Vadym Ursu and Kenny de Schepper will play each other in the qualifications of the Porto Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:00 pm on COURT MC DONALDS ANTAS. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kenny de Schepper who should win in 3 sets.
Kenny de Schepper -> 1.87
Vadym Ursu -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Vadym Ursu vs. Kenny de Schepper
There is no head to head record between Vadym Ursu and Kenny de Schepper since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Vadym Ursu
26 - 19win/loss
344
299
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-30 | 31-24 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-12 | 34-9 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 338, the Ukrainian got to the qualifications after defeating Tiago Pereira 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, Vadym had a good straight sets win against Pereira (6-3 6-1). During the match, Ursu scored 57 points vs Pereira’s 39. Ursu was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ursu scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Vadym Ursu lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ursu put 65% of his first serves in, winning 73% (24/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Pereira 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Ursu has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (138-100). 23-12 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ursu has an aggregate88-49 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Ursu’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
Vadym has an aggregate 26-18 win-loss record in 2024, 23-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Ursu has never competed in this tournament before.
Kenny de Schepper
19 - 19win/loss
670
62
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-31 | 14-9 | 4-8 | 13-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 7-4 | 8-14 | 12-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-35 | 6-7 | 18-16 | 17-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-24 | 22-8 | 5-5 | 11-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-10 | 6-4 | 9-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 615, De Schepper got to the qualifications after beating Daniel Merida Aguilar 3-6 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications against Merida Aguilar, Kenny recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-4). During the match de Schepper and Merida Aguilar scored the same amount of points (95). However, the world no. 338 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, de Schepper fired 3 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Kenny de Schepper lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, de Schepper put 59% of his first serves in, winning 71% (41/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (16/41) on the 2nd serve. Kenny broke Merida Aguilar 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Kenny’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Bressuire.
Kenny has an overall 18-19 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Porto Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ursu | de Schepper |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 29 |
| Pts | 57-39 | 95-95 |
| Total Points | 96 | 190 |
| Winners | 24 | 41 |
| %Winners | 42% | 43% |
Both Ursu and de Schepper played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Kenny de Schepper dropped 1 set while Vadym Ursu hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ursu has played 1 set(s) less than de Schepper (2 vs 3). Therefore, Ursu played 13 games less than de Schepper. Vadym scored 24 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, De Schepper recorded 41 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ursu | de Schepper |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 33/51 | 58/99 |
| %1st in | 65% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 41/58 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 16/41 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 39% |
Ursu made 1 ace . de Schepper also struck 3 aces . Ursu won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, de Schepper won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ursu | de Schepper |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 63% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 80% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Vadym broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Vadym dropped his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Kenny broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kenny conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ursu | |||
| Q1 Pereira | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 57-39 | 57-39 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/51 | 33/51 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 24/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 8/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| de Schepper | |||
| Q1 Merida Aguilar | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 95-95 | 95-95 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 58/99 | 58/99 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 41/58 | 41/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/41 | 16/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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