Strong Kirchheimer and Patrick Maloney will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Granby Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Patrick Maloney who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Patrick Maloney is the pick to win this match.
Patrick Maloney -> 1.69
Strong Kirchheimer -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Strong Kirchheimer vs. Patrick Maloney
This will be the 3rd time that Strong Kirchheimer and Patrick Maloney clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Kirchheimer and Maloney (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Maloney won 6-1 7-5 in the 2nd round in M15 Orange Park back in May 2024.
Strong Kirchheimer
14 - 17win/loss
618
375
LWLWLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-31 | 14-18 | 2-4 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-29 | 19-16 | 2-4 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-30 | 17-12 | 7-11 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-21 | 12-15 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 481, the American got to the qualifications after defeating Trey Hilderbrand 1-6 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications against Hilderbrand, Kirchheimer recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 7-5).During the match, Kirchheimer scored less points (1) than Hilderbrand. In fact, the world no. 481 won 95 points vs Hilderbrand’s. That means that Kirchheimer was more focused during the important points. Strong was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kirchheimer blasted 7 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Strong Kirchheimer lost the serve 3 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Kirchheimer put 55% of his first serves in, winning 65% (36/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (24/45) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Hilderbrand 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Kirchheimer has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (251-198). 10-8 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kirchheimer has a composed131-107 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Kirchheimer’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M15 San Diego.
Strong has an overall 14-16 win-loss record in 2024, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Granby Challenger
Patrick Maloney
25 - 9win/loss
499
499
WWLWLLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-20 | 18-9 | 7-2 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-8 | 5-3 | 1-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-10 | 4-3 | 7-3 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 673 (career-high), Patrick got to the qualifications after defeating Antoine Bellier 6-1 7-5 and Strong Kirchheimer .
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Bellier (6-1 7-5). During the match Maloney scored 65 points vs Bellier’s 42. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Maloney blasted 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Patrick Maloney lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Maloney put 61% of his first serves in, winning 86% (30/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Patrick was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Bellier 4 times.
Patrick’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Los Angeles.
Maloney has a composed 24-9 win-loss record in 2024, 11-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Granby Challenger
Patrick has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kirchheimer | Maloney |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 19 |
| Pts | 95-96 | 65-42 |
| Total Points | 191 | 107 |
| Winners | 36 | 30 |
| %Winners | 38% | 46% |
Both Kirchheimer and Maloney played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Strong Kirchheimer lost 1 set while Patrick Maloney hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kirchheimer has played 1 set more than Maloney (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kirchheimer played 9 games more than Maloney. Kirchheimer scored 36 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The American struck 30 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kirchheimer | Maloney |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 3 |
| 1st in | 55/100 | 35/57 |
| %1st in | 55% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 36/55 | 30/35 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 24/45 | 11/22 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 50% |
Kirchheimer blasted 7 aces . Maloney blasted 3 aces . Kirchheimer won 65% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Maloney won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kirchheimer | Maloney |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/4 |
| % Converted | 50% | 100% |
| Conceded | 13 | 5 |
| Saved | 10 | 4 |
| % Saved | 77% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Kirchheimer broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kirchheimer lost his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Patrick broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kirchheimer | |||
| Q1 Hilderbrand |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 95-96 | 95-96 | |
| Total points | 191 | 191 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 55/100 | 55/100 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 36/55 | 36/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/45 | 24/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 10/13 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 77% | 77% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Maloney | |||
| Q1 Bellier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 65-42 | 65-42 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 35/57 | 35/57 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 30/35 | 30/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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