirkin lost 1 set, while Edas Butvilas lost 2 sets. Kirkin has played 6 set(s) less than Butvilas (3 vs 9). Therefore, Kirkin played 47 games less than Butvilas. The Turk scored 37 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Edas managed to score 129 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kirkin	Butvilas
Aces	8	21
Avg per match	8	7
1st in	43/81	158/258
%1st in	53%	61%
1st pts	37/43	129/158
%1st pts	86%	82%
2nd pts	27/38	60/100
%2nd pts	71%	60%

Kirkin made 8 aces . Butvilas struck 21 aces (7 per match). Kirkin won 86% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Butvilas won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kirkin	Butvilas
Won	3	6
Converted	3/10	6/18
% Converted	30%	33%
Conceded	1	9
Saved	1	9
% Saved	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Kirkin broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Kirkin pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Butvilas broke his opponents 6 times with a 33% conversion rate. Edas was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 9 break points.

Kirkin
	R1 Taberner	Total
Score	6-74 6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	101-79	101-79
Total points	180	180
Winners	37	37
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	43/81	43/81
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	37/43	37/43
% 1st pts	86%	86%
2nd pts	27/38	27/38
% 2nd pts	71%	71%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/10	3/10
Converted %	30%	30%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Butvilas
	Q1 Yaka Kofi Setodji	Q3 Gombos	R1 Alvarez	Total
Score	6-1 6-77 6-1	7-65 6-4	6-79 7-69 2-0 ret.
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	27	23	28	78
pts	110-83	72-64	95-93	277-240
Total points	193	136	188	517
Winners	53	29	47	129
%Winners	48%	40%	49%	47%
SERVE
Aces	6	6	9	21
Double Faults	3	2	5	10
1st in	66/95	35/69	57/94	158/258
% 1st in	69%	51%	61%	61%
1st pts	53/66	29/35	47/57	129/158
% 1st pts	80%	83%	82%	82%
2nd pts	15/29	22/34	23/37	60/100
% 2nd pts	52%	65%	62%	60%
Breaks
Won	4	1	1	6
Converted	4/12	1/1	1/5	6/18
Converted %	33%	100%	20%	33%
Conceded	5	3	1	9
Saved	5/5	3/3	1/1	9
Saved %	100%	100%	100%	300%
Times Broken	0	0	0	0

Tennis Scores in Blois Challenger

• Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Mathias BourgueBourgue (6-3 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Gabriel DebruDebru – Darwin BlanchBlanch (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Hazem NaowNaow (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Ergi KirkinKirkin – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-7⁴ 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Corentin DenollyDenolly – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Lucas BouquetBouquet – Martin KrumichKrumich (7-6⁹ 4-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Edas ButvilasButvilas – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (6-7⁹ 7-6⁹ 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Remy BertolaBertola – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Gabriel Debru/Paul InchauspeDebru/Paul Inchauspe – Blake Bayldon/Mats HermansBayldon/Mats Hermans (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Federico IannacconeIannaccone – Elmer MollerMoller (6-7⁵ 7-6² 7-5) – See score progression
• Benjamin Lock/Courtney John LockLock/Courtney John Lock – Anthony Genov/Bruno Pujol NavarroGenov/Bruno Pujol Navarro (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Arthur GeaGea – Thomas FaurelFaurel (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Clement TaburTabur (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Calvin HemeryHemery – Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Jules MarieMarie – Benjamin LockLock (6-3 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Moez EcharguiEchargui – Vadym UrsuUrsu (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Jiri Barnat/Filip DudaBarnat/Filip Duda – Moez Echargui/Federico IannacconeEchargui/Federico Iannaccone (4-6 6-3 10-7) – See score progression
• Siddhant Banthia/Divij SharanBanthia/Divij Sharan – James Davis/James MackinlayDavis/James Mackinlay (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Florent BaxBax – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Vilius GaubasGaubas (7-6² 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Calvin HemeryHemery – Moez EcharguiEchargui (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lucas BouquetBouquet – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Corentin DenollyDenolly – Michael GeertsGeerts (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Remy BertolaBertola – Jules MarieMarie (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ergi KirkinKirkin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Federico IannacconeIannaccone – Richard BerankisBerankis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Florent BaxBax – (0-0) – H2H and prediction