Ergi Kirkin and Juan Bautista Torres will face off in the 1st round of the Tampere Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on COURT 7. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Bautista Torres who should win in 3 sets.
Juan Bautista Torres -> 1.6
Ergi Kirkin -> 2.24
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Prediction and head to head Ergi Kirkin vs. Juan Bautista Torres
This will be the 2nd time that Ergi Kirkin and Juan Bautista Torres play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kirkin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Kirkin won 6-3 6-7(3) 7-5 in the quarter in the Porto Alegre Challenger back in May 2024.
Ergi Kirkin
38 - 19win/loss
262
251
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-19 | 11-4 | 26-14 | 1-1 | 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. 262, Kirkin will start his run in the Tampere Challenger after he played his last match in M25 The Hague where he lost 6-3 6-3
to Wassermann in the 2nd round on the 11th of July.Ergi has a compiled 38-19 win-loss record in 2024, 26-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Porto Alegre Challenger where he beat Daniel Dutra Da Silva in the final 6-3 7-5.
Talking about his overall career, Kirkin has an overall 248-164 record. He has a positive 177-99 record on clay.
Previously in the Tampere Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
Juan Bautista Torres
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-17 | 0-0 | 24-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-19 | 0-0 | 34-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 1-2 | 33-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-23 | 12-10 | 32-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 356, the Argentine reached the 1st round after defeating Jeri Lassila 6-1 6-2 and Thomas Yaka Kofi Setodji 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, Bautista had a good straight sets win against Yaka Kofi Setodji (6-3 6-1). During the match Bautista scored 55 points vs Yaka Kofi Setodji’s 32. Bautista was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Bautista couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Juan Bautista Torres was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Juan broke Yaka Kofi Setodji 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 63% of the points he played.
The Argentine’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Santos Challenger and the Lima 1 Challenger.
Bautista has a compiled 24-17 win-loss record in 2024, 24-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tampere Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Tampere Challenger
- Marvin MoellerMoeller – Patrick KaukovaltaKaukovalta (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Mathys ErhardErhard (6-4 2-6 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo MenaMena – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jelle SelsSels – Ivan GakhovGakhov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Eero VasaVasa – Vesa AhtiAhti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Tristan LamasineLamasine (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mathys ErhardErhard – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Jiri VeselyVesely (0-0) – H2H and prediction