Ergi Kirkin and Andrew Paulson will play each other in the 2nd round of the Cordenons Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on SERENA WINES 1881. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrew Paulson who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andrew Paulson is the pick to win this match.
Andrew Paulson -> 1.73
Ergi Kirkin -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Ergi Kirkin vs. Andrew Paulson
There is no head to head record between Ergi Kirkin and Andrew Paulson since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Ergi Kirkin
39 - 22win/loss
305
251
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 42-28 | 11-4 | 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. 265, Kirkin reached the 2nd round after beating Oliver Crawford 1-6 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round against Crawford, Kirkin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-5 6-2).During the match, Kirkin scored less points (1) than Crawford. In fact, the world no. 265 won 88 points vs Crawford’s. That means that Kirkin was more focused during the important points. Ergi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kirkin struck 5 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 54% of his first serves in, winning 64% (29/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (20/38) on the 2nd serve. Kirkin broke Crawford 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Kirkin has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (249-166). 27-16 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kirkin has an overall178-101 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Porto Alegre Challenger where he defeated Daniel Dutra Da Silva in the final 6-3 7-5.
Kirkin has a compiled 39-21 win-loss record in 2024, 27-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cordenons Challenger
Ergi has never competed in this tournament before.
Andrew Paulson
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 37-22 | 1-3 | 31-13 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
2022 | 53-27 | 6-3 | 30-15 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
2021 | 47-26 | 19-8 | 11-11 | 15-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
2020 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 359, the Czech reached the 2nd round after beating Filip Jeff Planinsek 7-6(10) 2-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, Andrew defeated Jeff Planinsek (7-610 2-6 6-1). During the match Paulson scored 96 points vs Jeff Planinsek’s 92. The Czech was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Paulson made 3 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Andrew Paulson was quite efficient on serve to win 75% (39/52) of his 1st serve and 52% (25/48) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Czech broke Jeff Planinsek twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
The Czech has a composed 6-3 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Kirkin | Paulson |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
Tot Games | 27 | 28 |
Pts | 88-89 | 96-92 |
Total Points | 177 | 188 |
Winners | 29 | 39 |
%Winners | 33% | 41% |
Both Kirkin and Paulson played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Ergi Kirkin lost 1 set, while Andrew Paulson conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kirkin and Paulson have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Kirkin played 1 game less than Paulson. The Turk scored 29 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Andrew managed to score 39 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Kirkin | Paulson |
---|---|---|
Aces | 5 | 3 |
Avg per match | 5 | 3 |
1st in | 45/83 | 52/100 |
%1st in | 54% | 52% |
1st pts | 29/45 | 39/52 |
%1st pts | 64% | 75% |
2nd pts | 20/38 | 25/48 |
%2nd pts | 53% | 52% |
Kirkin made 5 aces . Paulson struck 3 aces . Kirkin won 64% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Paulson won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Kirkin | Paulson |
---|---|---|
Won | 5 | 2 |
Converted | 5/8 | 2/6 |
% Converted | 63% | 33% |
Conceded | 8 | 6 |
Saved | 4 | 4 |
% Saved | 50% | 67% |
Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Kirkin broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Turk conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Andrew conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
Kirkin | |||
R1 Crawford |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 1-6 7-5 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
pts | 88-89 | 88-89 | |
Total points | 177 | 177 | |
Winners | 29 | 29 | |
%Winners | 33% | 33% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 5 | 5 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
1st in | 45/83 | 45/83 | |
% 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
1st pts | 29/45 | 29/45 | |
% 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
2nd pts | 20/38 | 20/38 | |
% 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 5 | 5 | |
Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Paulson | |||
R1 Jeff |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-610 2-6 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
pts | 96-92 | 96-92 | |
Total points | 188 | 188 | |
Winners | 39 | 39 | |
%Winners | 41% | 41% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
1st in | 52/100 | 52/100 | |
% 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
1st pts | 39/52 | 39/52 | |
% 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
2nd pts | 25/48 | 25/48 | |
% 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 2 | 2 | |
Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Cordenons Challenger
- Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-72 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Andrew PaulsonPaulson – Filip Jeff PlaninsekJeff Planinsek (7-610 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-4 1-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Andrea PicchionePicchione (7-5 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Luka MikrutMikrut (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler – Nerman FaticFatic (7-5 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Sandro KoppKopp – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Vilius GaubasGaubas – Felix GillGill (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Alessandro PecciPecci – Ryan NijboerNijboer (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Cezar CretuCretu – Marvin MoellerMoeller (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Matej DodigDodig (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander BlockxBlockx – Daniel RinconRincon (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (1-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Andrea CollariniCollarini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Sandro KoppKopp (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cezar Cretu (ROU)Cretu (ROU) – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrew PaulsonPaulson – Ergi KirkinKirkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction